Bridging the Gap holds donation event in Laredo
April 11, 2021
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Bethany House of Laredo Director of Community Relations Cindy Leyendecker leads Pastor Jimmy Robles and representatives from regional charities and organizations through the Bethany House dining hall, Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2021, during the Community 4 Unity Bridging the Gap meeting.Danny Zaragoza, Staff Photographer / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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Ministerios Torre Fuerte s San Juana Cervantes, center, gathers information as Pastor Jimmy Robles, right, begins the Community 4 Unity Bridging the Gap meeting, Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2021 at the Bethany House dining hall.Danny Zaragoza, Staff Photographer / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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Bethany House of Laredo Director of Community Relations Cindy Leyendecker introduces Pastor Jimmy Robles, second from right, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at the Bethany House dining hall during the Community 4 Unity Bridging the Gap meeting.
Delayed due to COVID, El Eden Splash Park gets to hold ribbon cutting
April 11, 2021
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Amenities of El Eden Splash Park are showcased Wednesday, April 7, 2021 during the park’s grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony.Danny Zaragoza /Laredo Morning Times
More than a year after the original ribbon cutting was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony to officially open the El Eden Splash Park was held Wednesday morning.
The project cost $1,018,933 of which $551,270 was obtained from community block grant money and the remaining $467,663 from district property funds. The original ribbon cutting ceremony was planned for March 3, 2020.
“This project is long overdue as we started it more than two years ago, and we had the opportunity to open it up last year. But unfortunately with the COVID situation that came about about we started shutting a lot of our departments for safety purposes, especially with the rise of COVID that wasn’t going down at al