MEDIA ADVISORY: Play All Day Initiative Comes to Life with Groundbreaking for New Playfield in College East Neighborhood

 

 

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

Play All Day Initiative Comes to Life with Groundbreaking for New Playfield in College East Neighborhood

 

WHAT:           Harriet Tubman Village Charter students and staff will join City of San Diego Council President Georgette Gómez and San Diego Unified Chief Facilities Planning and Construction Officer, Lee Dulgeroff, to celebrate the groundbreaking for their new 37,000 square-foot grass playfield and park. With new picnic tables and a new playground, the field in the College East neighborhood will give students, families, and neighbors a place to walk, run, and Play All Day.

 

WHEN:           Monday, August 12^th, 2019

9:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m.

 

*CEO Ryan Woodard can make himself available earlier than the event if media want to do live interviews or earlier shoots. Please let us know one day prior and we can set it up**

WHERE:         Harriet Tubman Village Charter School

6880 Mohawk St., San Diego, CA 92115

    

VISUALS:       9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. – Student cheerleaders perform

                        9:10 a.m. – 9:25 a.m. – Speakers

                        9:25 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. - Speakers join students to put the shovel in the turf

                        9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. – Media photo opp/ individual interviews

 

GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS: 

 

Georgette Gómez, City of San Diego Council President

Chief Facilities Planning and Construction Officer Lee Dulgeroff, San Diego Unified School District

CEO Ryan Woodard, Tubman Village Charter School

Terry Shirley, Former Chair of Mesa Colony Community Group

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

The Harriet Tubman Village K-8 Charter School Joint-Use Field project involves construction of a natural grass playfield with a walking/running path, as well as security fencing. Amenities include new picnic tables and benches, a new drinking fountain, a new play structure with shade, and existing basketball courts.

BACKGROUND: 

Capital projects are funded by San Diego Unified’s Propositions S and Z, which are local bond measures approved by San Diego voters to repair, renovate and revitalize neighborhood schools.

As part of the Play All Day partnership with the City of San Diego, the joint-use field will be accessible to the community as a local park after school hours and during school breaks. You can read more about the initiative here.

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Media ContactS: 

Jamie Ries, San Diego Unified Facilities Communication Liaison

                       619-855-9283; jries@sandi.net 

                       

Corinne Wilson, Communications Manager and Policy Advisor for Georgette Gómez; 619-380-0821; CSWilson@sandiego.gov.