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About City Heights |
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One of the most diverse communities in
San Diego with more than 30 dialects spoken here, City Heights continues
to be one of the city's true redevelopment success stories. A business
and residential area in the heart of Mid-City, this densely populated
series of neighborhoods is situated east of Golden Hill and North
Park along the north side of the Martin Luther King Freeway (State
Highway 94). Bordered by the 805 freeway to the west, and bisected
by the long-awaited I-15 freeway, business districts continue to develop
along University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard. Many small businesses
still thrive here, offering products and merchandise of the varied
cultures which are present here that are hard to find in most shopping
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.A true international village, the pride
and joy of the community is the award-winning City Heights Urban Village,
a joint public and private City of San Diego redevelopment project
which boasts the Mid-City Police Substation and Community Gymnasium,
the Weingart City Heights Branch Library, the Mid-City Adult Continuing
Education Center, a performance annex, community meeting space, the
Mid-City Community Service Center, a Park and Rec Center with a community
pool and tennis center, two softball fields, a soccer pitch, three
tot lots, four Head Start classrooms, and Rosa Parks Elementary School.
The recently completed Urban Retail Village and soon to be opened
Trans West housing and business center have helped continue the revitalization
of this fascinating neighborhood. |
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Community Groups |
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City Heights Project Area
Committee |
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3795 Fairmount Avenue
Weingart Library-Community Room
2nd Monday of the month, 6pm
Chair: Al Stasukevich
(619) 285-1611 |
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City Heights Planning
Committee |
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4310 Landis Street, 2nd Floor
1st Monday of the Month, 6:30pm
Chair: Michael Sprague
(619) 255-7902
4341 Manzanita Drive
San Diego, CA 92105 |
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City Heights Community
Development Corporation |
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4283 El Cajon Boulevard, Suite 220
San Diego, CA 92105
Contact: Executive director Jay Powell, 619/584-1535
Meets the second Thursday of each month at 6pm at the CDC offices. |
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City Heights Business
Association: The International Marketplace |
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Board meetings: second Wednesday of
every month at 8am at Price Charities Building,
4305 University Avenue Basement Meeting Room
Phone: (619) 516-2282
Mailing Address: 3910 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105
Representing business owners along University Avenue between Interstate
805 and Euclid Avenue. |
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El Cajon Boulevard Business
Improvement Association |
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3727 El Cajon Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92105
Meets the second Thursday of every month at 5:30pm at the association
office.
Contact: 619/283-3608
This association is made up of two business improvement districts
in the City of San Diego. The entire district is over four miles long,
from Park Boulevard to 54th Street, and extends one block north and
south of El Cajon Boulevard. The association is made of local businesses
committed to improve the physical and economic conditions along the
El Cajon Boulevard commercial corridor and the surrounding neighborhoods
in Mid-City. |
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Mid-City CAN (Community
Advocacy Network)
formerly Mid-City for Youth |
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5150 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92105
The Mid-City CAN Networking Council meets at 8:00 am on the 2nd Tuesdays
of every month at Faith Lutheran Church, 5310 Orange Ave.
Contact: 619-283-9624
Mid-City CAN is a community collaborative of over 100 agencies, community
residents, businesses, schools, and religious institutions serving
the San Diego neighborhoods of Mid-City. Mid-City CAN is a clearinghouse
of ideas, communication, and networking in support of organizations
serving the Mid-City community. Mid-City CAN also provides advocacy
around a variety of issues including substance abuse prevention, domestic
violence prevention, and policies related to community and environmental
health. |
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Neighborhood Associations |
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The following neighborhood groups assists
neighborhood residents in establishing and maintaining community involvement
programs with the goal of improving the quality of life in their communities. |
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Azalea Park Neighborhood
Association: Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 2596
Violet Street at 6:30pm. Visit their website. |
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Cherokee Point Neighborhood
Association: Meets the first Monday of the month at 3737 Wightman
Street at 6:30pm. Contact: 619-285-1611 |
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Fairmount Park Neighborhood
Association: Meets the third Thursday of the month at 3850
West Gate Place at 6:30pm. Contact: FairmountPark92105@yahoo.com |
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Swan Canyon:
Meets the third Wednesday of the month at 3120 Euclid Avenue at 6:30
p.m. Contact Becky at rebecca@bairfinancial.com
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Teralta West Neighborhood
Alliance: Meets every first and third Thursday of the month
at 4286 Marlborough Street at 6:30pm. Contact: 619/281-3551. |
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Ongoing Projects |
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Hollywood
Palms |
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The development of the Hollywood
Palms offers affordable housing in City Heights. In February of last
year, residents of City Heights voiced their concerns and opposition
for the ill conceived and badly designed housing project located at
Home and Fairmount Avenue. To our advantage, the project's initial
funding fell thru, allowing the Community and my office the opportunity
to improve the development. In partnership Council District Three,
a Joint Oversight Committee was developed with members of the community
and the Chairs of both the Project Area Committee and Area Planning
Committee. The committee has worked tirelessly for almost a year to
redesign and improve the project. The result is a 94 unit affordable
housing project, locally managed by the City Heights Community Development
Corporation, that will provide quality affordable housing to the residents
of San Diego beginning in April of this year. |
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Urban Village
Retail Center |
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In November, City Heights
celebrated the official grand opening of the Urban Village Retail
Center. This 112,000 square foot retail center houses fourteen tenants
and is anchored by of the County's largest Albertsons. Made possible
by the visions of William Jones, Sol Price and former Councilmember
Christine Kehoe, the retail center provides the residents of City
Heights with a wide variety of quality retail choices. The retail
center is a cornerstone of the area's economic revitalization and
I look forward to building on this tremendous foundation. |
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The Urban
Village Townhomes and Office Space Project |
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This mixed use project is
the next step in the Urban Village Master Plan. The project will provide
116 new townhomes, 75,000 square feet of office space and a 160,000
square foot parking structure. Located at the corner of Fairmount
and University Avenue, the project developed by Price Charities ,
will continue to drive the revitalization of City Heights. The project
provides much needed townhomes for larger families in the area and
will add critical office space to the community. As City Heights continues
to grow this project will serve as an example of the type of development
that is needed and wanted in City Heights. |
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Park de la
Cruz |
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We celebrated the grand opening
for the first park associated with the I-15 on January 19th. Park
de la Cruz provides much needed open space and recreational opportunities
for the residents of City Heights. Area residents will be able to
enjoy a new baseball field, new viewing bleachers, paved walking paths,
picnic areas and passive park space. The grand opening of the park
marks this area's most significant development of park space in the
last five years. |
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Teralta Park |
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With a ground-breaking ceremony
in May 2002, Teralta Park is the second park that opened as a result
of the I-15 interstate project. Constructed as a cut and cover park,
this five-acre park located on the deck of the structure over Interstate
15 is one of the more unique parks in the nation. Amenities offered
at the park include a large children's play area, half basketball
courts, paved walkways and a landscaped passive picnic area for people
to enjoy. The opening of the park will again provide much needed recreational
and park space for the residents of City Heights. |
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Metro Center |
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The Metro Center is an exciting
mixed-use redevelopment project planned for the entire block at the
northwest corner of the I-15/University Avenue interchange. The project
includes a 4-story, 80-thousand-square-foot office tower built especially
for the Workforce Partnership's Metro Career Center One-Stop Shop.
The tower will also include a 5,000-square-foot day-care center, a
3,000-square-foot community room and 3,000 square feet of leasable
retail space. The entire tower is being developed by City Heights
Revitalization Corp., which is fully owned by Price Entities. Behind
the tower, on the remaining ¾ of the block, the City Heights
CDC and Interfaith Housing are teaming up to build a 120-unit affordable
housing project. Arranged in nine three- and four-story buildings
around courtyards with tot lots, the Metro Villas will provide 1-
to 4-bedroom townhomes and flats for households earning up to 50 percent
of area median income. |
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The Metro Center and Villas will share a 485-space, 4-story parking
garage. The project is located at the junction of several major
transit lines, and is immediately adjacent to the newly built Teralta
Park.
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Council Representative
for City Heights: Pamela Ison |
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