Tag: City Heights Community Development Corporation

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • City Heights Residents Celebrate Completion of Neighborhood Renovation

    San Diego city leaders and community members celebrate the completion of 25 home rehabilitations in City Heights, September 24, 2013. By Susan Murphy San Diego city leaders and community members on Tuesday celebrated the completion of 25 home rehabilitations in City Heights. Homeowner Francisca Ortega smiled ear to ear as she showed off her new…

  • Micro-Park Aims to Make Big Difference

    Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers A “parklet” sprouted on Friday in front of Super Cocina in City Heights Friday. The parking-spots-turned-gathering-spot was hosted by the City Heights Community Development Corporation, Bikes del Pueblo and the Super Cocina restaurant as part of Park(ing) Day, an international effort to highlight the benefits of adding more…