SAN DIEGO (CNS) \u2014 City leaders and members of the public are gearing up Saturday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Downtown San Diego Partnership’s Clean & Safe program.<\/p>\n
The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 326 W. Harbor Drive at Children’s Park. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is also scheduled at 11:25 a.m., according to event organizers.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of San Diegans are expected to attend, with city officials Mayor Todd Gloria, Councilmember Stephen Whitburn and program CEO Betsy Brennan expected to make appearances.<\/p>\n
“Anyone who spends time Downtown will recognize the Clean & Safe crews. They are the people who empty garbage bins and sweep and powerwash sidewalks; the safety ambassadors on bicycles who help with directions or accompany people to their destinations; and the unhoused care experts who work to address homelessness,” Clean & Safe program officials said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Since the program’s inception in February of 2000, Clean & Safe offers “enhanced cleaning, beautification, safety, and business attraction and retention services,” covering 285 blocks — spanning 1.15 square miles, six downtown neighborhoods that include Columbia, City Center, Cortez, East Village, Gaslamp Quarter and Marina.<\/p>\n
Attendees can expect activities such as face painting, a caricature artist, a live DJ and more. Food will also be available for purchase at the event.<\/p>\n
Program officials said that “this is all part of the successful renewal of the program, which ensures Clean & Safe’s enhanced services will continue to be available to make Downtown more clean, safe, and vibrant for the next 10 years.”<\/p>\n
The Downtown San Diego Partnership is a nonprofit organization that aims to bolster the economic and cultural prosperity of the downtown area and its residents through advocacy, enhanced services and community togetherness.<\/p>\n
More information on the Clean & Safe program can be found at downtownsandiego.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (CNS) \u2014 City leaders and members of the public are gearing up Saturday to celebrate the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":133863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[80960,5229,80961,1582,276,80962,80963,80964,3549,7264,61463,11883,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,80965],"class_list":{"0":"post-133862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-25th-anniversary","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-betsy-brennan","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-childrens-park","14":"tag-clean-safe-program","15":"tag-downtown-san-diego-partnerships-clean-safe-program","16":"tag-san-diego","17":"tag-sandiego","18":"tag-stephen-whitburn","19":"tag-todd-gloria","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa","26":"tag-w-harbor-drive"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115003474739050146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}