{"id":244772,"date":"2011-12-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/1984-hillcrest-sign-to-be-auctioned\/"},"modified":"2011-12-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T08:00:00","slug":"1984-hillcrest-sign-to-be-auctioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/1984-hillcrest-sign-to-be-auctioned\/","title":{"rendered":"1984 Hillcrest sign to be auctioned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Ashley Mackin | Editor SDUN<\/strong>

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The 1984 sign, which will be auctioned off in early 2012 (Photo courtesy HBIA)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

At the Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) Board of Directors?meeting on Dec. 13, the Board unanimously voted to auction off the 1984 Hillcrest sign. <\/p>\n

The 1984 sign, which was replaced by the current sign in August 2011, will be auctioned off in early 2012. The Board approved the auction with two conditions, according to a press release. \u201cThe?first being that once ownership is procured the sign must be displayed in Hillcrest and that, secondly, new ownership must provide transportation from the sign\u2019s current location to it\u2019s new location,\u201d the release stated. <\/p>\n

In September 2011, the HBA sent out a public request for ownership proposals for the sign and received three: the Obelisk Shoppe, Rich\u2019s San Diego and a joint application between Winn\u2019s Barbershop and Urban Mo\u2019s Bar and Grill. All three are located in Hillcrest. The sign was originally going to be donated to the business the HBA decided had the best proposal. Now, the proceeds from the auction will go to the HBA\u2019s Capital Projects Fund, which pays for beautifications projects in Hillcrest. <\/p>\n

The press release stated, \u201cDue to increased interest in sign procurement and public involvement the HBA has decided that the most equitable way to move forward is to hold an online auction on it\u2019s website.\u201d <\/p>\n

Darin Erb, owner of Winn\u2019s Barbershop, said waiting longer to find out if he can take ownership of the sign frustrates him. <\/p>\n

\u201cI see the point\u2026that they didn\u2019t want to hurt anyone\u2019s feelings because they respect everybody,\u201d Erb said. \u201cI wish they would have voted on it and just got it done with it because I\u2019m done with waiting to find out if I got it or not.\u201d <\/p>\n

Urban Mo\u2019s Bar and Grill owner Chris Shaw, who will continue to bid on the sign with Erb, said he thinks the auction is a positive thing. <\/p>\n

\u201cI understand the Board\u2019s philosophy,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cThe people that are involved, we\u2019re all really close. We all know each other and nobody wants to pick sides\u2026. I thought it was a great compromise so that no one\u2019s feelings are hurt.\u201d <\/p>\n

Both Erb and Shaw said the sign would be split in half, separating the front from the back so each business could display a sign that reads \u2018Hillcrest\u2019 if they were to win the auction. Erb said half would go in front of Winn\u2019s Barbershop, and \u201chalf of it would be going down on Normal Street, [where Shaw is] opening a new bar [and] restaurant, The Hillcrest Brewery.\u201d <\/p>\n

Owners of Rich\u2019s San Diego and Obelisk Shoppe did not respond to San Diego Uptown News by deadline. Nick Moede, owner of Rich\u2019s San Diego, serves as board president of the HBA. <\/p>\n

HBA Executive Director Benjamin Nicholls said, \u201cWe want to ensure that there is a fair and responsible process for transference of the 1984 Hillcrest Sign and our Board of Directors has?voted that this is best way to move forward.\u201d?? <\/p>\n

A date and time for the auction has not been set, but it will be facilitated through the HBA website, HillcrestBIA.org<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ashley Mackin | SDUN Editor At the Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) Board of Directors?meeting on Dec. 13, the Board unanimously voted to auction off the 1984 Hillcrest sign. The 1984 sign, which was replaced by the current sign in August 2011, will be auctioned off in early 2012. The Board approved the auction with […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1184,"featured_media":244773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"1984 Hillcrest sign to be auctioned","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}