Tag: City Heights Community Development Corporation

  • 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…

  • City Heights ‘Can Live With’ Transportation Committee Assignment

    By Megan Burks City Council voted last week to approve Mayor Bob Filner and Council President Todd Gloria’s SANDAG committee recommendations. At stake in the vote were assignments to the regional planning agency’s committees on everything from the border to the region’s airports. Of particular interest to City Heights was the representative selected to serve…

  • San Diego Residents Most Likely to Bike Have Fewer Bike Lanes

    Randy Van Vleck, the active transportation manager for for the City Heights Community Development Corporation, talks with Media Arts Center Teen Producers about the need for safe streets in City Heights. By Manny Jimenez, Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines, Beckett Browning, Eliana Weinthal, John Fields, Alex Angleman and Tia Hill The City Heights Community Development Corporation…

  • On Opposite Ends of the Boulevard, Businesses Struggle to Boost Foot Traffic

    Community organizers in City Heights have sought sidewalk improvements as a means to improve safety for pedestrians. Now, some are also trying to improve walkability to boost profits for local business owners. Research has shown even relatively quick fixes such as planting trees in empty planter boxes increase what customers are willing to pay by…

  • Making it Easier to Walk and Roll in City Heights

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Time-lapse: Boundary Street to 54th Street in Three Minutes | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego Haga click aquí para leerlo la en Español Earlier this month, a group assembled by the City Heights Community Development Corporation’s Built Environment Team…