Centre City Development Corporation
CCDC is the public, non-profit corporation created by the City of San Diego to staff and implement Downtown redevelopment projects and programs. Formed in 1975, the corporation serves on behalf of the San Diego Redevelopment Agency as the catalyst for public-private partnerships to facilitate redevelopment projects adopted pursuant to redevelopment law. Through an operating agreement, CCDC is the Agency's representative in the development of retail, residential, office, hotel, cultural and educational projects and public improvement projects. Each of CCDC's nine-member board of directors is appointed by the Mayor and City Council to three year terms.
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North Embarcadero
Downtown San Diego's western waterfront is poised to undergo a dramatic revitalization. Several projects planned and underway will remake downtown's "front porch" into a magnificent public esplanade. In 1997, an alliance of five agencies (CCDC, the City of San Diego, the County of San Diego, the San Diego Unified Port District and the United States Navy) with jurisdictional or ownership interest in the North Embarcadero area joined forces to create a vision for the future development of the area. The result was the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan, intended to become the "showcase of the San Diego waterfront and a place for urban grandeur." The design, created by Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn (EEK), will add almost 12 acres of park and open space and calls for 7 acres of gardens, 5 acres of hardscape and landscape area and more than 1,700 trees. Because the plan is so large, implementation will be segmented into phases.
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Waterfront Park
Located in downtown San Diego's Little Italy neighborhood, Waterfront park encompasses the County Administration Center (CAC) property and its two adjacent parking lots
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Downtown San Diego Quiet Zone
Downtown San Diego, like many urban environments, has had a substantial increase in people living adjacent to railroad tracks and crossings. Noise and safety at downtown's rail crossings have become major concerns for residents and for CCDC. The Federal Government, through the FRA, has finalized legislation to limit the noise from train horns in residential areas. CCDC is moving forward with an application to the Federal Railroad Administration to designate downtown a Quiet Zone at downtown San Diego's 13 grade crossings (Park Boulevard to Laurel Street). In order to establish a Quiet Zone, the railroad crossings are improved with safety enhancements such as additional gates, medians, traffic signals and warning lights. The Park Boulevard improvements will be constructed as a separate project and will include similar safety enhancements to meet the Quiet Zone designation.
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