During its Dec. 4 meeting, the San Antonio City Council approved 11 nominees for the new Multimodal Transportation Commission, with an office term that will expire May 31, 2027.

The gist: According to city documents, the commission was created May 8 and will act as an advisory body that will make recommendations and offer input on transportation-related projects and city codes.

The commission is comprised of 13 members and includes representatives from each City Council district and appointees from VIA Metropolitan Transit and the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization.

The commission will advise on updates to transportation-related plans and city codes, metrics and benchmarks for safer mobility systems, exceptions to the city’s Complete Streets Policy and ongoing projects and policies from the city’s transportation department.

A brand-new, 34,000-square-foot indoor pickleball center is on its way to North San Antonio soon.

In case you missed it: Called The Picklr, the new facility is located at 16648 San Pedro Ave., inside the old Big Lots at the Park Oaks shopping center.

While construction may delay opening, franchise owner James Speer told Community Impact the center should open at the end of Q1 in early 2026.

“If everything goes right with construction, we’re hoping for that time frame,” Speer said.

The new facility is a part of a nationwide chain of locally-owned pickleball centers, with 17 clubs scattered throughout Texas, according to The Picklr’s website.

Speer is also the franchise owner of another location coming to Live Oak early next year, according to previous reporting from Community Impact.

The framework: San Antonio's new facility will include nine courts, tournaments, lessons and more.

There will also be a raised mezzanine overlooking all nine courts, according to Speer.

• 16648 San Pedro Ave., San Antonio

Nine new medical cannabis dispensaries could soon open in Texas, the Department of Public Safety announced Dec. 1.

The overview: The nine companies were preliminarily approved to join three existing dispensaries that provide medical-grade, low-THC products to eligible patients through the Texas Compassionate Use Program. The program's expansion comes after state lawmakers passed House Bill 46 this spring.

Lawmakers also allowed dispensaries to store products in multiple locations, which advocates said would cut costs, and added more qualifying conditions to the program.

Zooming in: The nine providers given conditional licenses Dec. 1 are:

• Verano Texas LLC in West Texas
• Trulieve TX Inc. in the Panhandle
• Texas Patient Access LLC in North Texas
• Lonestar Compassionate Care Group LLC in North Texas
• Lone Star Bioscience Inc. in South Central Texas
• PC TX OPCO LLC, dba PharmaCann, in Southeast Texas
• Texa OP, dba TexaRx, in the Rio Grande Valley
• Story of Texas LLC in Southeast Texas
• Dilatso LLC in North Texas