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PAC
President Leads Charge to Save Trees from Construction
Zone
For
Immediate Release
June 7, 2007
Contact: Vincent Bosquez, Director of Public Relations,
Palo Alto College
(210) 921-5269
vbosquez@accd.edu
City
employee and PAC student Samuel Holmes (left) briefs
the college’s Executive Research Team on the
procedures used to transplant trees from the campus
to a nearby park. With Holmes are Dr. Ana M. Guzmán,
PAC president, Dr. Adolfo Barrera, Stacey Johnson,
Robert Garza, Catherine Chapa and Dr. Mike Flores.
Photo
by Mario Ramirez
As
work begins on Palo Alto College’s $21.1 million
Convocation Center, Dr. Ana M. “Cha” Guzmán,
PAC President, has sought and received assistance
from the City of San Antonio to save five cedar elm
trees located in the construction area.
The trees,
estimated to be 20-years-old, had been previously
marked for destruction. The trees will be relocated
to Palo Alto Terrace Park, located at 9700 Celeste.
There are currently no trees in the park.
“Our
commitment is to be responsible to the environment
so that our children’s children will enjoy theirs,”
said Dr. Guzmán. “The shade of these
trees at a park near Palo Alto will bring enjoyment
to our community.”
The first
tree was transplanted June 5 and the final tree is
scheduled to be transplanted June 11. SpawGlass Construction,
which is building the Convocation Center, is overseeing
the transplanting of the trees. City of San Antonio
employee Samuel Holmes, who is performing the actual
transplanting of the trees, is also a PAC student
majoring in Landscape and Horticulture Science.
Palo Alto
College, one of the Alamo Community Colleges, is fully
accredited, located on the Southside, and awards associate
degrees, short-term certificates and offers non-credit
continuing education classes. The college is recognized
nationally for its high transfer rate. The campus
is located at 1400 W. Villaret Blvd. at I-410 South
and Texas Hwy. 16 or online at <www.accd.edu/pac>.
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