Sun. Dec 22nd, 2024

To kick off National Public Works Week in May, the City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency invites you, your family and friends to a free community event on Saturday, May 18, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Walnut Water Pump Station located at 723 W. Walnut St.

Highlights of the event include free tacos to the first 500 guests, prizes, tours of the state-of-the-art water pump station, a water pipe connection competition, Public Works exhibits and large equipment displays, including exhibits from the Neighborhood Initiative and Environmental Services team, Santa Ana Public Library, Santa Ana Police Department, Orange County Fire Authority, and OC Adopt-a- Pet with live animals. Plus captivating musical performances by student groups from Santa Ana High School.

All this is free to you, your family, friends, and neighbors!

Free event parking is available in the lot at Flower Street and Pine Street. For more information, contact Michelle Micallef at mmicallef@santa-ana.org or 714-647-5091.

About the City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency

The Public Works Agency, with six divisions and professional staff of more than 330 employees, is responsible for maintaining Santa Ana’s infrastructure and quality of life. We build and maintain all public streets, storm drains, sewers, and water facilities, as well as coordinate trash collection and recycling, street sweeping, public right-of-way landscaping and graffiti removal. Through our Water Resources Division, we ensure the community enjoys high quality drinking water. We also ensure the community is able to travel around the city efficiently through the use of our state-of-the-art traffic management system and close collaboration with neighborhood associations and developers to resolve speeding, parking and traffic problems.

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Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

By Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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