San Ysidro Community Plan Update Would Create Transit-Oriented Mexican Village By The Border
A San Ysidro Community Plan Update, recently approved by the San Diego City Council, rezones hundreds of acres near the Mexican border to create a vibrant mixed-use, transit-oriented village, with higher-density and multi-story housing along the Trolley line. In approving the plan, city and community leaders said this blueprint for development over the next 30 years may help San Ysidro shed its image as a low-income area lacking quality housing and jobs, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune.
At the heart of the revitalization plan is a historic Mexican Village (rendered above) that encompasses San Ysrido’s Old Town along East San Ysidro Boulevard and Border Village Road to create a 124-acre mixed-use district by the Beyer Boulevard Trolley Station, one stop north of the border. This commercial center would provide a place for community gatherings and a visitor destination with restaurants, performance spaces and a theater.
