Encinitas: Our History and People

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Top: San Diego Botanic Garden.
Quail Botanical Gardens changed it’s
name to San Diego Botanic Gardens
in 2009. It is one of the worlds best
known established gardens providing
cuttings, plants and seeds to other
gardens throughout the world.
Bottom: The Leucadia Welcome Sign.
Members of the Leucadia Town
Council spruce up and replant the area
around the Welcome Sign at the north
entrance along the coast highway.
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• Coaster Commuter Train has its inaugural run from Oceanside to the
downtown San Diego Santa Fe Depot on February 27th.
• Machado Surf Classic has its inaugural surf competition in late summer at
Cardiff State Beach and is sponsored by the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce.
In 2002 the event name is changed to Hansen/Machado Surf Professional
Event, sanctioned by the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP).
• La Bajada Bridge over the Escondido Creek connecting Encinitas to Rancho Santa
Fe officially opened. This area consistently flooded during the rainy season.
• 1883 One-Room Schoolhouse (390 West “F”) in December is now fully restored
and open to the public. Total cost, along with many volunteer hours, is $17,000.
• Carpentier Parkway (the “front garden” between Birmingham & Chesterfield)
is named after Orville & Jessica Carpentier. A statue is erected in the image
of the late Wayne Holden, a Cardiff-by-the-Sea community activist.
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