On April 10, 2018 the Housing The Next 1 Million invited the media and public to learn about their Affordable Housing Presentation on display at the San Diego City Hall. The presentation includes the November 2017 HN1M Charrette boards, and members from the 12 volunteer neighborhood teams present to explain the goals and content of the display boards.
Mayor Kevin Faulconer stopped by and met with Philip Bona, AIA, who led the HN1M initiative in 2017. The display boards are the result of meetings and workshops throughout 2017 with various stakeholders, industry professionals, community groups, and neighbors to explore, brainstorm, talk, listen, and ultimately design innovative solutions that begin to address growth issues facing the public today and into the future.
Following a year-long series of monthly community workshops, along with the formation of community teams throughout the city and county, there was an extensive two-day weekend workshop (called a "Charrette" in the architectural industry). The Display at City Hall represents the only tangible results of this workshop. The teams also included architectural students from the NewSchool of Architecture and Design, who worked alongside citizens and professionals to graphically explore issues and ideas for their own neighborhoods. This is a local grassroots effort rather than hiring outside consultants to tell the local communities what is best for their future; HN1M wants people understanding, addressing, and participating in the future of their own community.
HN1M has its sights on the San Diego of 2050 and is aware of the current pressures for housing affordability, energy, water, and wastewater infrastructure, mobility, public transit, homelessness, a changing economy, access to healthcare, aging care, environmental and resource stainability, and climate impact to name a few of the challenges ahead. Learn more at www.hn1m.org.
