Tag: Skatepark

  • Mid-City Grinds on Community Health in Urban Planning

    City Heights skateboarders helped author a report that looks at the health benefits and implications of the skate park coming to their neighborhood. Mid-City CAN youth leader Leslie Renteria and senior researcher on the project Marnie Purciel-Hill talk with KPBS Evening Edition about their findings. | Video Credit: KPBS By Megan Burks Listen to the…

  • Mid-City Youth Will Have Their Skate Park

    A City Heights resident skateboards at a June 2013 skate demonstration to rally community support for a skate park. | Photo Credit: Adam Ward, Mid-City CAN By Megan Burks Councilwoman Marti Emerald announced Tuesday the city has received a grant to build skate parks in City Heights and Linda Vista. The nearly $4.5 million comes…

  • Mid-City’s ‘Year of Funding’

    A City Heights resident and member of community nonprofit Mid-City CAN advocates for funding during a June 2013 budget hearing. | Photo Credit: Adam Ward, Mid-City CAN By Megan Burks Council district and mayoral elections made 2012 the year of campaign promises in City Heights. District 9 Councilwoman Marti Emerald and former Mayor Bob Filner…

  • What City Heights Can Expect in a Post-Filner San Diego

    Marti Emerald | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Megan Burks The candidates to replace former Mayor Bob Filner are lining up to make their appeals to neighborhoods. Nathan Fletcher told Voice of San Diego last week he’d keep the focus on communities alive. Councilman Kevin Faulconer made a similar pitch Wednesday morning when announcing his…

  • What’s Rising in City Heights

    The Copley Family YMCA will move from its 29,000-square-foot facility on Landis Street to a 53,000-square-foot facility on El Cajon Boulevard. | Photo Credit: Jamie Scott Lytle By Megan Burks and Bianca Bruno Former Mayor Bob Filner’s more wholesome legacy – shifting the focus from downtown development to the city’s deteriorating neighborhoods – has already…