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  • Charles Lewis III Memorial Park
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Charles Lewis III Memorial Park

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

    Charles Lewis III Memorial Park is a 5.8-acre neighborhood park in City Heights. This area of City Heights was in great need of open space and the park offers a unique opportunity for those living in this urban community to connect with the adjacent natural environment. The park is the result of a...
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  • Solana Beach Coastal Rail Trail
    Solana Beach, CA View Project

    Solana Beach Coastal Rail Trail

    Client: City of Solana Beach
    Location: Solana Beach, CA

    The Solana Beach Coastal Rail Trail is a 1.5-mile linear park running along the length of the City of Solana Beach.  Schmidt Design Group, Inc.’s design of the trail was created with the help of significant community feedback and workshops.  The Solana Beach Coastal Rail Trail Linear Park is...
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  • Sharp Memorial Hospital Green Roof
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Sharp Memorial Hospital Green Roof

    Client: Sharp Memorial Hospital
    Location: San Diego, CA

    This linear 5,000-square-foot green roof at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego utilizes both landscape and music as inspiration.  Composite lumber was used for frames that depict staffs of music filled with low-Sedum ground covers.  Large planters with Agave and Yuccas were then placed within...
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  • Paséa Hotel & Spa
    Huntington Beach, CA View Project

    Paséa Hotel & Spa

    Client: Awbrey Cook McGill Architects
    Location: Huntington Beach, CA

    Paséa Hotel & Spa is four diamond luxury hotel located two blocks south of the pier in Huntington Beach. The elevated hotel captures ocean views, and separates occupants from Pacific Coast Highway. The curvilinear lines on the building exterior have been abstracted into the landscape design to...
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  • Glassell Campus LID Retrofit
    Orange, CA View Project

    Glassell Campus LID Retrofit

    Client: Adams Streeter Engineers
    Location: Orange, CA

    Schmidt Design Group prepared schematic design and landscape architecture construction documents and the provision of construction support services for the Low-Impact Development (LID) Retrofit of the Glassell Campus Facility which consists of three parcels (total of 10 acres) located on Glassell...
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  • Sharp Mary Birch Hospital
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Sharp Mary Birch Hospital

    Client: Sharp Mary Birch Hospital
    Location: San Diego, CA

    More than 8,400 babies are born at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns each year; more than any other hospital in California.  The main entrance sets the tone for the overall delivery experience.  Understanding this, Sharp Healthcare set out to create an arrival experience that...
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  • UCSD Spanos Athletic Performance Center
    San Diego, CA View Project

    UCSD Spanos Athletic Performance Center

    Client: University of California- San Diego
    Location: San Diego, CA

    The Spanos Athletic Performance Center provides a state-of-the-art athletic training facility for student athletes. Overlooking Triton Track and Field Stadium, the training center includes a strength and conditioning area, outdoor performance plaza, hydrotherapy room, and more. As subconsultants to...
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  • Carlsbad Coastal Rail Trail & Roundabout
    Carlsbad, CA View Project

    Carlsbad Coastal Rail Trail & Roundabout

    Client: City of Carlsbad
    Location: Carlsbad, CA

    Schmidt Design Group, Inc., collaborated with M.W. Steele Architects to create a framework for future development of a 259-acre district within the City of El Cajon. The public realm strategy sought to employ significant “road diets” throughout the District to increase multi-modal connectivity...
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  • Orange Park
    Chula Vista, CA View Project

    Orange Park

    Client: City of Chula Vista
    Location: Chula Vista, CA

    Orange Park is a four-acre community-oriented active park next to the South Chula Vista Library. The park consists of a regulation size soccer field, playground, basketball court, comfort station, shaded picnic areas, and a dog park. A walking path around the perimeter of the multipurpose field...
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  • Briercrest Park
    La Mesa, CA View Project

    Briercrest Park

    Client: City of La Mesa
    Location: La Mesa, CA

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  • Stone Brewing Co. World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Stone Brewing Co. World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station

    Client: Stone Brewing Co.
    Location: San Diego, CA

    Stone Brewing Co. recently opened their highly anticipated new 23,500-square-foot restaurant and brewery in Liberty Station.  Already named one of “8 Great Outdoor Bars in San Diego” by San Diego Magazine, it is one of the largest restaurants in San Diego County.  Schmidt Design Group, Inc....
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  • Camino Ruiz Neighborhood Park
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Camino Ruiz Neighborhood Park

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

    This 12-acre neighborhood park includes youth baseball fields, a central plaza, picnic areas, children’s play areas, environmental education overlooks, parking, and a restroom/concession building.  The park is surrounded by sensitive open space with a number of unique educational overlooks....
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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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  • Trolley Park Terrace
    San Diego, CA View Project

    Trolley Park Terrace

    Client: Chelsea Investment Corporation
    Location: San Diego, CA

    The Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation has become a catalyst for change in the Diamond Neighborhoods of San Diego with a goal of creating a vibrant town center and supporting amenities to improve the community’s quality of life. Trolley Park Terrace is a key component of the redevelopment...
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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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