Sep 29, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments
Sandy Emory, Director of City of Santa Fe Community Services Dept., discusses 3rd anniversary of the Santa Fe Teen Center and plans for expansion.
You know, I, gosh, you know, the, The one really the most used part of the teen center is our basketball gym or our gym.
We have a group of young people, you know, and some days it's five, some days it's 30, who are just very regular users of the gym.
And these are kids that maybe don't even, they don't play on their high school team or they don't play on their middle school team.
The Santa Fe fire department comes once a month to engage with the kids, play with the kids.
And the kids love it when the firefighters come because they're these big, beefy, bulky guys and women.
But these kids just like dunk on the on our fire department because they, you know, they play three hours a day.
who go through the We Grow Eco program and learn to grow and cook and cultivate their own food.
We have a partnership with Santa Fe Yoga, and we do like breath work and stamping.
The program has evolved over some time, but it's pretty popular among the kids who maybe are not interested in, you know, The basketball court or whatever, we try to really have some really rounded programs.
You know, I, gosh, you know, the, The one really the most used part of the teen center is our basketball gym or our gym.
We have a group of young people, you know, and some days it's five, some days it's 30, who are just very regular users of the gym.
And these are kids that maybe don't even, they don't play on their high school team or they don't play on their middle school team.
The Santa Fe fire department comes once a month to engage with the kids, play with the kids.
And the kids love it when the firefighters come because they're these big, beefy, bulky guys and women.
But these kids just like dunk on the on our fire department because they, you know, they play three hours a day.
who go through the We Grow Eco program and learn to grow and cook and cultivate their own food.
We have a partnership with Santa Fe Yoga, and we do like breath work and stamping.
The program has evolved over some time, but it's pretty popular among the kids who maybe are not interested in, you know, The basketball court or whatever, we try to really have some really rounded programs.
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