2008 Conference Information

DATE
September 6, Saturday

TIME
8 am - 3 pm

LOCATION
8750 Tesoro Drive
(NEISD Community Education Center)

$10 Voluntary Donation
Open to the public
Free Parking

RSVP not required to attend.
e-mail nrcsa@swbell.net
or call 210.735.0586.

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From IH 10 or 281: Take Loop 410E to Broadway exit. Turn left going North on Broadway. Turn right on Tesoro Dr. End at 8750 Tesoro Dr.

From Hwy 410W: Exit Broadway Rd., turn right onto Tesoro Dr. End at 8750 Tesoro Dr.

2008 Document Download Center

Press Release
(html format)

Exhibitor Packet
(pdf format)

Your tables will be showcased many times throughout the day. There is an entire hour dedicated to networking before the conference begins and fifteen minute breaks between each session change.

Exhibitor Information

$100 - Program Ad
$50 - Discount rate with
exhibitor table purchase

All advertisement submissions must be camera-ready and will be reproduced in black and white only.  Placement of the advertisement will be the sole responsibility of the NRC.

$100 - Business Rate
$50 - Nonprofit Rate*

* must submit copy of 501 status.

• All tables located in main hallway.
• Table locations on first come, first served basis.
• Exhibitor listing in conference program.
• Exhibitor punch cards to all participants.

Conference History

Annual Neighborhood Conference was first organized in 1989 by a diverse group of individuals led by Mr. Bruce Beal, reporter for the Neighborhoods Section of the now defunct San Antonio Light newspaper. Maria Berriozabel, then serving as councilperson from District 1, a number of individuals from the San Antonio Coalition of Neighborhood Associations (SACNA) such as Emily Thuss, June Kachtik, and Larry DeMartino, and many others worked with local neighborhood organizations to enlist volunteers to organize this major undertaking. The purpose was to provide an annual venue where neighborhood people could attend workshops and network with other neighborhood representatives to share experiences. The original name for the conference was "Neighbors for the Nineties" and the first conference was held in June of 1990.

Because it proved so successful, the conference continued to be held each year through the cooperative efforts of SACNA, the City of San Antonio Council and Planning Department, Community Associations Institute (CAI), and many local businesses who funded the event. Fund raising efforts were conducted specifically to support the conference to ensure it continued to be offered free of charge.

When the Neighborhood Resource Center (NRC) was created in 1994, responsibility for holding the conference was transferred to the NRC to guarantee its continuation. Under the volunteer direction of Tertia Emerson as Executive Director, the NRC expanded the visual display of neighborhood activities by offering Neighborhood Awards in various categories to recognize these neighborhood efforts with cash prizes.

Today, the Annual Neighborhood Conference is still the premier venue where neighborhood leaders and representatives can gather to learn and network. Representatives of many other cities have attended the conferences to study this successful cooperative effort.