SE 10th Avenue Streetscape Project groundbreaking ceremony.
Who: Barrio Neighborhood Planning Committee (BNPC), City of Amarillo, and Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT)
What: Barrio SE 10th Avenue Streetscape Groundbreaking Event
When: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Where: 918 South Houston Street, Amarillo, TX
Why: The BNPC board members, the City of Amarillo, and the Texas Department of Transportation are excited to announce the groundbreaking event for the SE 10th Avenue Streetscape Project. Please join us on September 10, 2024 at 918 South Houston Street, at La Plazita Park, north of Martha’s Hair Salon, for this exciting ceremony.
This project will include installing 9,900 square feet of ADA accessible sidewalks, curbs, and driveways and four ADA access crosswalks on Cleveland, Houston, Roberts, and Ross Streets, 96 trees on the north side, a 10-feet wide designated bike lane and bike racks on the south side of 10th Avenue, 90 street lamps with banner arms, six 96-inch colorful metal benches and six matching trash cans, landscaping on both sides, and at least 100 monogrammed brick pavers (see photos below). The permanent sponsored monogrammed brick pavers will be installed on the north side of 10th Avenue between Houston and Cleveland Streets. This project will cover seven blocks from Garfield Street to Ross Street.
The 10th Avenue Streetscape Project is funded by two Texas Department of Texas (TXDOT) federal grants, one grant for $1,790,434.00 and the other grant for $3,100,000 for a total of 4,890,434, a $750,517.00 match from the City of Amarillo 2016 bond funds, the $32,000 Mary E. Bivins Foundation grant (for 9 benches), The Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust grant (one bench), Los Barrios de Amarillo organization (one bench), and BNPC donations and fundraisers, which will be used to purchase one more 96-inch metal bench and 12 engraved bench plaques to recognize our generous sponsors.
Special thanks to the BNPC Vice-President, David Rosas, for sponsoring free ice cream cones and popsicles and free bottled water by the BNPC for our guests. Pastor Margie Gonzales will begin the ceremony with a prayer. The City of Amarillo will provide 12 shovels for this groundbreaking event. Guests will be present from the City of Amarillo, the BNPC, and the Potter County Commissioners Court and the public is invited.
The Barrio Neighborhood Planning Committee, a nonprofit 501c3 organization, was established in March 2017 in coordination with the City of Amarillo with a mission of preserving and revitalizing El Barrio neighborhood one corridor at a time. For more information or to get involved with the BNPC, please contact Teresa Kenedy, President, at (806) 437-6592, visit our website at amarillobarrioneighborhood.com, or email us at: bnpamarillo@gmail.com.
Present: 10th Avenue
Future: 10th Avenue
$250 for 8×8 inch ivory brick paver $150 for 4×8 inch ivory brick paver
Sincerely,
Teresa Kenedy
806.437.6592
Barrio Neighborhood Planning
Committee President
