The local neighborhood newsletter the Encinitas NeighborHoodLink  is back!  The July issue, the first since fall of 2008, includes an update on the Hall property and, in particular, a review of a recent meeting regarding the proposed lighting plan for the Hall Community park. 

The 44-acre property was purchased by the city from flower grower Robert Hall  in 2001 for $17 million.  Since that time, it has been bogged down by battles between various interests – in short, those who want the land to be developed into a sports park (heavily supported by city officials), and those residents living nearby who would prefer to have it be passive park land, arguing their way of life will be radically altered by the new facility  The proposal, as it stands now, includes five sports fields, a dog park, a skatepark, children’s play structures and a swim complex.

To keep up to date on the Hall Property and other issues concerning our beautiful Encinitas community, whether Old Encinitas, Cardiff, Leucadia or Olivenhain, sign up for the newsletter by emailing stoprezoning@yahoo.com.