{"id":54515,"date":"2025-02-06T10:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/san-jose-advances-plans-for-downtown-music-pavilion\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T10:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:05:29","slug":"san-jose-advances-plans-for-downtown-music-pavilion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/san-jose-advances-plans-for-downtown-music-pavilion\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose advances plans for downtown music pavilion"},"content":{"rendered":"
San Jose\u2019s historic St. James Park is one step closer to joining a national nonprofit\u2019s network of outdoor music venues\u00a0fashioned from neglected public spaces. The City Council unanimously authorized negotiations Tuesday for a three-party operating agreement for the future downtown concert venue between the city, the national Levitt Foundation and\u00a0Friends of Levitt Pavilion San Jose, a local nonprofit supporting the St. James Park project. In addition to the music pavilion, the reimagined park will include a picnic grove, garden and monument walks, fountain, dog park and playground. Proponents see the\u00a0agreement as a turning point in the park\u2019s decadeslong\u00a0underuse \u2014 and…\u00a0<\/p>\n