By Delle Willett
Despite the many setbacks businesses faced in 2020, landscape architecture plans for Sweetwater Park and Harbor Park were advanced with the issuance of Coastal Development Permits (CDP) from the Port of San Diego — in April for Sweetwater Park and in December for Harbor Park.
Both parks are part of the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan — a close partnership between the Port of San Diego and the City of Chula Vista.
The design effort for the parks was overseen by San Diego’s KTUA Planning and Landscape Architecture, who also led the design of Sweetwater Park.
Located adjacent to the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Sweetwater Park will focus on natural-resource restoration and environmental education, with miles of trails, boardwalks, and overlooks set within a 21-acre mosaic of restored coastal scrub, maritime dune, and salt marsh.
Harbor Park is set to become an actively programmed waterfront destination. The 23-acre park will replace existing Bayside Park, encouraging interaction with the bay by diversifying shoreline edge experiences with a waterfront promenade and a new urban beach for south bay residents.
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