{"id":2116,"date":"2018-01-22T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T01:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:52:55","slug":"grand-opening-new-parking-structure-set-wednesday-jan-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/grand-opening-new-parking-structure-set-wednesday-jan-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Opening for New Parking Structure Set for Wednesday, Jan. 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grand Opening Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Palomar College Parking Structure on the San Marcos campus.<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, January 24, 2018<br \/>\n1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Palomar College<br \/>\nEast side of Parking Lot 12<br \/>\n1140 West Mission Road<br \/>\nSan Marcos, CA 92069<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This event officially celebrates the grand opening of a new parking structure at Palomar\u2019s San Marcos campus. College dignitaries will be joined by local public officials, members of the campus and community.<\/p>\n<p>The five-story parking structure is over 499,000-square-feet, with 1616 parking spaces, including 28 accessible and six van spaces. The structure is equipped with a number of high-tech features, including license plate readers, LED lights, and electronic signage at each entry identifying the number of spaces available on each floor. The structure features a design with no interior walls to provide safety sight-lines; additional safety features include emergency phones and security cameras. There are three different entries\/exits on three different floors to speed traffic in and out of the structure.\u00a0 The design was built into the slope to reduce the building\u2019s north-side visibility.<\/p>\n<p>Event speakers include Palomar College President, Dr. Joi Lin Blake; Palomar Community College District Governing Board President Paul McNamara; Palomar College Vice President Student Services, Adrian Gonzales; Associated Student Government President and Student Trustee, Chris Hopp; and Palomar College Chief of Police, Chris Moore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event parking:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parking for the Groundbreaking Ceremony will be available without a permit in Lot 12 during the hours of the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Laura Gropen, Director, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2152<br \/>\nTom Pfingsten, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2360<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>MEDIA CONTACTS:<\/p>\n<p>Laura Gropen, Director, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2152, lgropen@palomar.edu<br \/>\nTom Pfingsten, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2960, tpfingsten@palomar.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What: Grand Opening Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Palomar College Parking Structure on the San Marcos campus.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 When: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 1:00 p.m. Where:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Palomar College East side of Parking Lot 12 1140 West Mission Road San Marcos, CA 92069 Details:&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/grand-opening-new-parking-structure-set-wednesday-jan-24\/\">\u00a0Continue Reading:<span> Grand Opening for New Parking Structure Set for Wednesday, Jan. 24<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10413,"featured_media":2043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,23,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carousel","category-home","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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