Photos: Avenudia Guadalupe			San Jacinto Senior Community
				The San Jacinto Community Center is a 50-unit apartment complex that provides high quality affordable housing for very low-income senior citizens. The San Jacinto project is located in the Avenida Guadalupe neighborhood in the heart of San Antonio's historic West side.
		San Jacinto's gardening program differentiates the project from other apartment complexes. San Jacinto 's gardening facility is the flagship community garden in San Antonio. The development's 600 square foot greenhouse and 25 raised beds provide an abundance of vegetables, herbs and flowers for residents and the community. Second graders from a nearby elementary school visit the project twice a week to learn gardening and work with the seniors. Master Gardener Volunteers receive 50 hours of volunteer time on public service projects. Residents and community volunteers are invited to 'adopt' personal garden areas. Seeds and transplants are provided free of charge to the gardeners. Transplants are raised in the greenhouse for use at San Jacinto and at other community gardens. Avenida Guadalupe partnered with the Bexar County Master Gardeners and the Texas Agricultural Extension Service to construct and organize the gardening program
							Second graders from a nearby elementary school visit the project twice a week to learn gardening and work with the seniors.
				Numerous organizations provided funding, materials and volunteer labor to complete the successful apartment complex. The City of San Antonio HOME Program, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Home Program, USM Federal Savings Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, and the San Antonio Housing Trust were the primary funders for construction of the apartment complex.