Liberty Station Blog

In 1975, President Gerald Ford visited NTC, the first president to visit since Franklin Roosevelt. Ford visited and had dinner in the galley with 900 recruits. The president made a big hit with the recruits when he granted them a “24-hour amnesty” from the rigors of boot camp saying:

“I understand that here at NTC you’ve organized a third party-the marching party. As I’m sure you know, I don’t think too much of third parties, so by virtue of the powers vested in me as commander-in-chief, I hereby order the marching parties for tonight be canceled.” Ford then ordered all ‘short tours’ – demerit-reducing session in which recruits exercise with rifles-be canceled for the following day.

After 900 recruits cheered, Ford cut a compound cake and ordered pieces be delivered to every recruit’s racks.

~ Cradle of the Navy: The History of the Naval Training Center San Diego

The San Diego Foundation, a 31-year-old organization that provides funding to hundreds of local nonprofit groups, announced it recently moved its headquarters to Liberty Station and plans to create a Foundation Center there.

According to Bob Kelly, president and CEO of The San Diego Foundation, the organization purchased a new office building within Liberty Station that will also occupy several additional foundations as well as provide space for the collaboration of many more.

50 staff members of The San Diego Foundation moved in October to their new building at 2508 Historic Decatur Road (Bldg 907). The Foundation occupies 20,000 square feet and is leasing out 16,000 square feet to other foundations.

Welcome aboard!

Dance Place San Diego’s newest residents will be offering a free “Day of Dance” on Tuesday, December 26.

Malashock Dance, San Diego Ballet and Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater, who recently moved in to Dance Place San Diego, located in the heart of the NTC Promenade, in the newly renovated building 175, will will collaborate to offer a free day of dance. It will consist of a tour of the facility, some sample classes, and meetings with instructors.

The day begins at 10:30 a.m. and runs through late afternoon.

The next day, a winter workshop of technique and repertory classes begins at the new Malashock studios.

For more information on all classes, contact Malashock at (619) 260-1622 or visit www.MalashockDance.org.

As we approach the end of the year we thought it would be a good time to give you an update about the companies and organizations that do or will soon call Liberty Station home. 2007 is going to be a very exciting time for Liberty Station as these groups help bring the vision to life.

The Marketplace

1st Quarter 2007
Cold Stone Creamery,Da Kine’s, La Salsa, Navy Federal Credit Union, Panera Bread, Postal Annex, Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza, Starbucks, Trader Joe’s

3rd Quarter 2007
Vons

Harbor Square
1st Quarter
Beriyo,Dinner Studio,Los Primos Mexican Food, Oggi’s Pizza and Brew Company, Rose’s Nails, Starbucks, Subway, Sushiya, Massage Envy

The Landing

Open
Sail Ho Bar & Grill

1st Quarter 2007
Wine Steals
3rd Quarter 2007
Ace Hardware

NTC Promenade – Arts and Culture District:
(Web Cam)

Open
Actors Alliance of San Diego, Malashock Dance, San Diego Ballet, Jean Issacs San Diego Dance Theatre, NTC Foundation

1st Quarter 2007
ARTS: A Reason to Survive, Expressive Arts Institute of San Diego, KIT: Kids Included Together, San Diego Coastkeeper, San Diego Watercolor Society, The Jenna Druck Foundation, Visions Art Quilt Gallery, Walkabout International

2nd Quarter 2007
Solare, Italian Restaurant and Lounge

NTC Park:

First Phase to open early 2007

Educational District:

Open
Explorer Elementary School, High Tech High International, High Tech High School, High Tech High Media Arts, High Tech Middle Media Arts, High Tech Middle School

3rd Quarter 2007
The Rock Church & Academy

3rd Quarter 2008
The Rock Academy’s Gymnasium

Office District
(Last new building – not yet built):

Open
CDC Small Business Finance, Cooper Mann, Countrywide, Cubic Defense Applications, Glow MD Skin Care, Gnostech, Inc., The Corky McMillin Companies, Law Offices of Leo Sullivan, Lifewellness Insurance, McMillin Capital, Novonics Corporation, Rock Church Administration, San Diego Foundation, San Diego Funding, Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz, Telismo, TriWest Insurance, Axacore

Hotel District:

3rd Quarter 2007
Courtyard by Marriott, Hilton Homewood Suites

2010
Nickelodeon Hotel

Residential:

Complete
349 single-family and
multi-family homes

(*all dates are estimates and subject to change)

On Thursday, December 28th, Legacy Construction will be paving the utility trenches along Womble Road and Historic Decatur Road, completing that work for the Marketplace project. Please expect some delays throughout the day.

We appreciate your patience as we complete this important infrastructure project.

We’d like to inform you that The Corky McMillin Companies‘ offices will be closed Monday, December 25 and Tuesday, December 26 in observance of the Christmas holiday. We will also be closed Monday, January 1, New Year’s Day.

Have a safe and happy holiday season!

December in San Diego!

Katherine Quinn, now a freshman film student at UC Davis, signed up for Tricia Ornelas’ 12th grade creative writing workshop at High Tech High last year and as a result, her California Young Playwrights Contest award-winning script was selected from 234 submissions by teenagers nationwide, and will receive full professional productions in the 22nd season of Plays by Young Writers, produced by Playwrights Project in association with The Old Globe at the Cassius Carter Centre Stage. Three of the four winners are from San Diego and the third is from Los Angeles. Three additional scripts by younger writers will receive readings in this highly regarded festival of new voices.

January 11-21, 2007
Ticket sales and information at Playwrights Project
(619) 239-8222
write@playwrightsproject.com

After 14 years in the heart of Little Italy, the nationally recognized San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) will move its gallery and offices to the NTC Promenade at Liberty Station. The move is scheduled for the first week in January 2007.

The society’s new home will be in building 202 at 2825 Dewey Road. In addition to its shows, SDWS conducts numerous professionally taught painting workshops and informal sessions, monthly talks and painting demonstrations and participates in many community activities, including the Del Mar Fair and Little Italy’s ArtWalk. The SDWS space will feature an art gallery, classroom, library and office space.

SDWS is a not-for-profit, all-volunteer organization founded to promote water-based media on paper and encourage viewers and artists of all ages to become involved in water media on paper.

For more information about the Watercolor Society, visit http://www.sdws.org.

The new Dance Place San Diego was featured in the San Diego Union-Tribune’s Sunday Arts section this week. It’s a very exciting milestone for the NTC Promenade.

December 18th, 2006

YogaAnusara-inspired yoga classes with Paisley Close

Anusara Yoga, founded in 1997 by John Friend, is a powerful hatha yoga system which unifies an uplifting Tantric philosophy with Universal Principles of Alignment™.

Monday
4:00–5:30 PM Fundamentals, studio 105
6:30–8:00 PM Intermediate, studio 105

Tuesday
10:30–noon Mixed Level, studio 107

Wednesday
6:00–7:30 PM Mixed Level, studio 105

Located at Dance Place San Diego, NTC Promenade, at the corner of Truxtun Road and Dewey Road.

619-922-4120

website forthcoming @www.loveyoga.us