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City to fund small-scale home repairs as part of weatherization program

As part of the city’s continued support of CPS Energy’s Casa Verde weatherization program, San Antonio City Council entered into a one-year, $750,000 funding agreement with CPS on Nov. 6.

Under this agreement, these funds will be used to assist Casa Verde applicants who are ineligible due to needing small-scale repairs receive home repair assistance to become eligible for the program.

The overview: Using a related program known as the Weatherization Repair Assistance Program, or WRAP, CPS will coordinate up to $10,000 in small-scale home repairs to roughly 150 homes, allowing these homes to qualify for Casa Verde.
 
Funds will be taken from the fiscal year 2025-26 minor repair budget. The contract also contains an option for an additional year, which would bring the total potential funding to $1.5 million.

The conditions: According to city documents, the Casa Verde program is designed to provide energy-efficient assistance to the city’s most vulnerable populations. By providing affordable and sustainable energy-efficient repairs and installations, the program works to reduce energy consumption and increase home comfort.

 
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Buzzline now offering margaritas and daquiris to-go in North San Antonio

Buzzline is now offering margaritas and daquiris to-go. 

Some details: The bar opened at 21790 Bulverde Road, Ste. 104 in San Antonio on Sept. 1, Owner Brian Curtis told Community Impact. With indoor seating and a drive-thru, Curtis said the shop is a great Sunday hangout spot on the city’s north side.

What they offer: Buzzline sells frozen cocktails, margaritas, daiquiris and more. Curtis said Buzzline also offers a kid's menu with virgin margaritas and mocktails.

  • 21790 Bulverde Road, Ste. 104, San Antonio

 
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192-unit apartment complex under construction in Universal City

Construction is underway on a new multifamily development named The Grand at Oak Grove Apartments, located at 2280 Pat Booker Road in Universal City.

Project overview: Universal City’s City Council approved final plans for the complex in August 2023, according to previous reporting by Community Impact. The project is being developed by IRC Universal 12 LTD and will consist of 192 units across five buildings. There will also be a clubhouse, pool, courtyard and dog park, Michael Cassata, Universal City’s development services and economic development corporation director, said in an email to Community Impact.

“The city is excited to provide another modern, market-rate housing option to meet the needs of our existing and growing community,” Cassata said in the email.

Construction on The Grand at Oak Grove Apartments began in May. The complex will offer one- to three-bedroom units with one to two bathrooms, the email states.

 
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San Antonio-based wildlife rescue group to centralize operations in Kendall County

This San Antonio-based nonprofit organization is closing its facility in the city and moving all operations to its private sanctuary in the Hill Country.

The details: Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation, or WRR, centralized its operations to its original 212-acre private sanctuary in Kendalia on Oct. 21, Founder and President Lynn Cuny told Community Impact.

Previously, the wildlife rescue group had two rehabilitation complexes—one on San Antonio’s North Side, plus the WRR property in Kendall County.

What’s changed: Cuny said many residents would take displaced animals that weren’t actually in danger directly to the complex in San Antonio.

“In restructuring some of this, we will have fewer animals who the public is misguidedly trying to help,” Cuny said.

The context: Overall, Cuny said that nothing will change—the exact same animals will be cared for and the organization will operate in the exact same way—rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing native wildlife while providing sanctuary for non-native species released into their care.

 
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Families, officials urge Texans to help end 25-year streak of daily traffic deaths

Every day for the past 25 years, at least one person has died in crashes on Texas roads. Texas officials and the families of some fatal crash victims commemorated the grim anniversary with a candlelight ceremony at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 7.

The impact: Jamie White said her 2-year-old daughter, Allie, was hit and killed by a distracted driver at Round Rock’s Old Settlers Park in September 2019.

“It only takes [a few] seconds… to kill somebody,” White said Nov. 7. “Can you imagine doing this, taking somebody's child from them, and living the rest of your life knowing that you caused that?”

Following Allie’s death, her parents launched Allie’s Way, a nonprofit aimed at ending distracted driving.

More details: TxDOT data shows that speed and impaired driving are involved in the majority of deadly crashes on Texas roads.

“These are not random events,” Texas Highway Patrol Chief Bryan Rippee said Nov. 7. “These are the results of making the wrong choices on our Texas highways."

 

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