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  • 95 Power Principles

    Strategies for Effective Leadership in Local Government

    San Antonio, Texas is the seventh largest city in the United States; Bexar County encompasses the city of San Antonio, as well as 26 other suburban cities and alarge unincorporated area. Nelson Wolff served two terms as Mayor of San Antonio and five terms as County Judge for Bexar County (Chief Executive Officer and its highest authority). He has also served in the Texas House of Representatives ... Leer más

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  • Bexar BiblioTech: The Evolution of the Country's First All-digital Public Library

    In this small, compact book I take you on a 20-year journey from my involvement in the building of a 240,000-square-foot public central library that opened in 1995 to the creation of a 4,000-square-foot digital public library in 2013 and its aftermath. It is a fast paced journey, much like the speed of the mobile digital revolution. In its wake, BiblioTech would become the nation's first all ... Leer más

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  • University Health System at 100

    At the start of the twentieth century, South Texas was a melting of troops training for deployment in World War I and thousands of refugees fleeing the Mexican Revolution. With the influx of immigrants and injured veterans returning from the war, the area was in desperate need of a charity hospital to serve the burgeoning community. The city of San Antonio and Bexar County each contributed half ... Leer más

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  • Transforming San Antonio

    An Insider's View to the AT&T Arena, Toyota, the PGA Village, and the Riverwalk Extension

    San Antonio boasts one of the country’s fastest-growing metropolitan regions, thanks to visionary personalities, key politicians, a vibrant citizenry, and a bit of luck. In this lively behind-the-scenes account, former mayor Nelson Wolff focuses on four major developments - the San Antonio Spurs’ AT&T Arena, Toyota, the PGA Village, and the River Walk expansion - that transformed the city. This ... Leer más

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    Popular San Antonio politicianConsistent regional sales on his last title ... Leer más

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