Hemisfair Ballroom
Wednesday April 6, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Colleen Swain, Director, City of San Antonio World Heritage Office
In 2015, San Antonio’s five Spanish colonial missions – San Jose, San Juan, Concepcion, Espada, and the world renowned Alamo – were declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site, representing the first and only World Heritage site in Texas and one of just 24 in the United States. In doing so, the missions joined the Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China, Stonehenge, and many other sites around the world with this important designation.
The City of San Antonio’s World Heritage Office was established in 2016 to leverage the UNESCO World Heritage Designation as a catalyst for socio-economic change, with increased visitation and tourist spending. That effort expanded in 2017, when San Antonio joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a City of Gastronomy, making San Antonio the only city in the United States to have two UNESCO designations.
Colleen Swain will share background information on the designations and her insights on connection and “corazon” through the ongoing work to implement a community driven work plan.
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