PROJECT OVERVIEW Phase 3 of the San Gabriel Park improvements comes about four years after the conclusion of Phase 2 and will revamp the portion of the park located closest to the Georgetown Recreation Center.
celebration and Fiesta San Jose. “Everybody [used to] want every- thing to be on the Square, ... and we always want the Square to be vibrant and active, but now ... we’re looking for ways to activate other parts of the city to accommodate good events,” Schroeder said. When it is not being used for events, it will remain as green space open to public use or city-organized athletic activities, Nuner said. Phase 3 renovations also include the addition of a plaza with a skate park, a splash area and restroom facil- ities, which will be located behind the Georgetown Recreation Center. While San Gabriel Park has an existing skate park, Nuner said that facility is not ideal as it is located in an old batting cage. He added this will be the city’s rst concrete skate park and will include street elements such as grinding rails and ramps. Georgetown resident Heather Gutierrez said she goes skateboard- ing a couple times a month. “I’ve been to the other skate park here, and it could use some improve- ments,” Gutierrez said, adding she hopes this park has an even oor, more grind rails and more half pipes. “This one being all concrete is awesome.” While she said she hopes to teach her 4-year-old daughter to skateboard one day, for now, she is interested in bring- ing her to the upcoming splash plaza. Unlike other splash pads in the city, Nuner said this amenity will not have elevated features. Instead, the splash plaza will have fountains that can be sequenced with lights and patterns. “[It’s] more than just a children’s splash pad,” Nuner said. “It’s kind of an architectural amenity, so it can be more artistic in a way.” Rhonney Greene, who has lived in the area for 10 years, said he comes to San Gabriel Park occasionally. While he was not aware of the city’s
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Splash plaza Unlike some of the other splash pads throughout the city that have features that dump and spray water from above, this splash plaza will shoot water up from the ground. 6 two-day music festival, which will bring more than 40 artists and 30,000 daily attendees to San Gabriel Park—is the result of previous master plans. “Most folks don’t get to open their festival grounds with a 30,000-per- son festival, so we timed it pretty much perfectly,” Georgetown Mayor Josh Schroeder said. The timeline for Phase 3 is being driven by the presence of this festival with projects beginning shortly after
Multiuse event lawn City ocials said they aim to build the festival space in a way that works with a host of large-scale events. When it is not being used for these events, it will be green space open to public use. 1
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the April 15-16 festival wraps up. Work is estimated to take 10 months and n- ish in March 2024 ahead of next year’s Two Step Inn Festival, Nuner said. C3 Presents, the company producing the Two Step Inn Festival, has already come to the city wanting to renew its agreement for 2024, contingent on the event’s inaugural year being successful. The space—which encompasses the football eld and the former rodeo arena—will host other annual events, Schroeder said, including the George- town Field of Honor, a Juneteenth
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Adding activities One way the Phase 3 renovations are set to add to the park’s usable green space is through the new festival area. First identied as a priority for Georgetown residents ahead of the 2008 bond, Nuner said the festival space was not prompted by the arrival of the Two Step Inn Festival. How- ever, the event—Georgetown’s rst
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