Dozens of people filled seats at the Edgewood Theatre of Performing Arts on Tuesday morning to get the answer to one question. What’s happening on the West Side?

Prosper West hosted its annual State of the Westside event, where speakers and panelists focused on collaboration and development while keeping community members at the center of the conversation.

“The West Side has never been a community defined by what people give us or withhold from us. We are defined by what we create, by what we build.” said Teri Castillo, who represents much of the West Side in District 5 on San Antonio City Council.

Building was a theme of the event. Ryan Kuhl, Prosper West’s CEO, noted that investments in transit corridors, University of Texas San Antonio’s plans for its downtown campus and other infr

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