Gaspar announces candidacy for county supervisor Thomas K.
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he first Encinitas mayor directly elected by voters, Kristin Gaspar, announced Aug. 31 that she will seek a seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in 2016. “I’ve been deeply involved in our community, and as an elected official over the last five years, I recognize the importance the Board of Supervisors plays in our region,” Gaspar said. “I made the decision to seek the (Third District) seat because I want to play a more active role in the important investments we need to make in our roads, infrastructure, and core county services. My experience in a Kristin Gaspar gives the private sector Encinitas State of the City company and as address, March 24, 2015. (Seaside Courier photo) an elected official has prepared me to work successfully with the group of Supervisors representing diverse districts.” Gaspar is chief financial officer of Gaspar Doctors of Physical Therapy, which she founded and owns with her husband, Paul. She has served as president of the San Dieguito Water District Board and was elected to the Encinitas City Council in 2010. She became mayor in 2014 on a platform of smart fiscal management and investments in local infrastructure. “I am running because I think I have a lot to offer our community,” Gaspar said, in an interview with Seaside Courier. “As a small businessperson who has worked in local government, I believe I understand what it takes SEE GASPAR PAGE 9
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North County nonprofit helps women succeed in small business Faye Mankowske Contributing writer
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Del Mar couple turned their business success into a passion for helping others forge their own entrepreneurial path. Three years ago, Joseph and Debbie McCloskey founded a nonprofit called Helping Women Help Themselves, which focuses on helping women attain the skills needed to start —and succeed in — operating their own small business. The nonprofit aids those with business ideas small enough to be operated by one or two people in order to make a difference in a family’s supplementary income. Products and services may include those sold at school and church bazaars,
flea markets and street fairs, or, by some of the entrepreneurs who have gotten help lately, on Etsy. The nonprofit can help entrepreneurs with everything from more clearly defining their ideas to knowing their product costs, setting a pricing strategy, bookkeeping and building a customer base. This includes logo designs and promotional material developments — all for free. “The same fundamental principles apply across business ranges,” said Joseph, who has been involved in large and small businesses for 35 years. “We started with selling ornaments at art shows, and worked all the way up to involvement in multimillion-dollar companies.” Program Director Sandra Raygoza is an SEE HELPING PAGE 4
Oceanside: New gateway to beach approved Ruarri Serpa
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he Oceanside City Council unanimously approved a design to revamp the facilities south of the Junior Seau Pier, which will add much needed amenities for beach-goers. Approved Aug. 26, the $4 million plan to create an entryway to the beach will improve the visual appeal of the area by hiding utilities behind a new one-story building, which will contain new bathrooms, storage and facilities for city crews. “Staff did a wonderful job responding to the public in what was possible in that site and what was not,” said Nadine Scott, a resident who monitors development throughout the city. The project was driven by the
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(l to r) Improvements to Oceanside’s Tyson Street Park will include new public beach restrooms (1) and an updated public plaza (2). (Photo by Safdie Rabines Architects for the city of Oceanside); The pictured area south of the Junior Seau Pier will be revamped in a project slated to begin in November 2017 and take about a year to complete. (Photo by Ruarri Serpa)
need to provide more bathrooms to visitors, said Project Manager Nathan Mertz. The current bathhouse wasn’t able to accommodate enough additional fixtures, which prompted looking into constructing a new building
adjacent to the current one. Other changes include moving the police to the existing bathroom structure, designing a new public plaza, and breaking up the long staircase into a series of shorter segments.
The city will keep the existing bathroom facility, which is considered historic, since it was built in the 1930s. Planners looked to repurpose it to fit one of the existSEE GATEWAY PAGE 9
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