Plans for La Mesa’s revamped city center have been in the works since the .

The goal is to update the city’s public safety and administrative buildings that have been around since the 1950s and 1960s.

The city made solid progress early on, building a new fire station, “interim” library building, post office building and police station in the span of six years. But since 2010, some residents feel the momentum has slowed. In recent years, the city has completed studies and assembled a library taskforce, but residents are eager to see results on the ground.

La Mesa resident John Schmitz has followed the city’s plan since 2008.

“We've been putting this off long enough,” Schmitz said. “Let's give our employees a better place to work, and let's give our community a better place to use the li

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