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The west side gets a new park 🌳

by Danielle Bergstrom April 2, 2024April 2, 2024

☀️ Good morning! Today is Tuesday, April 2. Spring weather is back, with temperatures forecast to be in the high 70s, a few degrees above normal.

🏕️ Registration for youth camps at Camp Fresno this summer is now open! Day and overnight camping options at the city’s compound in the Sierra Nevadas are available for kids ages 7 to 17. City of Fresno

🦋 Arte Americas, in partnership with Fresno City College, is hosting a community immigration forum this evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at 1630 Van Ness Avenue. Local immigrants from a variety of backgrounds are encouraged to attend and discuss their personal experiences as they relate to the book Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, by Jose Antonio Vargas (who will be speaking at Fresno City College on April 10). Instagram

City breaks ground on new $8.7 million park, calling it the ‘transformation of west Fresno’

City leaders broke ground this week on a new 10-acre park in southwest Fresno. The park, which has yet to be named, is just one part in a series of planned developments in the West Creek Village Development Area, a 120-acre mixed-use project that promises to bring more housing, a […]

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The west side gets a new park 🌳

by Danielle Bergstrom, Fresnoland
April 2, 2024

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<p>☀️ Good morning! Today is Tuesday, April 2. Spring weather is back, with <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSHanford/status/1775153714015416745" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">temperatures forecast to be in the high 70s</a>, a few degrees above normal.</p>
<p>🏕️ Registration for youth camps at Camp Fresno this summer is now open! Day and overnight camping options at the city's compound in the Sierra Nevadas are available for kids ages 7 to 17. <a href="https://www.fresno.gov/parks/campfresno/#camp-fresno-fee-schedule" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">City of Fresno</a></p>
<p>🦋 Arte Americas, in partnership with Fresno City College, is hosting a community immigration forum this evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at 1630 Van Ness Avenue. Local immigrants from a variety of backgrounds are encouraged to attend and discuss their personal experiences as they relate to the book Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, by Jose Antonio Vargas (who will be speaking at Fresno City College on April 10). <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Jd0AtPGJj/?hl=en&amp;img_index=3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a></p>
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