In 2019, in anticipation of the city’s upcoming College Area Community Plan update, the College Area Community Planning Board started to develop its own community-driven, 30-year growth strategy. The planning board believed that if it could show where to place new housing density that hit similar growth targets approved for other San Diego communities, the city would give strong consideration to its plan.

After a year of meetings and working groups, the board’s finished plan called for creation of an urban village around San Diego State University adjacent to the campus trolley station. It envisioned high-density housing along College Avenue, Montezuma Road and other major thoroughfares with access to the existing bus system.

The plan anticipated adding approximately 11,300 dwelling unit

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