Mira Mesa neighbors need large adjustments at large eyesore within the coronary heart of their neighborhood

Mira Mesa residents have expressed issues for years a couple of uncared for teen-activity middle within the coronary heart of their group.

Brenda Bowman has lived in Mira Mesa for greater than 40 years.

“Oh my God, I’ve seen an amazing change in Mira Mesa from once we first moved right here,” Bowman stated.

Bowman stated a few of the adjustments over time haven’t been constructive.

“The landscaping has gone to pot,” Bowman stated. “That is not stored up.”

The 8,000-square-foot constructing on Mira Mesa Boulevard, which was referred to as the Epicentre, has been vacant for years.

The Mira Mesa Involved Residents Group advocacy group needs metropolis officers to step up, arguing that group in command of sustaining the constructing, the Division of Actual Property Asset Administration (DREAM), hasn’t maintained the power and needs to see a long-term plan for change.

“It is unhappy,” stated Karin De Jauregui, who’s lived in Mira Mesa since 1990. “It is actually unhappy.”

A few of the shattered home windows on the constructing have been boarded up on the constructing, which sits throughout the road from Mira Mesa Excessive Faculty.

“We do not have the most effective repute between Scripps and La Jolla,” De Jauregui stated.

A consultant for the town San Diego stated the town and county have been in negotiations since 2021 about reviving the constructing since 2021, with the county even committing $8 million for repairs to reopen the constructing as a group middle with applications and actions for youths 10-18 however many residents really feel historical past may repeat itself.

“I do not wish to be an experiment for the county,” Bowman stated. “It sounds nice and all of the bells and whistles they confirmed us look lovely, and it is like, ‘Oh, that’d be nice.’ However once more, in my coronary heart, I believe it will be one other misplaced experiment.”