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The Guadalupe/Washington Neighborhood Association (GWNA) is a community with much strength, including its family orientation, cultural identity.

Who We Are

The Guadalupe/Washington neighborhood is bounded by Highway 280 to the North, South First Street to the East, Willow Street to the South and Highway 87 to the West via the Guadalupe River. 

The vision of revitalizing the Washington Neighborhood includes:

• Creating and maintaining a safe, high quality living environment.
• Residents are secure from the threat of crime.
  
• Quality and affordable housing.
• Safe places for the community to interact and children to play.

The Guadalupe/Washington neighborhood includes the Biblioteca
Latinomericana which serves as a city-wide resource for spanish
language materials, the Washington United Youth Center which includes a full-sized indoor gym with a boxing arena and game room. The Youth Center also holds weekly youth leadership, parenting, dance classes, gang prevention and workshops for the community.

Adjacent to the Youth Center, the Brenda Lopez Memorial Plaza serves as a community park for families & kids. The plaza includes concrete paving inscribed with artwork and a lawn area to accommodate audiences for the outdoor stage located behind the Washington United Youth Center. Also adjacent to the Plaza is Washington Elementary School which has been the focus point of the community for decades. The school is over 100 years old.

In The News

A fun kind of fright at San Jose Haunted House                                        October 28, 2007                             San José Mercury News                   By Lisa M. Krieger                     

There's an awful fear you can feel along South First Street in San Jose if it's late and if you're wearing red, or blue, with black nylon Nike Cortez sneakers. Then there's the fun fear you can find at the annual Washington Community Haunted House & Festival. With ghosts, ghouls, goblins and games, it's got the rush - without the risk.

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