Youth tournament attended by nearly 1,000
youth and families; Basketball court renovations included new
asphalt pavement, fence repairs, LED lighting, and striping
CHICAGO, June 27,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyond the Ball (BTB) and
HRP Group (HRP) joined forces to host a summer youth basketball
tournament in Chicago's Little
Village neighborhood. The basketball tournament and related summer
events were attended by nearly 1,000 youth and families and were
held at multiple newly renovated basketball courts at Joseph E.
Gary Elementary School located at 3740 W 31st St, Chicago, IL.
BTB's Summer Youth basketball tournament, sponsored by HRP,
began with a ceremonial tip-off joined by Beyond the Ball Executive
Director and co-founder Robert
Castaneda and HRP CEO Roberto
Perez, who were later joined by Chicago mayor Brandon
Johnson. The tournament was attended by local youth and
community members and formed part of the BTB flagship program
Project Play. Project Play engages families around sport and play
to build community and promote public safety.
"At HRP we collaborate with our local community partners to get
to know each community we build in, and we are truly inspired by
the dedicated and impactful work of Beyond the Ball and Project
Play in Little Village," said HRP CEO Roberto Perez. "We are proud to have worked
closely with Beyond the Ball for years, and we are excited to
renovate and reactivate the Gary Elementary basketball courts which
are at the center of the community's efforts to create safe local
play spaces through basketball. We want to thank our philanthropic
partners at Hilco Helps and all of the Little Village leaders and
community members who joined in this initiative."
The three outdoor basketball courts were recently renovated
through a donation from HRP; the renovations included asphalt
pavement repair and resurfacing, fence repairs, LED lighting, and
striping.
"For as long as 25 years, the basketball courts had been
minimally lit, making it challenging for youth and community
members to participate in activities after sundown," said
Robert Castaneda, Beyond the Ball
Executive Director and Co-Founder. "Today, we are thrilled to see
the community uniting to celebrate the activation of the newly
renovated basketball courts. This is a great example of how public
and private partnerships can work to build and restore community
confidence around safety in public spaces."
BTB is a sport and play-based youth development organization in
Little Village that fosters community development through the
activation and maintenance of public spaces.
About HRP Group: HRP Group
(www.hrpgroup.com) is a vertically integrated,
multi-strategy real estate investment company specializing in the
transformation of obsolete industrial sites into modern logistics
infrastructure, mixed-use destinations, and pioneering innovation
hubs. The firm takes a holistic approach to value creation that
prioritizes community, environmental, and economic
sustainability.
About Beyond the Ball (BTB): The mission
of Beyond the Ball (beyondtheball.org) is to
leverage the power of sport and play to reclaim space, unite the
community, and create a culture of opportunity through which we
cultivate hope and change lives.
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