The public is invited to attend two workshops to learn about the conceptual design of the Lane Field North Hotel development project.

The project is located on the northern portion of the former Lane Field site at Pacific Highway and West Broadway. The purpose of the workshops is to inform the public and to solicit public feedback on the design of the hotel project. The proposed developer, Lane Field San Diego Developers, LLC, will provide an overview of the conceptual design for the hotel and the workshops will be part of an ongoing effort to gather public input towards its design.

Both workshops will be held at the Port of San Diego Administration Building Training Room, located at 3165 Pacific Highway, San Diego (map).

The first workshop will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 28, 2012. The agenda will include a presentation on the project from 5:30 to 6 p.m., break-out sessions for discussion from 6 to 6:45 p.m. and closing comments from 6:45 to 7 p.m.

The second workshop will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 12, 2012. It will follow the same schedule as the first workshop.

Staff from the Port of San Diego will present the input from these two workshops at an upcoming Board of Port Commissioners meeting for further direction from the Board.

About the Port:

The Port of San Diego is the fourth largest of the 11 ports in California. It was created by the state legislature in 1962. Since then, it has invested millions of dollars in public improvements in its five member cities – Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, National City and San Diego.

The Port oversees two maritime cargo terminals, two cruise ship terminals, 17 public parks, the Harbor Police Department, and the leases of more than 600 tenant and sub tenant businesses around San Diego Bay.

The Port of San Diego is an economic engine, an environmental steward of San Diego Bay and the surrounding tidelands, and a provider of community services and public safety.