Brooks City Base evolving name to “Brooks”
(SAN ANTONIO) – Brooks City Base will now be known simply as “Brooks” in an effort to align the development’s name with its identity as an up-and-coming San Antonio community with a vision as big as Texas. Since the closure of Brooks Air Force Base in 2002, Texas, Bexar County, City of San Antonio leaders and the Brooks Development Authority board have transformed the 1,300-acre property into a…
Brooks Celebrates Grand Opening of Embassy Suites Hotel & Spa
SAN ANTONIO-- Brooks celebrated the official grand opening of the new Embassy Suites by Hilton San Antonio Brooks Hotel & Spa, the only full-service hotel or conference and event center south of downtown San Antonio and north of Corpus Christi or McAllen. Just 11 minutes from downtown San Antonio and even closer to the city’s five famed Missions — now a UNESCO World Heritage Site — the…
Brooks Celebrates Grand Opening of Restored Hangar 9
SAN ANTONIO– Brooks celebrated the grand opening of the restored Hangar 9, Friday, a $2.8 million project to transform the historic wooden hangar into an event space to host weddings, quinceañeras, businesses functions or galas, and other special events. On the cusp of its 100th birthday, Hangar 9 has long since retired its work housing “Jenny” aircrafts during World War I and will soon…
Air Force Couple Share Memories of Brooks, Hangar 9
SAN ANTONIO-- In today’s fast-paced, tech-savvy world, what significance could a World War I hangar possibly have? For Colonel Alan Pease and Colonel Ann Marie Pease, Hangar 9 at Brooks represents an arc of history and a pathway to today. The Peases were first stationed at Brooks in 1982, when it was still rare to find a married couple both on active duty. Even more unusual, they moved to San…
Leo Gomez Selected as Brooks Development Authority President & CEO
SAN ANTONIO – The Board of Directors of the Brooks Development Authority (BDA), the organization responsible for the management and continued redevelopment of Brooks City- Base, has selected Leo Gomez to serve as the new President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gomez was selected from a field of 402 potential candidates from across the United States in a search process managed by Deacon…