Riverside 公园休闲委员会5比2建议把 Cesar Chavez 社区中心更名为 Eastside 社区中心：500多份居民反馈中75%支持探讨改名
位于加利福尼亚州河滨县的 Riverside 市，经过数月收集社区反馈，该市以劳工权益领袖 Cesar Chavez 命名的社区中心更名一事向前推进了一步。目前因翻修关闭的 Cesar E. Chavez 社区中心，可能改名为 Eastside 社区中心。
Riverside 公园休闲委员会10月19日以5比2投票，建议市议会把这座市属建筑更名为 Eastside Community Center。公园休闲部副主任 Noemi Lopez 告诉委员会，市府共收集到500多份居民反馈，其中75%的受访者表示希望探讨改名，超过半数受访者还希望新名优先体现本地历史、文化代表性或社区认同。
委员会最终在两个候选名之间作选择：University Heights 社区中心与 Eastside 社区中心。前者源于该建筑1976年前曾是 University Heights 初中、市府其后买下该楼的历史；委员 Oz Puerta 在10月19日的会议上说，Arlanza、Casa Blanca、Eastside 都是 Riverside 人熟知的地名，用 Eastside 命名能更好地呼应所在社区，该中心附近还有即将完工的 SPC Jesus S. Duran Eastside 图书馆。更名的最终决定权在市议会。
Riverside Park and Recreation Commission Votes 5-2 to Recommend Renaming the Cesar Chavez Community Center as the Eastside Community Center: 75 Percent of 500-Plus Survey Responses Favored Exploring a Change
Riverside, California, in Riverside County — After months of collecting community feedback, the city of Riverside is one step closer to renaming a community center named after labor rights leader Cesar Chavez. The Cesar E. Chavez Community Center, which is currently closed for renovations, could be renamed the Eastside Community Center.
The Riverside Park and Recreation Commission voted 5-2 on October 19 to recommend that the City Council rename the city-owned building. Noemi Lopez, the park and recreation department's deputy director, told the commission that the city collected more than 500 survey responses, that 75 percent of respondents said they wanted to explore a name change, and that more than half wanted the name to prioritize local history, cultural representation or community identity.
The commission ultimately considered two names: University Heights Community Center, a reference to the building's previous life as University Heights Junior High School until 1976, when the city bought the facility; and Eastside Community Center. Commissioner Oz Puerta said at the October 19 meeting that Arlanza, Casa Blanca and Eastside are how Riverside knows its locations, and that the Eastside name would speak to the neighborhood and connect with the soon-to-be-completed SPC Jesus S. Duran Eastside Library nearby. The final decision rests with the City Council.
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