The Pacific View Arts Center, located in the buildings once occupied by an elementary school of the same name, opens Tuesday, Aug. 6, with a ribbon cutting at 9:30 a.m. and open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A second open house is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10.

After years of meetings, advocacy and planning, the former Pacific View Elementary School in Encinitas is on the way to becoming a center of activity again, now as an arts space.