Old Monterey Foundation cordially invites the community to the special “Wander the Wonders of Monterey History: Grand Opening Ceremony for the Lower Presidio Historic Park”, located at 76th Artillery Street and Corporal Ewing Road in Monterey on Saturday, November 11, 2017 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The ceremony, which will include a ribbon cutting, will highlight the recently completed and installed eight new interpretive signs, a white wooden perimeter fence, and two new ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accessible pathways as part 1 of the development of the park, the Harbor Trail which extends to the Serra Monument and the Bay View Trail that goes up the hill to the Sloat Monument.

There will be live entertainment including a performance by an award-winning bagpiper, Pipe Major Michel D’Avenas, free slices of the Lower Presidio Historic Park Cake and beverages. After the ceremony, the public is invited to walk the new pathways and see the beautiful new interpretive signs. Get out your walking shoes, strollers, walkers and wheelchairs to now start to fully enjoy this great park with exquisite views of the Monterey Bay.

The ceremony will include (final list to be confirmed) City of Monterey representatives, Defense Language Institute (DLI) and Army representatives, and representatives from the Neighborhood Improvement Program, the Rotary Club of Monterey, the Ohlone/ Costanoan-Esselen Nation, Granite Construction, and Old Monterey Foundation’s Board.

The ceremony will take place at the concrete pad just below the Saint Serra monument (across from the Presidio of Monterey Museum).

Many local organizations have played an important role in the development of this project including Old Monterey Foundation in the lead role, the Neighborhood Improvement Program, City of Monterey, Rotary Club of Monterey, Community Foundation for Monterey County, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, the Cannery Row Business Association, the Saucito Land Company, the Native Sons of the Golden West, the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District, Union Bank, Thayer Construction Company, Monterey Signs, and Granite Construction. Major funding for the cost of the trails was provided by the City of Monterey’s Neighborhood Improvement Program.

For more information, call (831) 346-3030