Pond 20 Development Ideas Sought at Workshop Monday

The Port of San Diego will hold a workshop Monday from 4:30-6 p.m. where residents are being asked to contribute their ideas for how to develop 95 acres of land bordering IB known as Pond 20.

The workshop follows one held last month in the same location and continues a process which will end with recommendations by port staff to commissioners for proposed development of the land.

A petition requesting that the area be declared protected preservation land was started by AJ Schneller, Coastal and Marine Conservation Program Manager for .

More than 200 people have signed a petition that will be sent to the cities of Imperial Beach and San Diego and Port of San Diego.

In January the two cities and the Port of San Diego signed an agreement to explore the potential of developing the land.

To comment on Pond 20 or receive updates email pond20@portofsandiego.org.