Villa's Capital Campaign Progress

Changing the Face of Villa Esperanza Services

Thank you to all of the donors who have made the capital campaign possible! Phase 2A is underway, and we are excited to share the progress with you. For more information about the Capital Campaign, click here.

PHASE 2A

Our Phase 2A Groundbreaking was held in late May 2023. Demolition was completed in September 2023 and the buildings are going up! Check out the photos and videos below to see the progress. Construction should be completed in Fall 2024!

Under-construction Villa campus with a red metal roof and scaffolding, dirt ground in foreground.

June 7, 2024

Backside of the Early Intervention Clinic and Therapeutic Gymnasium.

Three teenage students wearing construction helmets inside a building under construction.

April 10, 2024

Villa School students visit the construction site.

Wooden building under construction with OSB sheathing, two window openings, and an open doorway, on a dirt site.

March 11, 2024

Construction site with wooden framing and scaffolding for building structure

February 24, 2024

Construction workers in orange shirts working on a building foundation with a large concrete pump truck pouring concrete, fences, and trees in the background.

December 28, 2023

Construction site with a crane, dump truck, and excavator, with mountains and trees in the background.

October 31, 2023

Three teenage students wearing construction helmets inside a building with wooden walls, one wearing a face mask and glasses, the others smiling.

September 13, 2023

Demolition of the Braun Center.

Group of eight people wearing hard hats at groundbreaking ceremony, holding shovels with dirt, standing on a construction site with a building and trees in background.

May 25, 2023

Phase 2 Groundbreaking - Capital Campaign Cabinet
Left to Right: Peter Vaughn (Board Chair of Villa), Vice Mayor of Pasadena Felicia Williams, Jeannie Vaughn, Lisa Sloan and Tim Sloan (Capital Campaign Co-Chairs), Jim McDermott, Brian Hirrel

April 2024 - Construction Site Tour

Please enjoy this video that was shown at our Villa "Wild About Villa" gala, featuring Villa staff and participants on the construction site of Phase 2A!

March 2024 - Drone Flythrough!

Enjoy this drone flythrough of the construction site!

Construction site with partially built wooden-frame houses, construction materials, and workers under cloudy sky.

March 27, 2024

Construction site of a house with wooden framing and OSB sheathing, with a pitched roof and open doorway, under a clear blue sky.

March 11, 2024

Wooden framing of a building under construction with a partly completed roof and walls, blue sky and trees in the background.

February 24, 2024

Construction workers on a building site preparing the foundation with formwork and rebar in the foreground and a small building in the background.

December 28, 2023

Construction site with dirt piles, construction machinery, workers, and a blue dumpster, with trees and mountains in the background.

October 31, 2023

Grading of the site.

Group of five community integration program participants wearing construction helmets, posing in front of a wooden wall. One person holds a basketball, others smile and gesture cheerfully.

September 13, 2023

Demolition of the Braun Center.

Five people wearing hard hats and business attire are participating in a groundbreaking ceremony, holding shovels with dirt, on a construction site with a blue tarp-covered table in the background.

May 25, 2023

Phase 2 Groundbreaking - Government Officials
Left to Right: Pasadena City Manager Miguel Marquez, Vice Mayor of Pasadena Felicia Williams, Kelly White (Villa CEO), Dominick Correy (District Representative for Senator Portantino), Ann Marie Hickambottom (Field Representative for Assemblymember Chris Holden)

One high school teacher and three high school teenage students standing in a construction site wearing hard hats.

April 10, 2024

Villa School teacher Jazmin and students visit the construction site.

Five people wearing construction helmets standing in front of a wooden wall, with one holding a basketball and another making peace signs.

April 1, 2024

Villa Community Integration Program (CIP) participants visit the construction site.

Wooden framing of a house under construction, with an open roof and plywood walls, during daytime.

February 24, 2024

Construction workers in orange safety vests pouring concrete on a building site with a concrete pump truck overhead.

December 28, 2023

Pouring the concrete.

Construction workers building a foundation with concrete and rebar on a sunny day, using tools and heavy machinery.

December 28, 2023

Construction site with a running Kubota mini excavator digging and moving dirt, with workers and construction barriers in the background.

December 21, 2023

Construction site with a yellow excavator demolishing a brick wall, debris scattered on the ground, trees and residential area in the background.

September 21, 2023

July 28, 2023 - Demolition Day!

Enjoy this video of Demolition Day at Villa!

Group of people wearing hard hats at a groundbreaking ceremony, holding shovels with dirt, standing on a new paved surface, with a brick building and trees in the background.

May 25, 2023

Phase 2 Groundbreaking - Villa Staff


PHASE 1

Phase 1 of the Hope Moves Forward campaign was completed in 2018 with the construction of the new Villa School campus.


June 7, 2024
April 10, 2024 Villa School teacher Jazmin and students visit the construction site.
April 10, 2024 Villa School students visit the construction site.
April 1, 2024 Villa Community Integration Program (CIP) participants visit the construction site.