Environment

Kehoe Wants Greenway At Del Mar Fairgrounds

By Ed Joyce / Reporter

Published December 2, 2009 at 11:37 AM PST

This story was published more than 15 years ago.

State Senator Christine Kehoe talks during a press conference about the proposed creation of a greenway along the Del Mar Fairgrounds and San Dieguito River on December 2, 2009.

State Senator Christine Kehoe Wednesday called for the creation of a greenway along the Del Mar Fairgrounds and San Dieguito River.

A draft environmental impact report was recently released for the Del Mar State Fairgrounds Master Plan.

The plan includes construction of a condo-hotel and fitness center on the Fairgrounds, in addition to replacing exhibit halls and other construction projects.

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Kehoe said creating a greenway on the south side of the fairgrounds along the San Dieguito River would restore a natural buffer and create new public access.

"I think now is the time in conjunction with their other development plans to make sure that there's an adequate public buffer there for pedestrians, bicyclists, birdwatching, native habitat plants, that kind of thing," said Kehoe.

Kehoe said she may introduce legislation next year that would ask a state agency to determine the appropriate size of a buffer area. She said it would have to be wide enough for bikes, strollers and walkers.

Kehoe Wants Greenway At Del Mar Fairgrounds

State Senator Christine Kehoe Wednesday called for the creation of a greenway along the Del Mar Fairgrounds and San Dieguito River.

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Ed Joyce was the environment reporter and afternoon news anchor for KPBS-FM. Before joining KPBS, he worked as an editor/columnist with Copley News Service in San Diego. Ed has an extensive background in newspaper, radio, web and TV journalism. After graduating with a B.A. in Communications from the University of Washington in Seattle, Ed began a career in broadcast journalism. His work has included stints in public broadcasting, commercial broadcasting and education -- working as an affiliate professor of communication and reporter at the University of Idaho and Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. During the past 20 years he has worked in radio, TV and print as a news reporter, anchor, writer, editor and producer. Along the way he has won numerous awards for general news reporting, newswriting, feature and issue reporting and breaking news reporting from The Associated Press, The Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Press Club and other organizations. During the mid-1990s, while working for Oregon Public Broadcasting, he was a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, including a feature report on the memorial service for 14 U.S. Forest Service "hotshots" who died fighting a wildfire in Colorado (the crew was based in a central Oregon town). He’s also filed reports with Marketplace, KQED’s California Report and Climate Watch and with national and regional networks throughout the United States. At KPBS, Ed continues his contributions to National Public Radio and other national and regional news organizations. He has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and San Diego Press Club for his environmental reporting at KPBS-FM-TV and for producing and anchoring radio newscasts. In 2007 he was selected a National Press Foundation fellow for Understanding Violent Weather II program. The seminars were held at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. In 2008 he spoke at a UC San Diego conference on U.S. National Security as part of the school’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Ed led a discussion with the 18 foreign government officials and academics about the political debate over climate change. In 2010, Ed was elected to a three-year term on the board of the San Diego Press Club.

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