East County Issues Meeting with Renee Owens
Join us for our May club meeting this Wednesday, May 27 at 6:30 pm, at the community room and computer lab on the ground floor of the Citronica One apartment community in Lemon Grove, located at 7765 North Ave.
"Best climate on earth."
After months of planning, the club's first East County meeting gets underway at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, May 27 at the community room and computer lab on the ground floor of the Citronica One apartment community in Lemon Grove. The street address is 7765 North Ave.
San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action
May 27, 2015 meeting, 6:30 pm
Citronica One
7765 North Ave.
Lemon Grove, CA 91945
San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action
May 27, 2015 meeting, 6:30 pm
Citronica One
7765 North Ave.
Lemon Grove, CA 91945
Getting to Citronica
The LEED-certified Citronica One and Two buildings are located at 7765 North Ave., right off the Lemon Grove Ave. exit from the State Route 94 freeway, and at the Lemon Grove Depot stop along the San Diego Trolley.
If you plan on driving, make time to arrive early to find a place to park. The area around Citronica can be confusing if you're not familiar with it, and you may have to do some hunting for a parking space.
Street parking (metered and otherwise) is permitted along North Ave., Olive St. and Main St. just south of Broadway. There are also some parking spaces between the Citronica One and Two buildings as well.
A Google Map graphic of the address and immediate area is at the bottom of the page.
If you plan on driving, make time to arrive early to find a place to park. The area around Citronica can be confusing if you're not familiar with it, and you may have to do some hunting for a parking space.
Street parking (metered and otherwise) is permitted along North Ave., Olive St. and Main St. just south of Broadway. There are also some parking spaces between the Citronica One and Two buildings as well.
A Google Map graphic of the address and immediate area is at the bottom of the page.
Where San Diegans Go to Recreate
Oakasis Preserve, Lakeside
San Diegans have different ways to describe East County.
Some say East County is the mammoth wilderness of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, while others say East County begins beyond the eastern edges of cities like La Mesa, El Cajon, Lakeside, or Alpine. For others, our region's freeways help illustrate an invisible demarcation line beyond I-15, State Route 125 or State Route 67 – some even say East County begins east of I-5!
But no matter the personal definition of where exactly "East County" is, or where it begins, it makes up a significant volume of San Diego's backcountry, and the region is a four season hiking, mountain biking and equestrian paradise, where San Diegans go to hike, backpack, enjoy the shade of an oak grove, or camp beneath a canopy of stars in the desert and sample the wild side of San Diego County.
The late outdoor writer Jerry Schad once said that San Diego is more connected with its backcountry than L.A., where the mammoth San Gabriel Mountains give a feeling of being cut off from the backcountry, and even isolated. But in San Diego, we have a six-lane freeway in the form of I-8 reaching into our backcountry, with significant routes like State Route 79 and Sunrise Highway heading north and south from it, enabling easy access to areas like Rancho Cuyamaca State Park, Cleveland National Forest, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and communities like Mount Laguna, Julian, Santa Ysbael, Jacumba, Boulevard and Tecate.
Unfortunately, large areas of the region are threatened by destructive recreation, and poor or apathetic environmental management, in part due to a lack of political support for local environmental leaders, and a willingness to ensure progressive environmental policy. Politically, East County is also a place where Democrats feel neglected, if not downright ignored – and where the Democratic party and our club must connect with local advocates to help make inroads into making the region a greener, bluer place.
Part of the job of San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action is to make sure these activists know they have a conduit into the San Diego County Democratic party through our club, and a willing ear and potential partner. Building up the Democratic brand in East County may take time, but one way to find common ground is to talk about our concern and appreciation for the larger environment that makes San Diego so special.
Some say East County is the mammoth wilderness of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, while others say East County begins beyond the eastern edges of cities like La Mesa, El Cajon, Lakeside, or Alpine. For others, our region's freeways help illustrate an invisible demarcation line beyond I-15, State Route 125 or State Route 67 – some even say East County begins east of I-5!
But no matter the personal definition of where exactly "East County" is, or where it begins, it makes up a significant volume of San Diego's backcountry, and the region is a four season hiking, mountain biking and equestrian paradise, where San Diegans go to hike, backpack, enjoy the shade of an oak grove, or camp beneath a canopy of stars in the desert and sample the wild side of San Diego County.
The late outdoor writer Jerry Schad once said that San Diego is more connected with its backcountry than L.A., where the mammoth San Gabriel Mountains give a feeling of being cut off from the backcountry, and even isolated. But in San Diego, we have a six-lane freeway in the form of I-8 reaching into our backcountry, with significant routes like State Route 79 and Sunrise Highway heading north and south from it, enabling easy access to areas like Rancho Cuyamaca State Park, Cleveland National Forest, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and communities like Mount Laguna, Julian, Santa Ysbael, Jacumba, Boulevard and Tecate.
Unfortunately, large areas of the region are threatened by destructive recreation, and poor or apathetic environmental management, in part due to a lack of political support for local environmental leaders, and a willingness to ensure progressive environmental policy. Politically, East County is also a place where Democrats feel neglected, if not downright ignored – and where the Democratic party and our club must connect with local advocates to help make inroads into making the region a greener, bluer place.
Part of the job of San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action is to make sure these activists know they have a conduit into the San Diego County Democratic party through our club, and a willing ear and potential partner. Building up the Democratic brand in East County may take time, but one way to find common ground is to talk about our concern and appreciation for the larger environment that makes San Diego so special.
Guests
Renee Owens
Renee Owens is the executive director of the Wild Zone Conservation League, an instructor at Imperial Valley College and the founder of Sage Wildlife Biology, an environmental consultancy firm specializing in wildlife and and related ecosystem biology.
Having been at our first organizational meeting last July and numerous club meetings, Renee is no stranger to San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action, and we're excited to have her deliver a presentation on East County ecosystems and endangered habitats, conservation concerns, and notable critters and plants found from 6,000 ft. peaks to desert areas near sea level.
We'll also be joined by Lemon Grove city council member and club member Jennifer Mendoza, who will give our club a welcome to Lemon Grove for this special meeting, and we'll be joined by members of the Spring Valley and Lemon Grove Democratic Club and La Mesa-Foothills Democratic Club as well.
Download an agenda for the May 27 meeting here.
Having been at our first organizational meeting last July and numerous club meetings, Renee is no stranger to San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action, and we're excited to have her deliver a presentation on East County ecosystems and endangered habitats, conservation concerns, and notable critters and plants found from 6,000 ft. peaks to desert areas near sea level.
We'll also be joined by Lemon Grove city council member and club member Jennifer Mendoza, who will give our club a welcome to Lemon Grove for this special meeting, and we'll be joined by members of the Spring Valley and Lemon Grove Democratic Club and La Mesa-Foothills Democratic Club as well.
Download an agenda for the May 27 meeting here.
Garnet Peak summit, Cleveland National Forest.
Intersection of the Five Oaks and Summit trails, Volcan Mountain Preserve near Julian.
Citronica location in Lemon Grove, © 2015 Google Maps.
