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Causes: Community Recreational Centers, Sports
Mission: The primary purpose of this corporation shall be to promote a healthy, livable community with opportunities for physical activity as well as personal and cultural enrichment throught the acquisition, expansion and operation of a community recreation center that will provide a wide rangeof community programs. The organization was formed in an effort to help alleviate the food-hardship and obesity rates in california's central valley. It owns and operates the central valley community recreation center and provides a much-needed "clean-air" recreational outlet for residents of the central valley. The organization provides space for local nonprofits that are already well-established in the area but need access to recreational/office/storage space and a center out of which to provide their services to the local community.
Programs: Acquired leasehold and operations of the gateway ice center in fresno, ca which provides a facility that will encourage a healthy lifestyle and provide a safe and clean environment for children, non-profits, and community organizations to use. The gateway ice center provides a facility for the public to participate in ice skating, hockey, and other recreational and competitive sports for all levels of experience.
acquired a 10-year lease with the city of fresno to operate, develop, and acquire improvements to the granite park sports complex in east-central fresno. The proposal includes plans to refurbish three amateur baseball fields, the addition of a major league sized baseball field complete with irrigation, fencing, turf and lighting, construction of a restaurant, new basketball and volleyball courts and walking/jogging paths that will be open to the public.
provided services to other nonprofit partners by providing facilities and co-sponsoring activities for the central cal baseball academy, children's hospital central california adaptive sports program, big brothers/big sisters of central california, boys and girls club of fresno, the city of fresno, fresno economic opportunities commission, central california regional obesity prevention program, fresno police athletic league, and fresno monsters junior hockey club.