She spends several days a week in Guadalupe helping with constituent services, the Senior Center, the Dunes Center, and working with Los Amigos de Guadalupe. She had spent 20 years delivering critical services to Guadalupe as executive director of the Little House by the Park, Family Services Agency. Shortly after taking office, I hired someone with deep roots in Guadalupe, Alma Hernandez, to be a part of my team. I lobbied the state to recognize Guadalupe as an “Opportunity Zone,” making the city eligible for additional grants and investment and helped secure a Sustainable Communities Transportation Grant for the city while also supporting Dunes Center grant applications and programs. This collaboration has secured a $4.4 million grant for LeRoy Park, and, working with Congressman Carbajal’s office, another $1.7 million for the LeRoy Community Project that Congress is soon expected to be authorized. My office meets weekly with Los Amigos de Guadalupe, a local nonprofit focused on delivering state and federal grants to Guadalupe. I worked with her, county Public Works, the State Water Board and the USDA to secure grants to fund these critical repairs. In my first days in office, I was contacted by Guadalupe’s city manager about emergency repairs to the city’s well. Here’s some of the work I’ve participated in to support Guadalupe. Through collaboration with City Council, city staff, nonprofit partners, my office, and committed local residents, Guadalupe is now in a much stronger position. In my tenure as supervisor, I have endeavored to support Guadalupe at every opportunity. At that time, Guadalupe was in precarious financial straits. 11), it has been top-of-mind since I took office almost five years ago.
The rich agricultural lands have drawn wave after wave of different ethnic groups to work the fields-and each has left their distinctive mark on the city.Įven though Guadalupe is on the outskirts of the 3rd District I represent, contrary to what the Canary asserted recently (“Representation,” Nov.
Guadalupe-the little town with the big heart-enjoys the world-renowned Guadalupe Dunes, distinctive downtown architecture and murals, excellent cuisine, and, above all, wonderful people. As the city's representative in county government, I'm never not thinking about Guadalupe By JOAN HARTMANN
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