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Located just north of Balboa Park, North Park is conveniently located at the geographic heart of San Diego. Our neighborhood is easily accessible by car, bus, bicycle or foot from downtown, Mission Valley and surrounding neighborhoods. In North Park, you’ll find there are no parking meters to fret about. The business district is served by bus lines #2, 6, 7, 10, and 966, which offer some of the most frequent service in the City of San Diego. Regardless of how you get here, North Park should be explored by foot. In your exploration, you’ll discover that “diversity” is the word that best describes North Park. “Diversity” describes the friendly residents of our neighborhood including North Park natives and recent immigrants, young and old, married and single, straight and gay – a full array of races, nationalities, and religions all living together. “Diversity” describes the collection of structures in the district that range from Renaissance Revival of the 1910s to Post Modern of the 1990s. And “diversity” describes the businesses in North Park where you’ll find an interesting mix of specialty shops, restaurants, second hand stores, offices, and essential services. North Park Main Street is a private non-profit organization charged with the revitalization of the North Park Business Improvement District (BID), North Park's Downtown and the historic heart of the community.. Main Street is a system of community-based economic revitalization that was devised by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to save historic and significant commercial buildings within economically depressed commercial districts. The Main Street program is based on the principles of self-determination and direct, inclusive community participation in the revitalization process. It works in communities of all sizes and economic conditions and in all parts of the country. Main Street is a coast-to-coast movement that has been successful in over 1,600 cities, towns, and neighborhood commercial districts. In the late 1990s, the City of San Diego adopted the Main Street strategy for revitalizing three BIDs. A BID, supported by its member businesses, funds business-related activities, and improvements that benefit the business district. In 1996, North Park was selected by the City’s Office of Small Business, which administers San Diego’s BID program, to be the pilot project for establishing Main Street in the City of San Diego. North Park Main Street has since recruited over 50 volunteers from throughout the community who form the backbone of our program. North Park Main Street is community-based and partners with several diverse groups that maintain a common community vision. Volunteers focus their efforts in four broad areas known as the Main Street Four Point Approach TM: Design, Economic Restructuring, Organization, and Promotion. Linking to the rich art heritage that thrives in the neighborhood, North Park Main Street, in 1998, declared itself an Arts, Culture, & Entertainment district and has been working proactively to cultivate and recruit businesses that achieve this vision. |
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Click here for more information on how to volunteer at North Park Main Street.Click here to access our newsletter, The North Park Way.Click here to view our Annual Reports from 1997 to the present |
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