Real estate
BY PARKS KUGLE
Home edition
2025
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Home Edition.
Learn more about maintaining upcoming developments in this special guide. The current population in Bexar County sits at around 2 million people, and is projected to increase by more than 1.1 million people by 2040, according to data from the county. With population growth comes changes to the local real estate market and new developments. In this edition, learn more about local real estate trends and how unique developments—like Providence by the Green—are moving into North San Antonio. This guide also includes information on how to utilize sustainable landscaping practices and a local nonpro t that gives back to veterans.
In this Home edition, we share stories about new developments in the area and tips on xeriscaping, which could also earn you rebates. In addition, we share a story about a non-pro t called Military Warriors Support Foundation, which assists combat veterans with various programs and services. Many thanks to our advertisers for making this kind of local coverage possible, and our readers for staying connected with what’s happening around town.
Heather Demere San Antonio Market President hdemere@ communityimpact.com
Sierra Martin Managing Editor smartin@ communityimpact.com
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How cultivating local plants can help residents save water utilize strategic plant placement, shrubs, trees, natural grasses, and ground cover, such as mulch, gravel and rocks. Common plants include the orange-and-red-blossomed Pride of Barbados, Red Yucca, and Lantana, which provide ground cover. Jimenez said xeriscaped landscapes can also
Esteban Jimenez, CEO of San Antonio-based landscaping company XeriPro, said that, unlike traditional landscaping, xeriscaping creates land- scapes designed around native plants that existed in the region prior to human settlement. The framework Xeriscaping, or the use of local ora, not only saves money and reduces water usage, but it also cultivates a landscape that can thrive in the midst of extreme heat. Jimenez said a common misconception is that xeriscaping always means a bare yard of only rocks and cacti. Instead, he said a xeriscaped yard with South Texas plants is usually green and lush. “We’re trying to battle that misconception, which is, it doesn’t mean zero plants. It means choosing the right plants and the things that are going to survive and do well within the climate that you’re working with,” Jimenez said. Xeriscaping involves multiple components that
impact the local ecosystem by using pollinators to attract butter ies, humming birds, and local wild- life, or plants that can act as either deer-friendly vegetation or deer repellents. How it works Jimenez said residents can go to the San Antonio Water System, or SAWS, website to learn what speci c plants qualify for rebates. “At Rainbow Nursery, you’ll see a lot of the plants will have the SAWS logo on them, saying, If you plant these, you’ll get a credit from us,” Jimenez said.
Xeriscaped yards can be bene cial for the local ecosystem.
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