Mobile Workshop Orientation Tour – Discover El Paso (Bus Tour)

Wednesday, 10/19 @ 2 PM and Thursday, 10/20 @ 2 PM
Be one of the first to sign-up for our Orientation Tour of beautiful El Paso. El Paso was one of the first cities in Texas and the U.S. to adopt a comprehensive plan! In 1925, the El Paso City Council adopted The City Plan of El Paso, Texas, which became the blueprint for urban planning in El Paso for most of the last century. Join us on an orientation tour that builds off the plan to help you get to know El Paso and its history. First, you will see the City’s earliest neighborhoods, including the historic Sunset Heights Neighborhood overlooking Downtown, the tree-lined Rim Area Neighborhood, and Kern Place Neighborhood with its irregular street grid and parks nestled in hills adjacent to the Franklin Mountains. El Paso is known for its spectacular views of sunsets, mountains, and the Rio Grande Valley. Learn about the history of three states and two nations as we travel along Rim Road and Scenic Drive and stop at several scenic overlooks in the Franklin Mountains. Learn about how El Paso’s first comprehensive plan promoted a diverse park system, streetcar system, and street grid with narrow roads and boulevards. Our tour will conclude with visits to McKelligon Canyon Park and Memorial Park as highlighted in the 1925 comprehensive plan to promote preservation of El Paso’s Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. Finally, learn about El Paso’s contributions to Texas, including being home to the state’s longest continuously active public library system and oldest continuously cultivated land, being the first city to host a meeting between the presidents of US and Mexico, and having the first Texas university to win an NCAA Men’s College Basketball Championship in 1966.