The city of Cibolo is in the final stages of potentially landing a major economic driver.

Cibolo City Council designated a 126-acre tract of land at 3641 Santa Clara Road as Reinvestment Zone No. 2 for a proposed distribution center project by a Fortune 500 company—dubbed Project Theo.

What we know: The distribution center project would use advanced robotics and other high-tech equipment. Project Theo would also have a minimum capital investment of $450 million and at least 425 full-time equivalent job positions above the median San Antonio-area salary, Rick Vasquez, Cibolo's director of planning and economic development, said.

The establishment of Reinvestment Zone No. 2 allows the city to enter into an incentive agreement with the yet-to-be-named company should Project Theo move forward.

The Fortune 500 company is also requesting a commercial-industrial tax abatement—a local agreement exempting all or part of the increase in the value of new property from taxation for a specific period, according to agenda documents.

Officials at Northeast Lakeview College celebrated its veteran population with the opening of a new support center, the Nighthawk Legacy Center, on Nov. 11.

The details: The 11,000-square-foot center, located at 1201 Kitty Hawk Road in Universal City, operates as a standalone facility dedicated to serving veteran and military-connected students. The Nighthawk Legacy Center is a direct response to the veteran student population growth the college has seen. Approximately 11% of students enrolled at the college used veteran benefits in the 2024-25 school year, Northeast Lakeview President Dr. Veronica Garcia said in a news release.

“[The center] will allow us to better serve those individuals who selflessly served our country and provide enhanced support for their families who champion for a loved one during their time of service,” Garcia said.

The support center offers military education benefits information and assists with the transition from military life to civilian life. The Nighthawk Legacy Center also offers a veteran mentoring program. 

Voters in Schertz’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, or ETJ, overwhelmingly chose to have the city enforce land use regulations over full annexation.

What happened: On Nov. 4, voters decided on Proposition A, which determined if certain areas in the ETJ within 5 miles of Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph would be annexed into the city or subject to land use regulations. Only voters within that area could vote on the proposition.

A total of 109 of 114 voters in the ETJ, or 95.61%, voted for the option to enforce the regulations. The remaining five voters chose full-purpose annexation by the city. The election was conducted only in Bexar County.

Some context: According to previous reporting by Community Impact, the election was ordered after previous Schertz council discussions brought up concerns that actions in the ETJ could interfere with JBSA-Randolph operations.

Previous agenda documents state that land use regulations include limits on structural height, crane usage over a certain height and lighting restrictions.

Texas is the nation’s largest energy producer, leading other U.S. states in both natural gas production and renewable energy generation, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows. Yet as people, businesses and data centers continue to move to the state, experts say Texas leaders need to harness new strategies to make energy more affordable and ensure the state power grid remains reliable.

The details: Amid high inflation nationwide, energy prices are on the rise in Texas, and residents are feeling the strain, experts said at the Texas Energy Summit, which ran from Nov. 4-6 in Austin.

In a June 2025 report, the Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization, found that 65% of low-income Texans recently engaged in “energy-limiting behaviors,” such as turning off their air conditioning to reduce electric bills or underheating their homes in the winter. 

What they're saying: Experts said state lawmakers and officials could invest in energy efficiency and residential demand response programs to tackle affordability and grid reliability issues.