Accomplishments

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 culmination of a very long effort by residents of Inspiration Heights and Mission Hills Heritage to…

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 completed in 2018.

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 family zoning as part of the Uptown Community Plan Update.  The rezone will save countless bungalows…

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.

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 stucco and repaint all three pillars.

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 up to 50’ for ministerial projects and 100’ for discretionary projects,…

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.

MHH founding members led a community effort that resulted in major revisions to the Paseo De Mission Hills project (renamed One Mission) at the gateway to Mission Hills.  The architectural style was changed to blend more with the neighborhood and the building height was also lowered.