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Guadalupe Parkway Neighborhood Centers to surrender building to city; CEO thanks council for long partnership
Summary
The CEO of Guadalupe Parkway Neighborhood Centers told council she will surrender the organization’s historic Guadalupe building to the city as programming has shifted; she thanked the city for decades of partnership serving North and East Lubbock children and families.
LUBBOCK, Texas — During public comment at the May 13 Lubbock City Council meeting, Dela Esqueda, CEO and executive director of Guadalupe Parkway Neighborhood Centers, said the organization will surrender the Guadalupe building back to the city because the school it served has closed, though the center will continue serving children at two new Parkway neighborhood buildings.
“Since 1962, the City of Lubbock has been alongside helping us facilitate programs for underrepresented children in North And East Lubbock,” Esqueda said, and she told the council the organization has “served over 50,000 children since 1962 along with their families.”
The nut graf: Esqueda framed the move as a transition, thanked the city and partner organizations — including the Lubbock Area United Way and past leaders — and accepted funds designated at the State of the City address to support the center. She described the center as being “birthed in the arms of the city” and thanked the council for long-term partnership in serving North and East Lubbock.
Mayor referenced the city’s tornado memorial and noted historical ties between the city and the neighborhood centers following Esqueda’s comments. Esqueda said services will continue at the Carmona and Ramirez schools and at two new buildings in the Parkway neighborhood; she asked the council to accept her organization’s thanks and acknowledged that the change followed the closing of a school the center had served.
Ending: Esqueda’s remarks were brief and ceremonial in tone but substantive in effect: they notified council and the public of the building surrender and described where Guadalupe Parkway Neighborhood Centers will continue programming. No formal council action was recorded on the comment.
