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College Area Community Plan Update
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The City of San Diego is updating the College Area Community Plan, which was adopted in 1989. The updated Community Plan will take into account current conditions, Citywide goals in the Climate Action Plan and the General Plan, and community specific goals to provide direction for the long-term development of the community. The College Area Community Plan Update will be a collaborative process with ongoing opportunities for public input. During the update process, Planning Department staff will work with the College Area community and the public to identify and consider important questions, issues, and opportunities including:
- How will College Area grow over the next 20-30 years?
- What services, infrastructure or facilities are needed to meet this growth?
- How can the community best plan for new housing opportunities, including housing for San Diego State University students.
- How can College Area nurture the economic relationship with San Diego State University and strengthen the community's connection to the university?
- How can the community support neighborhood businesses, including those along the community’s celebrated El Cajon Boulevard business corridor?
- How can the community build upon College Area’s robust transit network, including the trolley and the El Cajon Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit, to support additional housing near transit?
- Where can College Area create public and recreation spaces that provide opportunities to get outside, connect, and play.
Strategic Plan Priority Areas of Focus
This initiative focuses on the following priority areas of the Strategic Plan:
Create Homes for All of Us
Focuses opportunities for homes within mixed-use and residential areas.
Protect & Enrich Every Neighborhood
Identifies opportunities for public spaces and pocket parks, trails and joint-use facilities.
Provides guidance for the future identification and preservation of historical resources and districts that embody architectural and cultural history.
Advance Mobility & Infrastructure
Identifies opportunities for mobility infrastructure that improve walking, rolling, biking and transit connections.
Champion Sustainability
Promotes opportunities for urban greening and street trees to address stormwater runoff and climate change.
Protects canyons, open space and sensitive habitat.
Foster Regional Prosperity
Promotes San Diego State University and employment uses as economic drivers connected to regional transit.
Community Plan Update Process Timeline & Schedule
Projected Completion: 2023
Community Plan Update Process Timeline
Project Schedule & Milestones
2022
- March 27 – Community Plan Update Survey - Released
- May 1 - Community Plan Update Survey - Closes
- May 25 – College Area CPU Committee - Results of Community Survey
- June 29 - Community Open House & Office Hours on Draft Land Use Scenario
- July 27 - College Area CPU Committee – Discuss Community Input from Open House
- September 28 – College Area CPU Committee – Discuss Draft Land Use Scenarios
- September 29 – Planning Commission Workshop - Discuss Draft Land Use Scenarios & Project Update
- October / November – College Area CPU Committee – Feedback on Planning Commission Workshop and Revised Land Use
- November - College Area CPU Committee – Review Discussion Draft Plan
2023
- Winter / Spring - Release Discussion Draft Community Plan
- Summer – Release Adoption Draft Community Plan
- Autumn - Planning Commission and City Council Hearings
Supporting Documents and Materials
Check here or visit PlanCollegeArea.org for content related to the plan update!
Frequently Asked Questions (updated May 3, 2022)- DRAFT College Area Community Atlas: Existing Conditions Report
- View the full report here, or access the Community Atlas, broken down by chapter
- View the
- Maptionnaire Survey Report for College Area
- Brochure for the College Area Community Plan Update
College Area Community Planning Board – Community Plan Update Committee Documents
The College Area Community Plan Update Committee is an advisory committee of the College Area Community Planning Board, which is the City's recognized citizens' group for the College Area. This committee was created specifically for the Community Plan Update in order to provide feedback to the City throughout the process. The Plan Update Committee holds regular meetings on the fourth Wednesday of the month from 5:30pm - 7:00pm via Zoom. These meetings provide an opportunity for the community-at-large and other stakeholders to provide input on the College Area Community Plan Update.
Access all agendas, presentations, and other supporting documents from the College Area Community Plan Update Committee of the College Area Community Planning Board.
Register for upcoming meetings for the College Area Community Plan Update Committee.
Contact Us
Should you have any additional comments, suggestions or questions please contact:
Nathen Causman, Senior Planner
Email: NCausman@SanDiego.gov
Phone: 619-236-7225