{"id":230500,"date":"2018-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/mission-trails-breaks-ground-on-new-ranger-station\/"},"modified":"2018-08-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T07:00:00","slug":"mission-trails-breaks-ground-on-new-ranger-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/mission-trails-breaks-ground-on-new-ranger-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Trails breaks ground on new ranger station"},"content":{"rendered":"

por Jess Winans\u00a0<\/p>\n

The shovels were lined out on Thursday, July 19 for the groundbreaking ceremony of a new ranger station at Mission Trails Regional Park.<\/p>\n

The addition of the station serves as the conclusion of the East Fortuna Staging Area developments which began in 2004. The original developments included parking spaces for 47 cars and 15 horse trailers, 12 picnic sites and four horse corrals.<\/p>\n

\"Mission<\/a>
An artist rendering of the new ranger station currently under construction in the East Fortuna Staging Area of Mission Trails Regional Park. (Cortes\u00eda Ciudad de San Diego)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While the original developments benefited the Mission Trails community, rangers still worked in very crowded trailers or offices in the visitors center. This new station aims to solve that problem by adding office spaces for the 13 rangers that currently work at Mission Trails.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be a small area where you can go in and pick up brochures so the public can come in and get information, but it’s [the new ranger station] mainly for park staff,\u201d said Dorothy Leonard, one of the original founding members of the Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation.<\/p>\n

\"Mission<\/a>
Councilmember Scott Sherman speaking at the ranger station groundbreaking. (l to r) Mission Trails Regional Park rangers Mansour Habis, Chris Axtmann, and Heidi Gutknecht; Casey Smith, deputy director, City of San Diego, Parks and Recreation Department Open Space Division; Councilmember Scott Sherman; County Supervisor Kristin Gaspar;
Dorothy Leonard, Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation president; MTRP senior ranger Ryan Robertson; Joseph Morse, Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation Board president. (Foto por Angie Ollman)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new ranger station will also feature artwork by Encanto resident and artist Roman de Salvo who previously designed a playground for the city of San Jose and the Riparium public art at Ruocco Park north of Seaport Village.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe trails inspired this work,\u201d de Salvo said. \u201cI\u2019m a trail user here and I\u2019m really into the trails, the river and wanting to celebrate the trails and the water here. We came up with this idea of how to create an abstract rendition of the park in a sculpture.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project totals a $6,638,550 investment \u2014 $867,540 from the Mission Trails Regional Park Antenna Fund; $4,071,010 from the city\u2019s Environmental Growth Fund; and a $1.5 million donation from the Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been trying for a long time to preserve and promote nature in a very urban environment like San Diego,\u201d County Supervisor Kristin Gaspar said. \u201cIf people haven\u2019t been out here, they need to get here right away because this is a jewel for San Diego, it\u2019s a hidden gem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Construction of the new ranger station began on Aug. 6 and is set to be completed next summer.<\/p>\n

\"Mission<\/a>
This rock sculpture by artist Roman de Salvo will be installed at the front of the new ranger station. (Cortes\u00eda Ciudad de San Diego)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For more information about the Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation or the New Ranger Station, visit mtrp.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jess Winans is the editorial assistant for SDCNN, parent company of Mission Times Courier. Reach her at jess@sdcnn.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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