Our Statements
On this page are links to the various public statements or documents released by Save the Heart of Reid Park, including our special editorial published in the Arizona Daily Star. Any of our future documents will be posted here upon release.
Our Statements on this website
SHRP Advises Engaging Community in Expansion Planning, July 10, 2021. SHRP strongly advocates the community’s ongoing involvement in planning for implementing G-Minor in Reid Park Zoo expansion.
Our Emails to Mayor and City Council
Our May 13, 2021 Email. SHRP thanks the Mayor and City Council for approving G-Minor and expresses desire to participate actively in the planning process for its implementation.
Our May 4, 2021 Email. SHRP argues that “Option G-Minor is the result of the community process far more than Option D” and contends that “G-Minor meets all of the criteria that emerged from the Community Dialogue process” established by the mayor and city council. Moreover, SHRP maintains “Option G-Minor raises the bar on intentional planning in Reid Park, which is sorely needed as Reid Park has gone without the consideration of a Master Plan for nearly two decades.”
Our Press Releases, Executive Summary & White Paper
Press Release, May 3, 2021: New Zoo Expansion Plan “G-Minor” Emerges As Favorite for Tucson Residents. Save the Heart Of Reid Park announces Press Conference at which Bob Vint, Tucson architect, and Mark Mayer, Julia Keen Neighborhood Association, present the new Concept “G-Minor” and conduct tour of proposed area.
For full details on “G-minor,” see Bob Vint’s A Path Forward on this website or his Building a bridge, literally, between park and zoo in the Arizona Daily Star.
Press Release, April 26, 2021: Save the Heart Of Reid Park and Neighborhood Leaders Hold April 27 Press Conference Urging Mayor And City Council To Pick Revised, Much-Lower-Cost Option G. Press Conference on 4/27/21, from noon to 12:30 p.m., followed by short tour In Reid Park - Northeast side of large north pond.
“Jose Munoz of the Arroyo Chico neighborhood speaks against an option for the Reid Park Zoo expansion. He and other members of Save the Heart of Reid Park (SHRP) were standing at the edge of an open space where the zoo would expand under Option D. They prefer Option G, which would expand into parking lots and buildings on the zoo’s north and east sides.” Photo and caption are from “Tim Seller’s opinion: Tucson must value open space above $0.00 in zoo expansion,” Arizona Daily Star, April 27, 2021. View SHRP’s April 27, 2021 Press Conference video.
Press Release, March 4, 2021: Save the Heart of Reid Park Releases White Paper with Clear Evidence that Reid Park Zoo Process was Deeply Flawed. Heartfelt Thanks to Mayor Regina Romero for Seeing This and Calling for a Pause to the Destruction of Barnum Hill and South Duck Pond in Reid Park.
Executive Summary, White Paper in Support of Halting Expansion of Reid Park Zoo onto Barnum Hill and the South Duck Pond. Save the Heart of Reid Park, March 2, 2021.
White Paper in Support of Halting Expansion of Reid Park Zoo onto Barnum Hill and the South Duck Pond: Review of Matters Related to the Proposed Destruction of 3.5 Acres of Reid Park Landscape including Barnum Hill & the South Duck Pond and Change in Land Use of This Acreage to Zoo. Save the Heart of Reid Park, March 2, 2021 (3.72-MB PDF)
Our Special Editorial
Reid Park Supporters: Zoo expansion should halt for now. Molly McKasson, Lauren McElroy Herrera and José Muñoz, Special Editorial, Arizona Daily Star, January 31, 2021.
Salvemos el corazón de Reid Park: Información en español acerca de la campaña para salvar el parque.