La Placita Beautification Project

$200,000

open space authority funds contributed to project

2023

project awarded

The School of Arts and Culture at MHP (SOAC) is bringing green infrastructure to a newly acquired property. La Placita is across the street from the Mexican Heritage Plaza (La Plaza), where SOAC has operated since 2011. SOAC is planning, designing, and implementing a safe, urban, public, outdoor recreational space for the Alum Rock Avenue and Eastgate Avenue sides of the acquired property. The space includes an educational experience about the native habitat of East San José.
Award Date:
July 20, 2023
Program:
Urban Grant Program
Location:
1785 Alum Rock Avenue

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