Tag: placemaking

  • Advocates See Room For Improvement In San Diego’s ‘Placemaking’ Program

    Advocates See Room For Improvement In San Diego’s ‘Placemaking’ Program

    San Diego City Council members last year approved a new placemaking program meant to encourage small-scale community beautification projects. Advocates say the program is an improvement, but that it’s still too bureaucratic.

  • Community members celebrate placemaking

    Community members celebrate placemaking

    The gathering space on the corner of 50th and University has been in development for some time. Local efforts to slow down traffic and increase pedestrian safety are showing results in this new “Place-Keeping” effort. The City of San Diego has now officially permitted the benches and tables, a place for the Somali community to…