This special series of reports highlights the progress, future development, business leadership and revitalization efforts taking place in South County.
Recently constructed McMillin Homes at the Quintessa neighborhood within the resort-style Rolling Hills Ranch community in eastern Chula Vista are now available for viewing and purchase, announced Pattie Walker, vice president of sales for McMillin Homes.
The Village Theater is the only movie theater in Coronado, built in the 1940s and located on Orange Avenue. It was closed down in 2000, leaving city residents with no option but to go across to downtown San Diego or elsewhere to catch the latest movies.
When 18-year-old Chula Vista resident Christian Baez told his parents he wanted to pursue acting as a full-time career, they had a moment of panic.
As the only public institution of higher education in South County, Southwestern College has provided quality programs and services to more than 600,000 students since its inception in 1961. The college is the region's primary source of training for police officers, firefighters, nurses, paramedics and other well-paying local jobs. The college's four full-service locations in Chula Vista, National City, Otay Mesa and San Ysidro bring the college experience closer to home to for all South County residents.
Although summer is coming to an end, the need for water conservation is not. In June, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a statewide drought proclamation. With pumping restrictions in Northern California reducing local supply, mandatory water conservation in 2009 is increasingly likely.
The first of two projects to improve Imperial Beach's most traveled thoroughfare, Palm Avenue, which runs east to west through the city and connects to the Silver Strand's Highway 75, are now under way. Construction on the Palm Avenue street-end improvement project, at the west terminus of the street, began earlier this summer with the relocation of a glass mosaic wall art piece that once stood at the sand's edge. A second project, streetscape improvements of Palm Avenue between Seacoast Drive and Third Street, began just a few weeks later.
Although the building industry has been hit hard by the nationwide economic slowdown, there are signs of life in Chula Vista as builders and developers eye the city's potential and make preparations for the near future.
Imperial Beach resident Emily Young is part of a community group called IB4Skate Park, which is actively canvassing for donations to build a skate park in 2009. The county of San Diego and the city have already contributed funds.
When Kenn Morris, the CEO of Crossborder Group Inc. started his consulting company back in 1996 to assist entities interested in doing business across the border, his clients were mostly U.S. companies that wanted to go south and take advantage of NAFTA.
As Gaylord Entertainment Co.’s proposed project in Chula Vista slugs along, the company is announcing a new convention hotel and resort in Mesa, Ariz.
The 15-unit Beachwind Court apartment complex at 624 12th St. in Imperial Beach 91932, has been sold for $2.1 million, or $140,000 a unit.
The corporate world would do well to observe and learn from Jesus Gandara, the superintendent of the Sweetwater Union High School District, on how to get acceptance and involvement from stakeholders in creating fundamental change.
Mark Watton, general manager of the Otay Water District, who helped initiate the historic 200,000-acre-foot Imperial Irrigation District transfer to San Diego near the end of the Clinton Administration, warns the region's water supply is in more peril than ever.
Read about the exciting progress, future development, business leadership and revitalization efforts taking place in the South County.
Find out more about the amenities, future development and revitalization efforts in South County, with a special focus on National City.
Find out what's going on in South County, from real estate development and business leadership to revitalization efforts and education.
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