December 2008 AACOG Region Newsletter

AACOG will have its Winter 2008 Semiannual Meeting of the Area Council and Board of Directors on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at the Marriott Plaza San Antonio, 555 South Alamo Street, Hidalgo Ballroom, San Antonio. The Board of Directors and Area Council Semiannual Meeting will be at 11 a.m., and there will be a luncheon with keynote speaker Dr. Karl Eschbach, Office of the State Demographer, upon adjournment of the Board Meeting. To find out more, contact Melissa Pulido at (210) 362-5281.

AACOG will be hosting a free Housing Roundtable & Symposium on Thursday, December 4, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The symposium will be held in AACOG’s Al J. Notzon III Board Room, located at 8700 Tesoro Drive, Suite 100, San Antonio, Texas, 78217.

An expert panel representing state housing agencies, corporate and commercial organizations, and the media will discuss the latest on the housing market and provide a forecast for 2009. Panelists include David Hendricks, Business Writer for the San Antonio Express News; Michael Scudder, President of the New Braunfels/Canyon Lake Association of Realtors; William Montez, owner of W.B. Montez & Company and Chairman of the AACOG Housing Advisory Committee; and JoAnn DePenning, Statewide Coordinator for the Texas Foreclosure Prevention Task Force. Gloria L. Ray, Vice Chair of the Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Governing Board and member of the AACOG Housing Advisory Committee, will moderate the panel discussion and the Question-and-Answer session for the audience.

This event, sponsored by the AACOG Housing & Weatherization Department, is free and open to the public. Reservations are required; seating is limited. For reservations or information, call Arthur Vargas at (210) 362-5282 or Christopher Villa at (210) 362-5245, or toll-free at 1-800-749-2010.

The 20th Annual Christmas Along the Corridor, is a 150-mile celebration of history, heritage, and the holidays, as 120 Pony Express Christmas Couriers carry proclamations to the communities in the seven counties (Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Goliad, Guadalupe, Karnes, and Wilson) of the Alamo La-Bahia Corridor, and other segments of the Camino Real de los Tejas to San Antonio. The Christmas Along the Corridor Grand Finale and Fair will be hosted by AACOG, the Alamo La-Bahia Corridor Committee, and Fort Sam Houston, on Saturday, December 6, 2008, at the Arthur MacArthur Field on Fort Sam Houston, from 1 to 5 p.m. Visit www.aacog.com/tourism for more information or call (210) 362-5220.

This monthly feature in the AACOG Region Newsletter spotlights our AACOG Board Members. This month we feature City of Windcrest Mayor Jack H. Leonhardt. Mayor Leonhardt has served on the AACOG Board of Directors since May of 2004 and also serves on a number of AACOG Advisory Committees. To read our spotlight on Mayor Leonhardt, please click here.

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AACOG's main office will be closed for the Holidays December 24th through January 1st. For more information, contact AACOG at (210) 362-5200.

Rural Workforce Solutions-Alamo Career Center Closures:
Fredericksburg & Bandera Centers: Closed December 24-January 2
Kenedy & Floresville Centers: Closed December 24-29 & January 1-2
All other centers: Closed December 24-26 & January 1

The AACOG Region Newsletter is compiled and distributed monthly
by Tiffany Harris, AACOG Public Relations.