Health & wellness
BY PARKS KUGLE
Health & Wellness Edition
2026
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Health & Wellness Edition! This guide features the latest updates on health and wellness resources in the North San Antonio area, along with regional trends in achieving a healthier lifestyle. In this edition, our cover story provides updates to The Howard W. Peak Greenway Trail System, a large trail that stretches across the city, and has the future goal of creating a loop around San Antonio. Our reporters also give an update to the Great Springs Trail Project, which intends to stretch from Austin to San Antonio. Once completed, the project will create a network of trails connecting the Barton Springs, San Marcos Springs, Comal Springs and San Antonio Springs. For those interested in getting into a trending hobby, check out our Pickleball Guide, which lists some of the regional courts, alongside terms of the game to know.
What's inside
Read about updates to the Great Springs Trail project (Page 12)
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Check out a regional Pickleball Guide (Page 14)
Learn about the Greenway trail system in San Antonio (Page 16)
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Parks programs o er ways to be active in the community
Nicole McLeod, program analyst for the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Volunteer Services Division, said the parks department’s volunteer programs are designed to o er a wide range of activities suited to all ages and abilities. “Our goal is to o er a variety of projects that appeal to di erent ages, backgrounds and areas of town,” McLeod said. “So whether it’s garden days, litter pickups or cemetery stewardship, people can nd a way to get involved that ts their interests
Volunteer opportunities
Trail watch Litter cleanup Waterway and creek cleanups Cemetery stewardship Special event days, such as Arbor Day SA
SOURCE: CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY IMPACT
and schedule.” The framework
at www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/Parks/ Volunteer. “We post new opportunities at least once or twice a week, so there’s always something avail- able,” McLeod said. The local impact Approximately 9,751 volunteers participated in volunteer opportunities in scal year 2024-25, McLeod said.
Sta ed by McLeod and Andre Dyer, the Volun- teer Services Division coordinates a mix of ongoing programs, stand-alone projects and partner-led events. This includes gardening at various parks, litter pickups, cemetery stewardship programs and stand-alone events such as Earth Day San Antonio, Monarch Festival and Arbor Day for SA. Residents can nd volunteer opportunities
The volunteer program partners with multiple organizations for cleanup opportunities across San Antonio. (Courtesy San Antonio Parks and Recreation)
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