{"id":325351,"date":"2023-05-26T09:06:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T16:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=325351"},"modified":"2023-05-24T17:12:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T00:12:55","slug":"community-groups-come-together-for-enhance-la-jolla-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/community-groups-come-together-for-enhance-la-jolla-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Grupos comunitarios se re\u00fanen para mejorar el D\u00eda de La Jolla"},"content":{"rendered":"

La Jollans found out just how much their community has been improved by its maintenance assessment district at the third annual Enhance La Jolla Day on May 13.<\/p>\n

The event in front of Union Bank at 7807 Girard Ave. showcased the accomplishments of the community\u2019s MAD. It also introduces people to several other civic organizations in the Jewel that are working for community improvement and beautification.<\/p>\n

Ed Witt president of Enhance La Jolla, the nonprofit whose 13-member board oversees the MAD, and District 1 Councilmember Joe LaCava, spoke of the significance of the event and the MAD.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe was our (ELJ\u2019s) secretary until he somehow got elected to be a council member \u2013 so he had to resign,\u201d joked Witt adding, \u201cJoe kept me out of trouble more than I can ever tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t realize how much time, energy, and passion he (Witt) was going to put into ELJ,\u201d replied LaCava saying, \u201cI was very honored to play a small part in ELJ\u2019s formation. We made some pretty lofty promises about what it (MAD) would do. And it is so exciting for me to see that not only did they meet those expectations: They\u2019ve actually greatly exceeded them.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few of the La Jolla civic organizations who attended the third annual ELJ day talked afterward about what their group got out of it, and what they\u2019re contributing to enhancing the coastal community.<\/p>\n

Brenda Fake of the nonprofit Friends of Coast Walk Trail, said there are numerous projects their group is \u201cdriving to complete\u201d over the next 18-24 months. Those include: mitigating further trail erosion following heavy winter rains; fundraising and community outreach; Kumeyaay tribe cultural education; establishing over 1,000 new native plants; trimming back trail overgrowth; and repairs to the Coast Walk bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo help with fundraising La Jolla Sunrise Rotary will be holding its\u00a0fourth\u00a0annual Walk for the Trail on Sept. 28,\u00a0from 4-6:30 p.m.,\u201d Fake said adding, \u201cThe Friends of Coast Walk Trail will be hosting another\u00a0Cocktails on Coast Walk, Sept. 29,\u00a0from 6-9 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla at 700 Prospect St. is presenting two exhibitions. One is \u201cGriselda Rosas: Yo te cuido.\u201d From Tijuana, Mexico, Rosas\u2019 exhibition is on view through Aug. 30. It will feature the artist\u2019s sculpture, installation, and textile drawings. She looks to her family as a source of inspiration, from the sewing learned from her grandmother to the drawings made by her son.<\/p>\n

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Enhance La Jolla president Ed Witt and District 1 Councilmember Joe LaCava emceed the third annual Enhance La Jolla Day on May 13. PHOTO BY DAVE SCHWAB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cCelia Alvarez-Mu\u00f1oz: Breaking the Binding,\u201d is a museum exhibition running through July 30. It is the first career retrospective of this conceptual artist. It features over 35 artworks, including large-scale immersive installations, photographic series, and book projects highlighting the artist\u2019s playful, witty style. Mu\u00f1oz often draws inspiration from her lived experience as a United States-Mexico borderlands resident.<\/p>\n

Robert Evans, chair of La Jolla Parks and Beaches Inc. dealing with coastal parks, said the primary benefit of Enhance La Jolla Day \u201cWas for all the various leaders in the community to better get to know and just plain chat with each other.\u00a0I had a lot of conversations with folks just walking up and asking how they can get involved in the community. I was getting asked all the same stuff we\u2019ve all talked about many times before \u2013 what about the seals\/sea lions? What about trash? What about the parks\u2019 and bathroom\u2019s condition?\u201d<\/p>\n

La Jolla\u2019s MAD passed by a 56%\u00a0to 44%\u00a0margin by mail ballot of residents and businesses within the downtown Village in November 2016. Having begun operations in 2019, the MAD is a legal mechanism by which property owners assess themselves to pay and receive services above and beyond what the City normally provides. It is one of 64 MADs that have a contract with the City to make improvements in the public right-of-way and may also implement privately contracted capital projects, in addition to the maintenance services underwritten by property-owner fees.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, Christie Mitchell, executive director of Athenaeum Music & Arts Library at 1008 Wall St. said: \u201cThe Athenaeum regularly hosts free programming to contribute to La Jolla\u2019s cultural scene, including opening our historic library building and gallery spaces free to the public five days a week,\u201d said Christie Mitchell, the Athenaeum\u2019s executive director. \u201cIn addition, we host free artist walkthroughs of exhibitions, free mini-concerts, free Murals of La Jolla walking tours, and world-class ticketed concerts featuring chamber music, jazz, new classical music, and local acoustic musicians. Upcoming projects include a deep dive into the botanical history of La Jolla with an exhibition next year by artist Peter Cochrane, summer arts camps for children and teens, a return of our fall acoustics series which will celebrate a strong history of women leaders in the San Diego music scene and at the Athenaeum, and our annual August Flicks on the Bricks outdoor movie nights hosted by KPBS film critic Beth Accomando.\u201d<\/p>\n

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