East Village Resident’s Group Meeting:

Nov. 19, 6 p.m., 1374 Island Ave.

Featured speakers: Joyce Temporal, deputy director to Sen. Marty Block; Councilmember Todd Gloria; Brad Richter, vice president of CivicSD; Bahija Hamraz, executive director of Clean & Safe; Susie de la Pena, community liaison for SDPD; Maelin Levine, president of Urban Discovery Academy

Live in or interested in East Village? Join the East Village Residents Group (EVRG). For more info, visit evrgsd.org.

14th Street Pedestrian Promenade update

A $1 million grant will help fund the design and construction of the first block of the 14th Street Pedestrian Promenade, envisioned to connect City College with the Barrio Logan neighborhood through the East Village neighborhood.

Located along the east side of 14th Street between Broadway and E Street, adjacent to the San Diego Police Department headquarters, the project will also be supported by $250,000 from CivicSD’s FAR Bonus Payment Program fund, which collects payments from developers seeking additional density in the Downtown area.

Also described as a linear park, the completed promenade would connect the future East Village Green park — planned for the full blocks bounded by 13th, 15th, F and G streets — and the recently completed Fault Line Park [see sandiegodowntownnews.com/fault-line-park] at 14th and J streets.

The promenade will be both pedestrian and bicycle friendly and provide a unique way for travelers to connect to public spaces in San Diego’s urban communities.

Help preserve East Village online

A group of local architects, artists, and others that have lived, worked, and visited the East Village in the 1980s and ’90s have been on a mission to bring back everything that surrounded them then to an online location for preservation purposes.

They started the project earlier this year when they could not find anything available online and wanted to archive and share their way of life during those decades.

Those involved in the project were close to Wayne Buss (ReinCarnation building), Vicky Wolf and Scot McDougall (Sushi), and many more pioneers of East Village, and have been working with Shirl Buss to archive all of her husband’s images.

The project is dedicated to the people that lived and worked in San Diego’s East Village in the ’80s, ’90s and beyond.

So far it is a collage of anecdotes, experiences and recollections from architects, artists and everyday people.

“The purpose of this project is to have an online record of an era that deeply touched everyone that had a part in the life and creation of one of San Diego’s iconic landmarks,” said the people behind the project.

For more information or to contribute, visit their Facebook page at tinyurl.com/na22r3e or the website at eastvillageproject.com.

East Village sign

The East Village Association is hoping to raise $500,000 to fund the design and installation of a landmark sign to be located within East Village. Similar to those seen in Little Italy, Hillcrest, Normal Heights and other neighborhoods, the sign would clearly identify for all foot, bike and car traffic that they have entered into the East Village neighborhood boundaries. Selbert Perkins was chosen [see rendering above] out of the five firms that submitted proposals for the sign. To view their portfolio, visit sdpwest.com. More than $117,000 has been raised so far. For more information or to make a tax-deductible donation to further the fund along, visit eastvillagesandiego.com and click on Landmark Sign.

Quartyard

A formerly vacant lot in the East Village has been transformed into a vibrant urban park with restaurants, a rotating selection of food trucks, live music, a beer garden, and a dog run. Visit quartyardsd.com for more information or a calendar listing food trucks and other events.

EVRG

Are you interested in what new developments, businesses, parks and other events are in the works throughout East Village? East Village Residents Group (EVRG) meets every third Thursday of the month at East Village Community Church, located at 1374 Island Ave. Many community leaders are featured guest speakers. For more information, visit evrgsd.org.