evolved into more than just public art; it’s become a gathering space where residents and visitors spread blankets on the grass, watching surfers catch waves while enjoying the year-round perfect weather. The city’s artistic spirit flows through three major business corridors. Seacoast Drive runs parallel to the ocean, offering an array of restaurants, boutique shops, and the distinguished Pier South Hotel – the newest beachfront hotel approved along California’s coast. The 13th Street corridor serves as a vital artery for the city’s substantial cycling community, connecting to the Bay Shore Bikeway that circles San Diego Bay. The city’s military heritage and Latino influences create a distinctive cultural menagerie, mirrored in local businesses, community events, and daily life. The border-adjacent location has created a rich cross-cultural environment where surfers, service members, artists, and families from diverse backgrounds form tight community bonds. “It’s a wonderful place to live, to work in, and to be part of a community that’s close-knit and eclectic,” Mayor Aguirre observes, highlighting the special blend of small-town warmth and cultural sophistication that defines Imperial Beach. PRESERVING CHARACTER WHILE EMBRACING PROGRESS Imperial Beach is orchestrating its future growth through carefully planned infrastructure initiatives that maintain its small-town appeal while enhancing On e Road To Food Scraps Cooked or raw meat, poultry and seafood (including bones), cheese, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, grains, pasta, egg shells, bread, coffee grounds, tea bags, tea leaves, baked goods, nuts, jelly, candy, snack foods, leftovers and spoiled food. Food-Soiled Paper Paper bags, paper napkins, paper towels, paper plates, paper cups, paper take-out containers and take-out boxes (with no plastic or wax coating, and with metal removed), coffee filters and tissues. Natural Fibers Popsicle sticks, wooden toothpicks, wooden chopsticks, wooden stirrers and untreated wood. OR GAN I C S R E C Y C L I NG Landscape Waste Plants, leaves, branches, grass PLASTIC, GLASS, METAL OR STYROFOAM 103 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 02 IMPERIAL BEACH, CA
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