Updated
Updated · San Antonio Report · Jun 6
Rendon Couple Opens 7,000-Square-Foot Entrepreneurial Center in South San Antonio
Updated
Updated · San Antonio Report · Jun 6

Rendon Couple Opens 7,000-Square-Foot Entrepreneurial Center in South San Antonio

1 articles · Updated · San Antonio Report · Jun 6

Summary

  • Judith and Jesus Rendon on Friday opened the 7,000-square-foot Rendon Entrepreneurial Center in a former Southcross Boulevard post office, aiming to create a launch pad for economic opportunity on San Antonio’s South Side.
  • The center combines paid coworking space, offices and suites with free business-development help, including advice on forming LLCs, getting employer identification numbers and seeking funding.
  • South of U.S. Highway 90 residents will get rental discounts, while the site also links entrepreneurs to educational and healthcare resources through partners including South San Antonio ISD and Palo Alto College.
  • Monthly events, artistic performances and a podcast room are meant to widen community use as local officials cast the opening as part of a broader push to revive a long-neglected southern sector of Bexar County.

Insights

Can one couple's vision for free business services create lasting economic change in a historically neglected San Antonio neighborhood?
Could this San Antonio hub become a national model for connecting local entrepreneurs with lucrative federal contracts?
As this new hub uplifts a historic corridor, how will it ensure local residents are not eventually priced out?