By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
If you want to destroy Mission Valley, what's coming down the development pipeline will surely do it for you. There are four massive residential and commercial projects and another giant handful of minor ones- all in various stages of blueprints, planning and construction - heading for this landmark river canyon. If all are built - the total impact would permanently damage Mission Valley to the point where the Valley that we now know would no longer be there.
Some old-timers believe Mission Valley was destroyed a long time ago, when it was a long, lush valley of dairy farms and agricultural fields. Then the hotels, resorts, golf courses and freeways came and Mission Valley lost its beauty, serenity, and its soul.
Ironically then, there's also another group of "old-timers" - a special group - a group of Mission Valley landowning families - who have their own plans to develop and damage the Valley even further.
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
If you want to destroy Mission Valley, what's coming down the development pipeline will surely do it for you. There are four massive residential and commercial projects and another giant handful of minor ones- all in various stages of blueprints, planning and construction - heading for this landmark river canyon. If all are built - the total impact would permanently damage Mission Valley to the point where the Valley that we now know would no longer be there.
Some old-timers believe Mission Valley was destroyed a long time ago, when it was a long, lush valley of dairy farms and agricultural fields. Then the hotels, resorts, golf courses and freeways came and Mission Valley lost its beauty, serenity, and its soul.
Ironically then, there's also another group of "old-timers" - a special group - a group of Mission Valley landowning families - who have their own plans to develop and damage the Valley even further.