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The Village at Market Creek Art + Design Plan
Executive Summary
The Village at Market Creek Art + Design Plan provides residents, community partners, developers, and funders with the vision for an arts and culture district in southeastern San Diego that was identified through a nine-month community process in 2012. The plan outlines common themes that public art in The Village should express, as well as possible art forms and priority locations. The Art + Design Plan also includes design guidelines for future development in The Village, as well as an implementation strategy and recommendations for supporting this vision.
This Executive Summary serves as an overview of the larger Art + Design Plan, which will be available in November 2012.
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2010 Social & Economic Impact Report
This comprehensive report takes a multifaceted approach in examining the social and economic impacts to date in the development of The Village at Market Creek.
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2009 Social & Economic Impact Report
This comprehensive report takes a multifaceted approach in examining the social and economic impacts to date in the development of The Village at Market Creek.
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TV News
Plan For An "Arts and Culture District" at the Village at Market Creek. A new arts and cultural district was officially unveiled today in south east
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The Village at Market Creek one step closer to being an arts destination
San Diego Union Tribune — October 30, 2012
The San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture in partnership with the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation and the Jacobs Family Foundation has completed a plan to create an “Arts and Culture District” at the Village at Market Creek.: Read More
Green Development Has A Community Motivated
Earth Techling — March 24, 2012
San Diego‘s Village at Market Creek is a classic example of the type of mixed-use development espoused by the field of New Urbanism, encompassing residential, commercial, and recreational spaces, connected via walkable streets and easy access to public transportation.: Read More
Village at Market Creek gets LEED-Silver
San Diego Union Tribune — March 19, 2012
The Village at Market Creek in Southeastern San Diego’s Lincoln Park area has received LEED-Silver designation from the U.S. Green Building Council for neighborhood development, only the third such project to be recognized.: Read More
Local students combat school violence
San Diego Union Tribune — March 5, 2012
Even before waves of brutal school violence crashed on communities in Ohio and Illinois last week, leaving four students dead, youngsters in San Diego were helping to organize events to increase the peace locally.: Read More
State Supports Innovative Catalyst Projects
Housing and urban development (hud) Newsletter — July 2011
In recent years, Californians have been working to rejuvenate and address struggling neighborhoods with statewide efforts to create more opportunities for affordable housing and sustainable communities. The Catalyst Projects for California Sustainable Strategies Pilot Program is the state’s latest endeavor... : Read More
NEA grant benefits arts aspirations of Village at Market Creek
San Diego Union Tribune — July 12, 2011
The City of San Diego is one of 51 communities receiving an inaugural “Our Town” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. In partnership with the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, the city’s Commission for Arts and Culture will receive $150,000 to design an “arts overlay” for The Village at Market Creek in southeastern San Diego. : Read More