On school days, the children from St. John's School use the park.
After school the skaters from Pueblo H.S. and the neighborhood take over.
In the evening the seniors and everyone else go out to walk and play.
The lights stay on till 10:00 pm and then a neighbor locks the gate and the new bathrooms.
The land is leased by the St. John's to the City. The County's Neighborhood Reinvestment Bond funds have paid for most of three phases of development. This is the way a church, school, neighborhood, and public entities work together. The catalysts: Pima County Interfaith and Southern Arizona Interfaith and the persistent leaders from St. John's.
After school the skaters from Pueblo H.S. and the neighborhood take over.
In the evening the seniors and everyone else go out to walk and play.
The lights stay on till 10:00 pm and then a neighbor locks the gate and the new bathrooms.
The land is leased by the St. John's to the City. The County's Neighborhood Reinvestment Bond funds have paid for most of three phases of development. This is the way a church, school, neighborhood, and public entities work together. The catalysts: Pima County Interfaith and Southern Arizona Interfaith and the persistent leaders from St. John's.
St John Park Phase II (2013) - Skate Park Dedication
$500,000 from the Pima County Neighborhood Reinvestment Program and the city's Back to Basics funds provided for the construction of a skate park, and amenities including a ramada, with picnic grills, lighting, fencing, a sidewalk, a drinking fountain, landscaping, seating and the asphalt paving of an existing jogging track at the community park. PCI, St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, neighborhood residents, the City and the County worked together for 11 years to make the park a reality. Msgr. Raul Trevizo blessed the park and dedicated it to deceased Deacon and community leader Ernest Roche.
ST. John Park Phase 1 (2009) - Track & Field Dedication
Parishioners, PCIC leaders, and neighbors got solid proof that persistence does pay off. The students of St. John's School were joined by representatives from Tucson City Council, Parks & Recreation, Pima County Board of Supervisors, and others to make official and to celebrate the opening of the new park north of the church. The dedication marked the completion of Phase I of the park, and represented a ten-year endeavor with many collaborations, triumphs and set-backs. With Phase II on the horizon, all celebrated what can be achieved through broad-based community action and perseverance!
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