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Mexico City opens $190 million community center in Milpa Alta
Mexico City officials have opened UTOPÍA Temictli Tecómitl in San Antonio Tecómitl, in the borough of Milpa Alta.
The city spent 190 million pesos to convert the site of a local sports center into a complex with 11 buildings.
It offers more than 80 free activities and services, including childcare, a day center, a swimming pool and health facilities.
The city says the complex is expected to benefit more than 18,000 residents.
It is part of a public care system intended to make care services more accessible and share unpaid care work.
This is the ninth UTOPÍA complex opened under the current city administration, which has a goal of opening more than 100.
Mayor Clara Brugada also announced plans for a Cablebús route from Tecómitl to Metro Tláhuac and road paving between towns in Milpa Alta.
Mexico City inaugurated the UTOPÍA Temictli Tecómitl community and wellness complex in Milpa Alta on October 11, 2026.
The project cost 190 million pesos and transformed more than 23,000 square metres.
The complex has 11 buildings and offers more than 80 free activities, with more than 18,000 residents expected to benefit.
Its facilities include childcare, a semi-Olympic pool, a hydrotherapy tub, a mammography unit, a traditional temazcal and a clinical laboratory.
- Who
- Mexico City government, led by Mayor Clara Brugada Molina, inaugurated the complex.
- What
- It opened the UTOPÍA Temictli Tecómitl, a community and wellness centre built with an investment of 190 million pesos.
- When
- October 11, 2026.
- Where
- San Antonio Tecómitl, in the Milpa Alta borough of Mexico City.
- Why
- The project aims to bring community services and social infrastructure to the area and provide free activities and facilities.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
More than 300 construction workers carried out the project, transforming the historic Tecómitl Popular Sports Centre.
Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada Molina led the inauguration of UTOPÍA Temictli Tecómitl.
- Investment
- 190 million pesos
- Site area
- 23,355 square metres
- Buildings
- 11
- Activities
- More than 80, all free
- Expected beneficiaries
- More than 18,000 residents
- Location
- San Antonio Tecómitl, Milpa Alta
What people are saying
Our conviction is that no dream should remain far away and no community should be left behind.
The public space of UTOPÍAS makes society more equal.
The UTOPÍA Temictli Tecómitl is the ninth inaugurated in this administration, on the way to the goal of more than 100 in Mexico City.
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