“Since 2005 I have been trying to determine if Clairemont has an official birthday. Wouldn’t it be cool to have an annual Clairemont Birthday celebration? We knew the community was being built in the early 1950’s. I have asked the City and they don’t seem to have an official date. I asked anyone with info on this to please contact me. No one contacted me so I decided to figure it out on my own,” Dave said.
Dave did a lot of research and found the original subdivision map that used the name “Clairemont” for the first time. That map, named “Clairemont Unit #1, Map #2725”, incorporated the area in Bay Park that includes Deerpark Dr., Burgener Blvd., and Grandview St. from Field St. to Jellett St. It was approved and recorded by the County of San Diego on October 16, 1950. Dave suggested October 16, 1950 as Clairemont’s official birthday and that it be celebrated on the Sunday in October that is closest to that date.
Dave did get it proclaimed Clairemont’s birthday, and Clairemont’s 58th birthday party was held at the South Clairemont Recreation Center on Sunday, October 19, 2008.

The kids had fun too, marching in a parade and pounding tambourines led by Clairemont mainstay Dot Jensen.
To top off the event, of course a birthday cake!
Happy 65th Clairemont. You're eligible for Medicare!
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