Horton Plaza, the chronically neglected half-block park on Broadway next to the floundering shopping mall — itself a product of a costly redevelopment scheme engineered by ex–San Diego mayor Pete Wilson — is about to be re-launched yet again by an ever-hopeful city hall. This time around the refurbished plot and historic fountain will be accompanied by new performance and exhibit space built on the site of what once was the old Robinson’s department store, a long-ago casualty of Wilson’s futile scheme to bring the suburbs downtown.
With the grand opening just months away, shopping-center owner Westfield is advertising for an events manager to produce the 75 affairs scheduled for its first year, ramping up to an estimated 208 by 2019. Some budget issues remain. Among prospective tasks for the new hire: “Work with the Director of Sales and Events to secure content partners for events at no or minimal cost.”
Horton Plaza, the chronically neglected half-block park on Broadway next to the floundering shopping mall — itself a product of a costly redevelopment scheme engineered by ex–San Diego mayor Pete Wilson — is about to be re-launched yet again by an ever-hopeful city hall. This time around the refurbished plot and historic fountain will be accompanied by new performance and exhibit space built on the site of what once was the old Robinson’s department store, a long-ago casualty of Wilson’s futile scheme to bring the suburbs downtown.
With the grand opening just months away, shopping-center owner Westfield is advertising for an events manager to produce the 75 affairs scheduled for its first year, ramping up to an estimated 208 by 2019. Some budget issues remain. Among prospective tasks for the new hire: “Work with the Director of Sales and Events to secure content partners for events at no or minimal cost.”
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