San Antonio City Council approved an ordinance and funding reallocation to begin the process of creating a significant thoroughfare project aimed at connecting portions of the city’s major manufacturers across the South Side.

More job opportunities are on the way in Brooks with a new manufacturer opening a facility.

Navistar held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its nearly 1 million-square-foot facility off of Highway 281 on Wednesday. The plant will ultimately employ about 650 people, 500 of whom are already on payroll.

The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Monday that its manufacturing index rose to 54.2 last month, up from a June reading of 52.6. The index dipped below 50 in March, indicating a recession in manufacturing as the coronavirus pandemic shut down factories. Timothy Fiore, chair of the ISM manufacturing survey committee, said it was encouraging that positive comments from survey participants were running two to one ahead of more cautious comments. Of 18 manufacturing industries, 13 reported growth in July led by wood products and furniture and related products. We expect manufacturing to grow gradually ahead with botched management of the pandemic and ongoing virus-related uncertain set to constrain activity.