Debates spark as demolition of historic San Antonio school looms
St. Paul Lutheran School is at the center of a debate. The Conservation Society wants this building preserved, while the owners want it torn down and rebuilt into something useful.
Conservation Societyโs Fall Heritage Festival canceled
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Conservation Society President Patti Zaiontz announced on Tuesday that the Conservation Societyโs Fall Heritage Festival has been canceled out of caution during the COVID-19 pandemic. โDespite the strict safety measures the city and Conservation Society adopted to ensure a healthy event, the continued presence of COVID-19 in our community makes cancelling this event the right call,โ Mayor Ron Nirenberg said. They can apply the funds to a future Society event. โThe careful planning that went into the Fall Heritage Festival has taught us a lot about how to improve our events and festivals and make them even better.โ Zaiontz said. โWe are looking forward to future events that will benefit from our 2020 planning.โ
Fall festival at La Villita to take place of NIOSA with limited-ticket event
SAN ANTONIO โ This year will deliver a pumpkin-spiced, scaled-back version of NIOSA in November. The Conservation Society of San Antonio announced it will hold a โFall Heritage Festivalโ in La Villita that will have โcomparisonsโ to NIOSA โ just with a 1,000-attendance limit and admission of $125 per person. While the fall festival will be larger this year, Zaiontz said it โis nothing new for The Society.โ This will be COSAโs 10th fall festival, she said. Guests are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to donate to the San Antonio Food Bank. Fiesta San Antonio was canceled entirely due to the coronavirus pandemic in July.