Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Will Uptown Partnership Dissolve?
"The Uptown Partnership voted to take the suicide pill," reported one Hillcrest denizen in an email after returning from the parking agency's November 4 meeting.
According to several area residents who attended the meeting, Uptown Partnership, the agency responsible for the parking supply in Hillcrest, Mission Hills, and Banker’s Hill, passed two resolutions, both of which appear to signal the end of Uptown Partnership after ten years of administering the parking district.
The first resolution passed during the monthly board meeting allows the City Planning and Community Investment Department, not Uptown Partnership, to find a facilitator to restructure and reform the parking district and manage its annual $750,000 contract.
"There is such a lack of confidence from the neighborhoods," said one resident of Uptown who was present at the meeting and helped draft the motion. "The thinking behind the resolution was if Uptown Partnership was involved, then the perception from community members is that the process would be tainted."
The second resolution, introduced by board member Jim Frost, notified the city that once Uptown Partnership's contract expires on December 28, the nonprofit corporation would not pursue any additional city contracts.
Both resolutions come after staff, board members, and councilmembers Todd Gloria and Kevin Faulconer attended an October 16 public workshop, conducted by management consultants Albert Hall and Associates, aimed at restructuring the parking agency.
Tim Gahagan, a Hillcrest resident and longtime advocate for reform of Uptown Partnership, was present at Thursday's meeting. Gahagan is not convinced that the end of Uptown Partnership is near.
"No one saw it coming," said Gahagan during a November 5 phone interview. "Maybe the motion was meant to show that Uptown Partnership is just done, no more contracts. But, I don't really know.... It seemed as if [Uptown Partnership] was telling the city to go pound sand."
Carol Shultz, Uptown Partnership's Executive Director, failed to respond to a request for comment.
Photo courtesy of www.hillquest.com
Here's something you might be interested in.
Will Uptown Partnership Dissolve?
Will Uptown Partnership Dissolve?
"The Uptown Partnership voted to take the suicide pill," reported one Hillcrest denizen in an email after returning from the parking agency's November 4 meeting.
According to several area residents who attended the meeting, Uptown Partnership, the agency responsible for the parking supply in Hillcrest, Mission Hills, and Banker’s Hill, passed two resolutions, both of which appear to signal the end of Uptown Partnership after ten years of administering the parking district.
The first resolution passed during the monthly board meeting allows the City Planning and Community Investment Department, not Uptown Partnership, to find a facilitator to restructure and reform the parking district and manage its annual $750,000 contract.
"There is such a lack of confidence from the neighborhoods," said one resident of Uptown who was present at the meeting and helped draft the motion. "The thinking behind the resolution was if Uptown Partnership was involved, then the perception from community members is that the process would be tainted."
The second resolution, introduced by board member Jim Frost, notified the city that once Uptown Partnership's contract expires on December 28, the nonprofit corporation would not pursue any additional city contracts.
Both resolutions come after staff, board members, and councilmembers Todd Gloria and Kevin Faulconer attended an October 16 public workshop, conducted by management consultants Albert Hall and Associates, aimed at restructuring the parking agency.
Tim Gahagan, a Hillcrest resident and longtime advocate for reform of Uptown Partnership, was present at Thursday's meeting. Gahagan is not convinced that the end of Uptown Partnership is near.
"No one saw it coming," said Gahagan during a November 5 phone interview. "Maybe the motion was meant to show that Uptown Partnership is just done, no more contracts. But, I don't really know.... It seemed as if [Uptown Partnership] was telling the city to go pound sand."
Carol Shultz, Uptown Partnership's Executive Director, failed to respond to a request for comment.
Photo courtesy of www.hillquest.com
Comments