Encinitas: Our History and People
Encinitas: Our History and People By the Encinitas Historical Society Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021 Visit www.ledgemedia.net/encinitas to order printed copies And visit www.HPNBooks.com for info on how to publish your own book as a fundraiser for your community
Encinitas: Our History and People
By the Encinitas Historical Society
Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy
Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson
Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021
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• The Lumberyard Center (700-1000 blocks of Coast Highway 101) in<br />
downtown <strong>Encinitas</strong> is built using a railroad-style architecture.<br />
• Downtown <strong>Encinitas</strong> Merchants Association is formed to aid <strong>and</strong> promote<br />
businesses along Coast Highway 101 in downtown <strong>Encinitas</strong>. In 1988 the<br />
organization is granted the National Mainstreet Association status. It later<br />
becomes known as Downtown <strong>Encinitas</strong> Mainstreet Association “DEMA.”<br />
Currently nicknamed as E-101, they also manage the street fairs twice a year.<br />
• San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy (2710 Manchester Ave.) started by a small group<br />
of concerned citizens to save the lagoon, is formally dedicated to the public. This<br />
important lagoon is one of the few remaining coastal wetl<strong>and</strong>s in the state as it is<br />
the terminus of the Escondido Creek. The lagoon is 915 acres with over seven<br />
miles of hiking trails <strong>and</strong> a 5,600-square-foot Nature Center. Prior to the 1970s,<br />
developers were proposing to replace the lagoon with condominiums, a marina<br />
<strong>and</strong> a water park. It is now jointly managed by the San Diego County Department<br />
of Parks <strong>and</strong> Recreation, the Department of Fish <strong>and</strong> Wildlife <strong>and</strong> supported by<br />
the San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy who bought the l<strong>and</strong> in 2012.<br />
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Above: Citizens of all five districts<br />
vote to create one city: <strong>Encinitas</strong>, on<br />
October 1, 1986. The first <strong>Encinitas</strong><br />
City Council members to be elected<br />
are, (from left to right): Greg Luke,<br />
Marjorie Gaines, Rick Shea, Gerald<br />
Steel, <strong>and</strong> Anne Omsted.<br />
Bottom, right: The Lumberyard<br />
Shopping Center was built in 1982<br />
in a railroad-style architecture as<br />
this area was literally the lumber<br />
yard during the early boom years,<br />
as well as the site of the Mid-Winter<br />
Flower Festival.<br />
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