E-Blast: April 2016

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President's Letter: April 2016

Garden Tour tickets are on sale now!

Our 20th annual Clairemont Garden Tour will be Saturday, May 7th from 10am to 4pm. Banners and posters are currently being displayed all throughout our community. We have 12 gardens on the tour this year covering ornamental, succulent, edible, and drought varieties.

Please purchase your advanced tickets online at gardentour.clairemontonline.com, or at our in-person locations:

• Postal Connections (4321 Balboa Ave., San Diego, 92117) 
• The UPS Store at Clairemont Town Square (3952 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, 92117), or at
• The UPS Store at Balboa Mesa (5663 Balboa Ave., San Diego, 92111)

Beginning this year, the Outdoor Experience will bring a focus to installing and expanding garden programs to all 19 of our Clairemont schools. So, if you have any unused garden tools that you'd like to get rid of, please consider donating them during the Garden Tour at our Bay Park Elementary School Garden, which will be included on the tour route.

Clairemont Garden Tour: 1 Week Left!

Clairemont Garden Tour is next Saturday! Please take advantage of advance-priced tickets at $15 ($12 for seniors 55+). Ticket prices increase to $20 on May 1st and 2nd, so don't wait! 

Proceeds go right back into our community via Clairemont Town Council community improvement grants. Online tickets and information about this year's tour can be found at: GardenTour.ClairemontOnline.com 

In-person tickets are available at:

The UPS Store
(Clairemont Town Square)
3952 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite D
San Diego, CA 92117

The UPS Store
(Balboa Mesa Shopping Center)
5663 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, CA 92111

The Postal Connection
(Clairemont Drive at Balboa Ave)
3895 Clairemont Dr #101
San Diego, CA 92117

We look forward to seeing you at our beautiful gardens!

Sincerely,

Garden Tour Committee
Clairemont Town Council
gardentour@clairemontonline.com
(858) 480-9430

CTC Video: April 2015 Meeting

2015 District Director Map

Last night, we approved new District Director boundaries for our Clairemont Town Council Board of Directors. For more info, please visit: clairemontonline.com/resources/maps

E-Blast: April 2015

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Garden Tour: Tickets On Sale!

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President's Letter: April 2015

Starting in April, tickets will go on sale for our 19th Annual Clairemont Garden Tour scheduled for May 2nd -- the first Saturday in May!

This year's tour will be enhanced with refreshments, art, music, a garden boutique, and educational demos on composting, rain water harvesting, solar, and more. There will even be a hand-on planting activity for kids!

Tickets are $15 in advance ($12 for Seniors 55+) by purchasing online at: gardentour.clairemontonline.com. On May 1st and 2nd however, tickets will increase to $20 ($15 for Seniors 55+), and will only be available to purchase at The UPS Store in Clairemont Town Square, or their Balboa Mesa Shopping Center location. Of course, kids 12 and under are free! Get your tickets early, folks!

Also, we are still looking for extra volunteers for this year's tour. We usually need about 30 volunteers throughout the day to assist our homeowners and patrons by providing them a memorable experience. If you'd like to help volunteer for this year's tour, please e-mail us GardenTour@ClairemontOnline.com.

Special shout out to Coastal Solar who signed on as our flagship sponsor for this year's Garden Tour! Other sponsors include: Big Frog, Elite Escrow, Chicago Title, the Bay Mesa Real Estate Association, Calsur Property Management, San Diego Hydroponics, Bay Park Coffee, West Coast Electric, Maker Place & Reusable Finds, and the Clairemont Hills Kiwanis. We can't thank our sponsors enough for their generous support for the Garden Tour and the Clairemont Town Council's community grants.

Councilwoman Lorie Zapf: Memos on Morena Blvd.

Below are two memos released this week from Councilwoman Lorie Zapf's office regarding the Morena Blvd. study:

Memo #1 - April 23, 2014 - Click to view full memo

Memo #2 - Click to view full memo

Contact Info: District 2 City Councilman Ed Harris

District 2 City Councilman Ed Harris

District 2 City Councilman Ed Harris
sandiego.gov/cd2

Phone: 619.236.6622
Fax: 619.236.6996

Connect with Councilman Ed Harris on Twitter @EdHarrisSD

Connect with the Council District 2 office on Twitter @SanDiegoCD2

Council Connection: Mid-April Update

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Morena Blvd Update

The last time you heard from me, City Council District 2 was vacant. Last week, longtime lifeguard and retired Marine Ed Harris was appointed to fill the vacancy left by the election of now-Mayor Faulconer. Councilman Harris will serve our Bay Ho, West Clairemont, and Bay Park communities until December.

KPBS interviewed our newly appointed city councilmember.

If you live in those communities, feel free to reach out to Councilman Harris and connect with him and our District 2 staff on those issues important to you (as of this writing, the city has not updated their District 2 webpage, although staff information is available). We've already invited Councilman Harris to attend one of our upcoming CTC meetings to introduce himself.

At last night's Clairemont Community Planning Board meeting, a lively discussion was had by over 100 Bay Park residents on the importance of protecting the character and historical importance of our neighborhoods. The Planning Board took several votes on recommendations to city staff on restricting any zoning or height increase changes along Morena Blvd.

As we've learned, this issue is not put to rest just yet. There's still plenty more to do.

Council Connection: April 7th Update

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Council Connection: April 2014

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Links to Clairemont Projects

At our Clairemont Town Council meeting last night (Thursday, April 4th), City Council staff members Steve Hadley (District 2) and Shirley Owen (District 6) compiled and presented several links to information about current proposals, development, and construction projects going on in, and around, our Clairemont community.

We are sharing this document with you for reference.

To see this document in full-view, click here.

President's Letter: April 2014

Garden Tour: Online Tickets Available April 1!

Beginning April 1st (no, this is not an April Fools' Joke), tickets for the 18th Annual Clairemont Garden Tour will be available online at GardenTour.ClairemontOnline.com.

Online ticket prices will be: $12 for general admission, and $10 for Seniors (55+). However, tickets sold in-person and day-of will be $15. So, if you want tickets at a better price, please purchase them online in advance!

A key feature of our previous tours has been the Garden Tour Expo which will be held at the Energy Innovation Center (EIC) at 4760 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA 92117.

The Expo will include booths from our Garden Tour sponsors and will feature a cooking demonstration by Chef Palma sponsored by the Clairemont Produce Cooperative, and workshops in the EIC's demonstration kitchen, residential smart home, California friendly landscaping, and rain water catchment/grey water recycling.  At 3pm, there will be a reception and awards for the best garden and visitor favorite will be presented.