Tag: City Heights CDC

  • AmeriCorps Members Honor MLK At City Heights’ New Roots Community Farm

    AmeriCorps Members Honor MLK At City Heights’ New Roots Community Farm

    The micro farm, founded more than a decade ago by members of San Diego’s refugee community, is situated on 54th Street in City Heights.

  • Group Bike Ride Highlights Orange Avenue Bikeway Plans

    By Brian Myers More than 100 people met up with bicycles outside Ibarra Elementary School in City Heights Aug. 29 for a community ride along Orange Avenue and nearby high-pedestrian areas. The three-mile bike ride was organized by a collaborative of local transportation advocacy groups, including Environmental Health Coalition and City Heights Community Development Corporation.…

  • City Heights Residents Celebrate Centerline Groundbreaking

    Video Credit: Katie Schoolov, KPBS By Megan Burks Architect Stephen Russell, San Diego Councilwoman Marti Emerald, local Caltrans Director Laurie Berman and resident Maria Cortez unveil renderings of the Centerline project on July 8, 2015. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks Caltrans broke ground Wednesday on a project more than three decades in the making. Residents,…

  • Civic San Diego to Draft Community Benefits Policy for City Heights

    Reese Jarrett talks with Myrtle Cole on a vacant lot at Euclid and Hilltop Drive July 25, 2014 | Photo Credit: Nic McVicker, KPBS By Megan Burks A City Council committee that seemed bent on adding government oversight to San Diego’s former redevelopment agency has made an about-face. The Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee…

  • Clinic Partners With Housing Provider to Bring Health Care to Front Door

    Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers Health care assistants went door to door last week inviting residents of the 94-unit Hollywood Palms on Home Avenue to their on-site health screening. The residents were provided free dental screenings and bone density scans by professionals from the La Maestra Community Health Centers. It was part of…