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Newsletter
Fall 2005
Groundbreaking for Ascot Hills, The Next Great Urban Park
 The community celebrated the groundbreaking for the new 140 acre park
in Ascot Hills in East Los Angeles on November 1, 2005. The park will
provide passive recreation and green space in one of the most park poor
areas in the city. This dream has come true after 75 years of public
calls for a park there, through a creative partnership between the City
of Los Angeles and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
that The City Project helped bring together. "[I]n East L.A. itself, the
largest open space is Evergreen Cemetery, which basically sends a
message to kids: 'If you want open space, you have to die first,'"
Robert Garcia told the Los Angeles Times on January 15, 2004, when this
park was proposed.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa praised The City Project's efforts to organize the community for the park in his press release.
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