After decades of debate, a sustainable future for Mission Valley is at hand. The land along the San Diego River is being rapidly redeveloped as past mistakes are corrected and new uses are introduced.

The Friends of San Diego Architecture presents an update on two of the major efforts – SDSU Mission Valley and the San Diego River Park – and what lies ahead in 2021.

The panel, moderated by Roger Showley, will feature:
Laura Shinn, director of facilities planning at San Diego State University. She will describe progress to date on SDSU Mission Valley, the 166-acre redevelopment of the San Diego Stadium site into a new campus, with a new Aztec Stadium, housing and commercial development, and public parkland.

Glen Schmidt, principal at Schmidt Design Group, briefed FSDA in February and will return with new images and details on the open space and parkland that will be woven into SDSU Mission Valley and the adjacent section of the San Diego River Park.

Rob Hutsel, president and CEO of the San Diego River Park Foundation, will put the SDSU project into context with the entire 52-mile San Diego River Park and, more specifically, the nine-mile, western stretch from Interstate 15 to Mission Bay.

For more on this virtual event, visit The Friends of San Diego Architecture website below.