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Good morning, San Diego ☀️
Here’s what we have for you today:
- As a reminder, Veterans Day is Wednesday, so San Diego city and county offices will be closed that day.
- We’ll be dealing with warmer weather around town most of the week.
- The San Diego Press Club issued a correction regarding two podcasts honored at its Excellence in Journalism awards program.
Tessa Balc
Audience engagement producer
Top story
Linda Vista wants a say in future of Skateworld site as city conducts housing study
San Diego’s only indoor roller rink, Skateworld, is being looked at as a site to add housing to and the Linda Vista Planning Group is preparing if that becomes a reality.
The city’s Affordable Home Development Master Plan— a study that will be released in the coming months looking at the feasibility of adding housing to publicly owned properties— included Linda Vista’s Skateworld as one of the sites. Now, that doesn’t mean they have plan ready to go, just that they are evaluating such a thing.
But the chair of the Linda Vista Planning Group’s Skateworld Ad Hoc Committee says the community is no stranger to surprises. Back in 2019 a proposal to replace the property with retail caused community members to rally for the rink. Clearly, the council voted against selling the property as Skateworld is still operating today.
That doesn’t mean community members feel it’s safe to assume the rink’s future won’t be up for debate again. The planning group’s committee is preparing recommendations so the community might be able to have a say in the matter if the plan for housing becomes a reality.
The rink’s co-owner Brett Stang said he supports more affordable housing, but would hope that the city can produce this without eliminating the longstanding Linda Vista staple.
Tonight the planning group’s committee will meet at 6 p.m. in the rink’s party room (nothing says party like civic engagement, right?) to discuss its history and what they would like to see in its future.
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