Mission Hills Heritage Seeks Pathway for Local Designation of National Register Historic Districts By: Barry Hager Historic districts are the most effective way to protect the architecture and history of vintage neighborhoods. To encourage the establishment of...
Inspiration Heights Historic District Placed on the National Register By: Barry Hager On October 29, 2021, the State Historic Resources Commission voted unanimously to approve Inspiration Heights for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. This is the...
After the City vacated the old Mission Hills Branch Library, MHH nominated the old branch library for historic designation with the City of San Diego. The designation was approved in 2020, but is on appeal as of February 2021.
MHH board members spearheaded an effort to convince the City to restore the crumbling historic Arbor Area at Presidio Park. MHH contributed funding for materials, with assistance from the Mission Hills Town Council and Mission Hills Garden Club. Restoration work was...
Following a multi-year effort that involved intensive surveying and petition drives, MHH convinced the City Council to re-zone a multi-block residential area in Eastern portions of Mission Hills, including a large multi-block area south of University Avenue, to single...
MHH provided financial support and MHH personnel were involved in the community effort to expand the Mission Hills Historic District by 99 homes. The addition of the “Annex Area” was approved by the City in 2014.
MHH FILES APPEAL OF LITTLE RED BUNGALOW DECISION Councilman Whitburn needs to hear from YOU! Please help us convince the City to hear the appeal filed by Mission Hills Heritage asking for a fair re-hearing before the HRB for the Little Red Bungalow! MHH has...
After the theft of original plaques on two of the three Inspiration Heights pillars in 2011, MHH spearheaded the effort to replace the plaques, which was paid for by Council District 2 funds. MHH also arranged for donated services by Chism Bros. Painting to repair...
MHH helped lead the effort that resulted in a temporary ordinance capping new building heights at 50’ in the commercial core area of Mission Hills. The temporary ordinance was replaced with a permanent overlay zone as part of the Uptown Community Plan Update, allowing...
MHH personnel spearheaded this multi-year effort to create a maintenance assessment district (MAD) to install historic style acorn street lights in North Mission Hills to coincide with utility undergrounding. The new street lights were finally installed in 2013.