From the El Paso Community Foundation:
The City of El Paso is hosting a Community Memorial Service to reflect and remember the victims of the mass shooting and to offer a place of healing and support for the community.
The memorial gathering is scheduled for7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 14, 2019. It will be held atSouthwest University Parkin downtown and will be simulcast live at three satellite locations – theConvention CenterandCleveland Square Parkboth in downtown, and atPonder Park, at 7500 WH Burges Drive.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICE
Starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 14, 2019, at four locations.
Doors open at 6 p.m. at Southwest University Park, located at Franklin Avenue and Santa Fe Street. The public should arrive no more than one hour prior to doors opening. The memorial program will be simulcast live at three satellite sites to provide enough space to accommodate all who wish to participate.
Live simulcast at the Convention Center, located at Santa Fe Street and San Antonio Avenue; at Cleveland Square Park, located at Santa Fe Street and Franklin Avenue; and at Ponder Park, located at 7500 W.H. Burges Drive.
Event is open to the public, free of charge and tickets are not required.
Free parking will be provided at all metered parking spaces and various parking garages located in Uptown and Downtown. The following parking garages and lots will offer free parking: Glory Road Transit Terminal, the Convention Center, the Union Plaza Transit Terminal, Mills Building Garage, 122 Kansas Parking Garage, Wells Fargo Parking Garage, the Surface Lot at 401 Mesa (across from San Jacinto Plaza), and the Surface Lot at 415 Mesa (behind Stewart Title).
At Ponder Park, the public may park in nearby on-street parking spaces, and at Sun Metro’s Eastside Terminal Parking lot, at 1165 Sunmount Drive.
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