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FOWLER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The City of Fowler volition soon look guardant to a caller elder halfway and constabulary office aft officials broke crushed successful the halfway of the city.
On Monday, metropolis officials held a groundbreaking ceremonial for the David T. Cardenas Senior Center and Fowler Police Headquarters astatine 108 N. 3rd St.
The gathering was projected connected a ballot successful 2018 and since then, the metropolis states years of readying brought the inaugural to fruition. The $17 million, 16,000-square-foot installation volition regenerate the outdated Edwin Blayney Senior Center and big instrumentality enforcement operations for the City of Fowler.
Set to beryllium located crossed the thoroughfare from Panzak Park, officials accidental the constabulary office volition amended work transportation and supply authorities with much room, having been operating retired of municipality hallway previously. Additionally, the David T. Cardenas Senior Center volition supply much recreational opportunities for seniors.
“This unsocial accidental to co-locate our Senior Center and our Police Department further builds spot and forges beardown relationships betwixt instrumentality enforcement and the residents we serve. The caller installation volition conscionable the needs of Fowler for decades to come,” said Fowler Police Chief Michael Reid.
The installation was named aft David Cardenas who served connected the metropolis assembly since the aboriginal 2000s and arsenic politician of the metropolis for much than a decade. He passed distant successful March 2022.
"Thank you to the politician [Cardenas] for his vision, for his leadership. Unfortunately, we mislaid him a fewer years ago, but his woman and household were present contiguous truthful I wanna convey them for coming retired and for each the hard enactment they did— due to the fact that arsenic an elected official, it's not conscionable what we bash it's the sacrifice of our families also, truthful convey you," said Mayor of Fowler Daniel Parra.
City officials adhd the shared installation volition besides person a ample assemblage country for organizations and Fowler residents to conscionable and an enhanced nationalist information facility.
