Tag: Land-Use

  • San Diego’s Richest Poor Neighborhood, Two Decades Later

    City Heights could be called San Diego’s richest poor neighborhood. Since 2000, two foundations alone have invested more than a quarter billion dollars in the neighborhood. That’s about the same as what the city of Chula Vista spends on all of its residents annually. In this two-part video series, we ask what’s come of all…

  • 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…

  • Mid-City Rapid Bus To Start Running Sunday

    By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico After years of planning and construction, a new rapid transit bus service is about to get up and running in San Diego. The Mid-City Rapid will run between San Diego State University and downtown San Diego along El Cajon and Park boulevards in 39 minutes. The more…

  • 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…