Congratulations to the following 11 EVA Board members elected to serve two year terms beginning in June.

1. Sin Bosier, East Village Event Management
2. Todd Brown, Bub’s at the Ballpark
3. Tod Firotto, San Diego Restaurant Supply
4. Brendan Foote, Hughes Marino
5. Mark Guglielmo, San Diego Padres
6. David Hazan, Hazan Management
7. Carin Martens, Hotel Indigo
8. Jack Monger, The Monger Company
9. Glenna Schmidt, Mitchell Investment
10. Claudine Scott, Keller Williams Realty
11. Chris Sohaey, MMC Real Estate Holdings

Luv EV? Come out and celebrate East Village Appreciation Day, June 5th at Petco Park. Visit www.padres.com/promo and enter “EAST” for specially priced tickets to the Padres vs. Giants game. Free admission to the EVA Member mixer to the first 150 ticket holders. Game starts at 7:05 p.m. Mixer starts at 5:00 p.m.

East Village San Diego is transforming and growing into a vibrant, urban neighborhood. Attend the East Village Association Annual Meeting on May 15th @ 5pm @ Hotel Indigo Table 509 and VOTE in the election of 11 open seats on the Board of Directors. Regular and associate members in good standing as of April 16th are eligible to vote.  Click here for candidate information.

The East Village Association Annual Meeting/Election/Member Mixer takes place on Tue. May 15th at 5pm at Hotel Indigo’s Table 509.  East Village Association regular and associate members in good standing are eligible to cast their vote for 11 open seats to serve on the EVA Board of Directors.  Regular members are businesses or representatives of businesses within the East Village Business Improvement District (BID) boundary who have paid the City of San Diego’s Business License Tax and BID’s annual assessment. Associate members are residents, residential property owners, commercial property owners, individuals or businesses who have an interest in East Village, and nonprofit organizations that have paid the required annual membership dues.  The slate of candidates is:

1. Sin Bosier, associate member, East Village Event Management
2. Todd Brown, regular member, Bub’s at the Ballpark
3. Tod Firotto, regular member, San Diego Restaurant Supply
4. Brendan Foote, regular member, Hughes Marino
5. Francisco J. Garcia, regular member, The Building Workshop
6. Mark Guglielmo, regular member, San Diego Padres
7. James A. Haug, associate member, Waddell & Reed
8. David Hazan, associate member, Hazan Management
9. Carin Martens, regular member, Hotel Indigo
10. Jack Monger, associate member, The Monger Company
11. Glenna Schmidt, associate member, Mitchell Investments
12. Claudine Scott, regular member, Keller Williams Realty
13. Chris Sohaey, associate member, MMC Real Estate Holdings, LLC
14. Carmen Vann, associate member, Turner Construction

East Village Association Board members who are elected will serve a two-year term.

WomenTogether is a collaboration between Catholic Charities and Veterans Village of San Diego working together to support their programs for homeless and battered women and their families.  Attend the Thurs. May 3rd luncheon at the Double Tree in Mission Valley beginning at 11:00 a.m and listen to special guest Elena Duran, a charismatic flute player who will speak about her outreach proejct Flauta Sin Fronteras. Susan Taylor is Mistress of Ceremonies. Visit http://www.womentogether.net for more information

The East Village Association Annual Meeting, election of EVA board members, and announcement of 2012 East Village BID nominees and winner of the 2012 East Village BID Business of the Year takes place Tues. May 15th from 5-7pm @ Table 509/Hotel Indigo on 509 Ninth Ave. Free admission, Free chef’s choice appetizers, and Happy Hour Drink Specials. Please RSVP by May 11th to RSVP@EastVillageSanDiego.com

The East Village Association has ten seats open for the Board of Directors. If you know someone who is interested in helping to transform East Village into a great urban neighborhood, please complete this 2012_EVNominateForm and submit by April 20th.  Self nominations also accepted. Candidates must be regular or associate members  in good standing. The East Village Association Annual meeting and election will take place May 17th at 5:00pm at Hotel Indigo.

Staying power, growth, financials, innovation, resilience, and business improvement support, these are the criteria for selecting the 2012 East Village BID Businsess of the Year. Nominate an East Village business by April 9, 2012 by 5:00 p.m. Nominees will be honored and the winner will be announced at the May 15th EVA Annual Meeting and Election. Last year BASIC won 2011 East Village BID Business of the Year and the 2011 BID Council BID Business of the Year. 2012_EVABIDBusinessoftheYear.

The East Village Association and the Center for Law & Social Justice at Thomas Jefferson School of Law presents an informative San Diego mayoral candidates forum on Friday, April 20th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Room 325. This brown bag lunch will focus on issues impacting the East Village community such as the Charger stadium, the demise of redevelopement, homelessness, crime, jobs, education, and small business concerns. San Diego mayoral candidates: Carl DeMaio, Bonnie Dumanis, Bob Filner, and Nathan Fletcher. Emcee: Dennis Morgigno, Director of Original Programming, Cox Communications. Panel members: Professor Alex Kreit, Director, TJSL’s Center for Law & Social Justice, Jack Monger, East Village Association Board Member & Government Relations Chair, and Kris Michell, CEO, Downtown San Diego Partnership. Seating is limited, please RSVP by April 18 to RSVP@EastVillageSanDiego.com

Spring, baseball, EV Opening Day. Come on down to J St. between 7th and 10th Ave. in East Village San Diego, for the EV Opening Day Block Party, April 5th from 11:00am to 6:00pm.  This year’s Grand Slam Sponsor is car2go. Car2go is San Diego’s first all electric car sharing service. It’s a transportation alternative where you pay only for the time you use car2g0, by the minute, hour or day. Become a member and drive where you want for as long as you want–there’s no specified return time.  The San Diego Padres open the season against the LA Dodgers. Thank you to sponsors 92101 Condo Guru, BASIC, A.W.A.R.E. Recycling, Hotel Indigo, Good Time Design, MMC Real Estate Holdings, and San Diego Restaurant Supply. Live entertainment by the Ultimate Stones Tribute band and DJ Kaotik. Tastes from SD Street Easts, Two for the Road, Chubby’s, Groggy’s, Curiocity Catering, Super Q Slo Cal BBQ, Opera Cafe, Thai 1 On, Devilicious, Swieners, Stone Catering & Organic Girl. Stone Brewing Co. micro-brew beer garden featuring Stone Brewing, Paulaner, and Monkey Paw beer. Exhibitor booths featuring the San Diego Asian Film Festival, Kimpton Hotels, NewSchool of Architecture, Floyd’s Barbershop, Wyndham Resorts, Personalized Chiropractic, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Union-Tribune, Mogl, San Diego Padres, Two Hands Massage, Nerium, USS Midway Museum & the Warrior Foundation. Live broadcast from XX1090, 1700ESPN, 105.7 the Walrus. Media sponsors: DiscoverSD.com, Sophie KYXY, KRPI, San Diego Downtown News and Yelp. Stay tuned for more info…