After $4.3 million and two years of renovations, Mariposa Plaza in downtown Fresno has reopened. City officials held a ribbon cutting Monday morning and expect big things.

“I anticipate and expect that this plaza will be the busiest outdoor plaza in the city of Fresno,” Fresno City Councilmember Miguel Arias said.

The first event is the Winter Village, featuring a public skating rink opening Friday. The plaza is on Fulton Street, across from the Pacific Southwest Building.

Mariposa Plaza Locator Map

Mayor Jerry Dyer sees the renovated plaza as a place to host events and gather.

“It will be a place of vibrancy, a place of nightlife and, again, a place of entertainment,” Dyer said.

The money comes from a larger $65 million state Transformative Climate Communities grant.

The renovated

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