In partnership with the San Antonio Sports School Parks Program, Palo Alto College is dedicating approximately one acre of land for a playground park. The new park will provide a safe and family-friendly space for children and their families to promote community fitness and ecological awareness. The park will be located in close proximity to the existing PAC fitness trail, adjacent to the campus’s Natatorium and Fitness Center and Ozuna Library with community access from Villaret Boulevard.
User Group Members:
Dr. Beatriz Joseph Gilbert Becerra
Elizabeth Tanner Jennifer Flores
Anticipated start date: Spring 2019
Anticipated completion date: May 31, 2019
Timeline:
Playground Phase I Progress:
Palomino Park Grand Opening 10/15/2019:
Park Naming Surrey Results:
Results by Theme
Suggestions provided by survey participants revolved around several key themes. The table below counts how many times a suggestion mentioned one of these themes. As a single suggestion could mention more than 1 theme, these results include some duplication.
Themes
Count
Palomino
56
PAC
37
Community
21
Spanish
12
South
6
Flores
5
Villaret
2
Children
2
Delacour
2
Results by Exact Match
Several survey participants provided the exact same name suggestion. The table below summarizes how many times participants offered the exact same recommendation. Only recommendations that were repeated at least once are included.
Suggestions
Count
Palomino Park
21
Palo Alto Community Park
7
Little Palomino Park
6
Palomino Playground
3
Carolyn DeLacour
2
El parque del sur
2
Little Palomino
2
Mike Flores Park
2
PAC Park
2
PAC Playland
2
Palo Alto Park
2
Palochi Park
2
Palomino Play Park
2
Palomino Playland
2
Park Palomino
2
Rosie Castro Park
2
Students First Park
2
Unique Suggestions
Many recommendations are unique in that they did not mention one of the themes summarized above, nor were they mentioned more than once. These unique recommendations are listed below.
John Quincy Adams
Alamo Colleges Play Ground Park
Primo’s Playground
People’s First Park
Ornelas Community Park (named after Faculty)
Saldaña Park
Mariposa Park
Buckington Park
Dreamer Park
Rosie Castro
Abraham Lincoln
Laurie Ann Guerrero
College Park
Veterans Memorial Park
College Corner
Progress Playground
Rosie Castro Park
Rosie Castro Park
Fun and Fitness Field
Carmen Tafolla
Sunshine Park
Palochi Park
Students 1st Always
Students First Park
Primo’s Park/Playground
Promise Park
Trinity Park
Charles Butt park (humanitarian and philanthropist)
The Rio Grande will serve as a joint purpose dedicated to promoting collaborative learning and interactive instruction in advance manufacturing and public service. Courses that will be taught include Advance Manufacturing, Criminal Justice, Dental Hygiene and Student Services. Palo Alto College’s Rio Grande Building will serve 804 manufacturing students over five years, providing 271,232 contact hours in advanced manufacturing education.
Also located in the Rio Grande Building will be the New Student Engagement & Welcome Center which will provide visitors, students, and faculty with a primary entry point to the campus. Various student support services will be housed within this building and will serve as a one-stop location for new students.
Architect: RVK Architects
CMAR: Bartlett Cocke General Contractors
Building Square Footage: 128,000 (approx.)
Estimate to Complete: $59.7M
Classrooms: Advance Manufacturing Center, Labs; Public Service Center; Student Engagement & Welcome Center; Healthcare Technology Center of Excellence; Dental Clinic for community use; Cyber Security Lab; Science Labs; Simulated Courtroom