FCPG expresses opposition to 76/Via Monserate commercial center to standing room only crowd

A proposed commercial center in the 3000 block of Highway 76 near Via Monserate was brought to the Fallbrook Community Planning Group for input, and the 12 planning group members present Feb. 20 were all opposed to the project as currently proposed.

“The community and the planning group are strongly opposed to the project,” said planning group chair Eileen Delaney.

“It violates our community plan,” Delaney said. “It does not complement the area. It is truly out of character. The application had numerous flaws in it.”

The proposed commercial retail center on the 2.63-acre property would have 15...