Our Greater San Diego Vision

Recent News

March 2012

ShowYourLoveSD.org Garners Unprecedented Engagement: San Diegans from the Entire Region Showed Their Love for Our Future

Our Greater San Diego Vision exceeded community participation level of any visioning project across the country. The ShowYourLoveSD.org campaign came to a close on Valentine’s Day is a symbolic gesture of civic participation, pride and strong affinity for our region. We exceeded a participation level of 30,000 with a total of more than 71,000 modules across the four areas of Work, Enjoy, Live and Learn.

The San Diego Foundation and all of our partners thank everyone who took the time to express their values and priorities for our region. We sincerely thank Bill Geppert for his leadership of the initiative as Chair. His strong ties to the media industry secured unprecedented support and collaboration by nearly every media outlet in San Diego which provided $3.5 million in public relations and media partnerships alone.

Additionally, we thank the Co-Chairs of each task force: David Malmuth and Jose Aponte, Enjoy; Kris Michell and Duane Roth, Work; Scott Peters and Lori Pfeiler Live; and Todd Gutschow and Joe Watson, Learn. Their leadership and passion ensured the continued support and engagement of so many participants and the Regional Vision Council.

Over the next few months, we will begin pulling concepts and themes from the data which will form the basis of the Vision. The initial data and summary of findings will be released in early March. We look forward to continued engagement with residents. It is a civic dialogue and we look forward to the conversation with you.

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Previous News

Our Greater San Diego Vision Embarks on Unprecedented Engagement for a Brighter Future

OGSDV_workshop The public launch of Our Greater San Diego Vision on June 15 was an incredible success. Ambassadors attended a briefing and social media training session prior to the press conference which garnered coverage from nearly every television station and an article by Roger Showley in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Approximately 150 Ambassadors, community leaders and children united for the press conference to demonstrate the importance of this initiative to our future generations.

The website for Our Greater San Diego Vision has launched and is now officially in the call-to-action stage of Show Your Love. The primary goal going forward is to drive traffic to the website for the “choosing” phase coming on November 8. The banners on the home page rotate and visually coincide with our television commercials that showcase the Work, Enjoy, Live and Learn focus areas.

The Our Greater San Diego Vision committee has negotiated $1.5 million in television spots and media partnerships for public awareness of the initiative. The Facebook and Twitter pages also reflect the Show Your Love campaign. You will soon be seeing the commercials for Our Greater San Diego Vision on Univision, NBC 7 San Diego, San Diego 10, Azteca, KPBS and CW6.

The Task Forces comprised of local leaders in diverse fields have met four times throughout the summer. The task forces are examining regional challenges and developing “future scenarios” for economic development, education, cultural and community amenities, and housing, mobility, environment, and cost of living in the greater San Diego region. A range of scenarios will be developed based on feedback from the community workshops to present to the public for their choosing in November.

A diverse group of people from across the region attended the community workshops and developed 55 maps containing visions for the future of San Diego. In all, we were able to share the story of Our Greater San Diego Vision with almost 600 people over three days.

To see all the media coverage of the initiative, click here.

OGSDV Phase I of the Our Greater San Diego Vision was completed in December 2010 allowing extensive public polling prior to entering Phase II. The San Diego Foundation has convened the majority of local media outlets – radio, television, print and online – to hear directly from the team on this imperative initiative to preserve and protect what we love about San Diego, impact the challenges we will be facing over time, and plan for the development of our economic vitality, transportation, and affordable housing.

Ambassadors are currently sharing the initiative with the geographic and demographic segments of our region that they represent. This group comprised of 150 civic-minded leaders who will rally communities and ensure that our citizens are given a voice to share their vision of Our San Diego.

If you would like to support the Our Greater San Diego Vision, learn more or get involved, please visit ourgreatersandiegovision.org or email info@ourgreatersandiegovision.org.