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  • Lux Art Institute
    Encinitas, CA View Project

    Lux Art Institute

    Client: Lux Art Institute
    Location: Encinitas, CA

    The Lux Art Institute is located on South El Camino Real overlooking the San Elijo Lagoon and surrounded by a wildlife preserve that stretches to the Pacific Ocean. The new one-acre education pavilion embraces this connection to this stunning natural setting through a series of garden terraces...
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  • Lake Skinner Recreation Area
    Riverside, CA View Project

    Lake Skinner Recreation Area

    Client: Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District
    Location: Riverside, CA

    Schmidt Design Group, Inc. provided master plan design for improvements to Lake Skinner Recreation Area and Campground for the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District.  Upgrades to the 150-acre open space facility included new concert grounds, amphitheater and stage area, new...
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  • Park de la Cruz Neighborhood Park Improvements
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Park de la Cruz Neighborhood Park Improvements

    Client: City of San Diego
    Location: San Diego, CA

    Schmidt Design Group, in conjunction with Stantec, worked on the expansion of Park de La Cruz Neighborhood Park in the City Heights area of San Diego. The expansion includes ADA upgrades, a .64-acre park expansion connecting the park to Cherokee Point Park, new shade structures and picnic tables,...
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  • Maple Street Pedestrian Plaza
    Escondido, CA View Project

    Maple Street Pedestrian Plaza

    Client: City of Escondido
    Location: Escondido, CA

    The Maple Street Pedestrian Plaza project is the transformation of an existing street to a narrow one-way street...

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  • Joseph “Joey” Lopes Park
    West Sacramento, CA View Project

    Joseph “Joey” Lopes Park

    Client: City of West Sacramento
    Location: West Sacramento, CA

    The City of West Sacramento transformed a stormwater and sanitary sewer easement site into the Joseph “Joey” Lopes Park, a four-acre public park. The park was funded by a state grant and is activated with programming to fill the needs of the surrounding community. Schmidt Design Group...
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  • Pacific Highlands Ranch Community Park
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Pacific Highlands Ranch Community Park

    Client: Pardee Homes
    Location: San Diego, CA

    The 13-acre Pacific Highlands Ranch Community Park is designed to facilitate community gathering, encourage social interaction, and offer a diverse and unique blend of recreational amenities for the local community. The central promenade functions as an extension of the village center and draws...
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  • Ocean Air Community Park
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Ocean Air Community Park

    Client: City of San Diego
    Location: San Diego, CA

    Ocean Air Community Park includes joint-use multi-purpose ballfields shared with the adjacent Ocean Air Elementary School and a 16,500-square-foot community center certified LEED Silver.  The 18-acre park features a large children’s play area, flexible passive open space, perimeter walking...
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  • Cottonwood Creek Park
    Encinitas, CA View Project

    Cottonwood Creek Park

    Client: City of Encinitas
    Location: Encinitas, CA

    Cottonwood Creek Park is an eight acre neighborhood park located in Encinitas, California.

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  • Sierra Specific Plan
    San Diego County, CA View Project

    Sierra Specific Plan

    Client: Newland Communities
    Location: San Diego County, CA

    Newland Sierra is a significant 2,000-acre master planned community in unincorporated San Diego County. Schmidt Design Group, Inc. is collaborating with the team to develop a community plan that combines a sustainable mixed-use village concept with semi-rural residential character. Taking...
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  • Public Facilitation Expertise
    Various View Project

    Public Facilitation Expertise

    Client: Various
    Location: Various

    Under the leadership of Glen Schmidt, FASLA, who brings 40 years of experience in leading and facilitating public meetings, we are proud to report an unblemished record of accomplishing community consensus on even the most difficult and controversial projects. On numerous occasions, he has...
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  • Stylus Park
    Chula Vista, CA View Project

    Stylus Park

    Client: Corky McMillin Companies
    Location: Chula Vista, CA

    Millenia is a multi-billion-dollar, mixed-use urban development in the Otay Ranch area of Chula Vista, California. Stylus Park is the first of six uniquely themed neighborhood parks planned for this innovative sustainable development. “Interaction” is the theme of this park and the...
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  • Noah Homes Memory Care
    Spring Valley, CA View Project

    Noah Homes Memory Care

    Client: Noah Homes
    Location: Spring Valley, CA

    For the past 30 years, Noah Homes has been providing residential care, community advocacy, and collaborative services to this underserved population. Schmidt Design Group, Inc. worked with the owner, architect, civil engineer, and contractors throughout schematic design, design development,...
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  • Solana Ranch Neighborhood Park
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Solana Ranch Neighborhood Park

    Client: Pardee Homes
    Location: San Diego, CA

    The design for Solana Ranch Park creates a playful destination for the residents of Pacific Highlands Ranch.  The park embraces the walkable nature of the community, responds to the adjacent natural environment, and celebrates the region’s history.  A tree-lined promenade acts as the central...
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  • Connors Park
    San Marcos, CA View Project

    Connors Park

    Client: City of San Marcos
    Location: San Marcos, CA

    As subconsultants to RBF Consulting, Schmidt Design Group, Inc., provided design services for Connors Park (also known as San Marcos Elementary School Park) in San Marcos, California.  The 4.65-acre park includes covered and uncovered picnic areas, a shaded play structure, a restroom, concession...
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  • Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence
    New Haven, CT View Project

    Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence

    Client: Urban Resources Initiative
    Location: New Haven, CT

    Working in collaboration with Svigals + Partners, Schmidt Design Group developed the construction documents for the Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence memorial. The project was initiated in early 2017 by a group of mothers who lost children to gun violence and who...
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  • Salt Works Site Assessment
    Chula Vista, CA View Project

    Salt Works Site Assessment

    Client: San Diego Association of Governments
    Location: Chula Vista, CA

    At the crossroads of environmental conservation, historic preservation, and public recreation in south San Diego County lies Salt Works, a unique site filled with history and opportunity.  The 17-acre property is adjacent to and part of the San Diego Bay salt ponds, which include 800-acres in...
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  • Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Office Center
    Rancho Bernardo, CA View Project

    Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Office Center

    Client: Davis-Davis Architecture/Sharp Rees-Stealy
    Location: Rancho Bernardo, CA

    Schmidt Design Group provided landscape architecture services for this 3.5-acre lot with a three-story 100,000-square-foot medical facility and four-level parking structure. The overall landscape palette for the project draws inspiration from the colorful and texturally diverse landscape that...
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  • Scripps Ranch High School Sustainable Technology Facility
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Scripps Ranch High School Sustainable Technology Facility

    Client: Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects
    Location: San Diego, CA

    Schmidt Design Group, Inc. performed as a subconsultatn to Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects on the Scripps Ranch High School Sustainable Technology Facility for the San Diego Unified School District.  The firm provided landscape, irrigation, and hardscape paving using drought-tolerant, low-water-use...
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  • Santa Fe Pedestrian Undercrossing
    Encinitas, CA View Project

    Santa Fe Pedestrian Undercrossing

    Client: T.Y. Lin International
    Location: Encinitas, CA

    As subconsultant to T.Y. Lin International for the City of Encinitas, Schmidt Design Group, Inc. provided design and planning services for four pedestrian rail undercrossings in the City of Encinitas along the Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) coastal rail corridor....
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  • San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center
    Encinitas, CA View Project

    San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center

    Client: Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects
    Location: Encinitas, CA

    Schmidt Design Group, Inc., as a subconsultant to Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects, provided design services to the County of San Diego’s 5,600-square-foot San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center, which serves to educate the community about the surrounding wetlands and its animal and plant life....
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  • Carlsbad City Hall Site Improvements
    Carlsbad, CA View Project

    Carlsbad City Hall Site Improvements

    Client: City of Carlsbad
    Location: Carlsbad, CA

    Schmidt Design Group collaborated with the City of Carlsbad on an extensive exterior renovation of their existing City Hall facilities. The project consisted of hardscape, landscape, and irrigation renovations as well as ADA compliance upgrades and site lighting enhancements. The team worked...
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  • Homeowner’s Guide to a WaterSmart Landscape
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Homeowner’s Guide to a WaterSmart Landscape

    Client: San Diego County Water Authority
    Location: San Diego, CA

    In collaboration with the San Diego County Water Authority (Water Authority), the Schmidt Design Group, Inc. produced technical guidelines, specifications, and training resources to communicate the requirements of the Water Authority’s Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) to a...
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  • Mast Park Master Plan
    Santee, CA View Project

    Mast Park Master Plan

    Client: City of Santee
    Location: Santee, CA

    Schmidt Design Group initially provided the City of Santee with a series of proposed design alternatives that would transform Mast Park into a more engaging place that fosters a healthy lifestyle. After two public meetings, a preferred alternative was chosen. Some of the main desires of residents...
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  • Escondido Creek Trail Master Plan
    Escondido, CA View Project

    Escondido Creek Trail Master Plan

    Client: City of Escondido
    Location: Escondido, CA

    Schmidt Design Group created the Escondido Creek Trail Master Plan as a resource and guideline for future development of the creek trail, which extends approximately seven miles through central Escondido. The plan will transform a blighted flood-control channel into a recreational asset for the...
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  • Avocado Court
    Escondido, CA View Project

    Avocado Court

    Client: Community HousingWorks
    Location: Escondido, CA

    Schmidt Design Group landscape-design details for this affordable-housing project include a 9,000-square-foot organic community garden meant to serve as an important resource for the new community’s residents. Fruit trees and edible cactus also add to the edible landscape of the site. An outdoor...
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  • Lofts at 677 Seventh Avenue
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Lofts at 677 Seventh Avenue

    Client: Oliver McMillan, Inc.
    Location: San Diego, CA

    Located in the blossoming East Village in Downtown San Diego, this urban, mixed-use 4,000-square-foot project features 148 apartment units and retail space. Schmidt Design Group, Inc. provided landscape design services for the landscape, hardscape and residential courtyard. Amenities include cabana...
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  • Fairbanks Ridge
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Fairbanks Ridge

    Client: Chelsea Investments
    Location: San Diego, CA

    Fairbanks Ridge Apartments is an affordable multi-family housing project in San Diego. Schmidt Design Group services included design development and construction documents for landscape and hardscape. Amenities include play areas and picnic facilities. The project incorporated a number of energy...
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  • AIDS Awareness Garden Competition
    San Diego, CA View Project

    AIDS Awareness Garden Competition

    Client:
    Location: San Diego, CA

    Schmidt Design Group created this winning design in a competition for the installation of an AIDS Awareness Garden to be located in San Diego’s Balboa Park.  The design uses the concept of the ‘life of a tree’ to commemorate those who have fallen from the disease.  Fallen tree logs are...
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  • Ariva Apartments
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Ariva Apartments

    Client: Sunroad Enterprises
    Location: San Diego, CA

    Schmidt Design Group provided landscape architectural design services for four phases of development at the Ariva Apartments in San Diego. Services have included schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration. Ariva Apartments Phase 2 and 3 are...
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  • Merrill Gardens
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Merrill Gardens

    Client: Merrill Gardens at Bankers Hill, LLC.
    Location: San Diego, CA

    Schmidt Design Group provided schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration for this independent and assisted living retirement community in San Diego, California. Merrill Gardens is an 84-unit senior residential community located on a 1.38-acre site...
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