Tag: Ocean Discovery Institute Living Lab

  • Ocean Discovery Institute’s Living Lab Now Has Full Funding

    By Megan Burks The Ocean Discovery Institute announced Saturday it met its $15 million goal to build a science facility in City Heights. The center will have three laboratories, a scientist in residence, a community kitchen and garden. It will sit at the entrance of Manzanita Canyon, where the Ocean Discovery Institute has been teaching…

  • What’s Rising in City Heights

    The Copley Family YMCA will move from its 29,000-square-foot facility on Landis Street to a 53,000-square-foot facility on El Cajon Boulevard. | Photo Credit: Jamie Scott Lytle By Megan Burks and Bianca Bruno Former Mayor Bob Filner’s more wholesome legacy – shifting the focus from downtown development to the city’s deteriorating neighborhoods – has already…