Category: Land Use

  • City Heights Wants Place in San Diego Streetscape Tradition

    City Heights wants to be next on the list of San Diego communities with a neighborhood gateway sign. Residents there are trying to raise more than three hundred thousand dollars to hang a neon sign above University Avenue. | Video Credit: Katie Schoolov, KPBS By Megan Burks San Diegans love their neighborhood signs. Communities from…

  • City Heights Gets $3.1M Grant to Renovate YMCA Building

    Councilwoman Marti Emerald speaks at a press conference announcing a state grant to renovate a building in City Heights, Aug. 3, 2015. | Photo Credit: Matt Bowler By Matt Bowler A major step toward providing a new recreation center in economically disadvantaged City Heights was taken Monday when city officials announced a $3.1 million state…

  • Rapid Bus Isn’t as Rapid as Everyone Hoped

    The Mid-City Rapid 215 bus stops at El Cajon Boulevard and 43rd Street. | Photo Credit: Jamie Scott Lytle By Zoe Schaver El Cajon Boulevard has a ways to go before it becomes the transit corridor planners envision. Now close to a year old, the Mid-City Rapid 215 hasn’t made taking the bus any easier,…

  • El Cajon Boulevard Night Market Expanding

    City Heights residents Javier Ortega and Krista Berry say the BLVD Market has acted as an incubator for their empanada business, Spanglish Eats. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks First they reclaimed an old strip mall on El Cajon Boulevard. Now, young business owners are reclaiming Utah Street in San Diego’s North Park…

  • 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,…