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Guadalupe Parkway Neighborhood Centers thanks city as it surrenders historic building
Summary
The executive director of the Guadalupe Parkway Neighborhood Centers addressed council to thank the city for long-term support and said the center will surrender its historic Guadalupe Building to the city while continuing services from other facilities.
Dela Escueda, chief executive officer of Guadalupe Parkway Neighborhood Centers, told the Lubbock City Council on May 13, 2025 that the nonprofit will return the Guadalupe Building to the city but will continue serving children from new facilities in the Parkway neighborhood.
“I am the CEO and the Executive Director,” Escueda said during the public-comment period. “We are here to thank you and to thank the city of Lubbock… We are surrendering that building back to the city, the Guadalupe Building, because… the school has closed that we were serving.”
Escueda said the center was first supported by the city and the Lubbock Area United Way in the 1960s, moved after the 1970 tornado and has since served North and East Lubbock. She told council the organization has served more than 50,000 children since 1962 and thanked the mayor for directing funds from the State of the City address to the center.
The mayor noted his personal connection to the organization dating to the tornado recovery and asked the council to observe a moment of silence for the 26 people who died in the 1970 tornado; he also encouraged residents to visit the city’s tornado memorial on Avenue Q.
Escueda’s remarks were delivered during the council’s citizen-comment period. She identified the center’s address and her role; no formal council action on the building was recorded in the meeting minutes.
