City Heights is celebrating a significant milestone with the opening of the Wat Champourukha Vanaram's public meditation center on 45th Street. In partnership with the Khmer American Mutual Association of San Diego, the City Heights Community Development Corporation (CDC) is proud to support this initiative, which marks a crucial step in providing accessible mindfulness practices to the community.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce City Heights CDC is now the contract holder for the University Avenue Maintenance Assessment District (MAD)!
Read MoreCongratulations to our CEO, Alexis Villanueva, for her nomination as a finalist for the San Diego Business Journal’s 2024 CEO of the Year.
Read MoreApplications are now open for our CHOPPED Food Business Training Program! Whether you're looking to start a new food business or grow your existing one, this is your chance to elevate your culinary career.
Read MoreCity Heights CDC is hosting our 2nd Annual Winter Extravaganza in the City Heights Community!
¡City Heights CDC está organizando nuestro segundo espectáculo anual de invierno en la comunidad de City Heights!
Read MoreDo you operate a small business or are a sidewalk vendor? Would you like to learn more about resources geared toward supporting your business? Join us on October 14!
Read MoreAs part of their outreach efforts, our Economic Development team participates in business walks throughout City Heights. During their latest business walk, the Economic Development team partnered with the City of San Diego’s Economic Development Department.
Read MoreRanielle has hit the ground running, and her teammates are already describing her help as “essential” and praising her for “jumping in to support”—she’s been so helpful!
Read MoreCohort 4 successfully saw 47 business owners complete the program walking away with key skills for business success.
Read MoreWe hope you can join us for the Sidewalk Vending Community Townhall Thursday, July 27th, from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm at the Tierra Central (4058 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92105).
Read More¡Llamando a todos los vendedores ambulantes y al público en general! Esperamos que pueda unirse con nosotros para el ayuntamiento de la comunidad de venta ambulante el jueves 27 de julio
Read MoreWith the support of artist and designer, Josue Baltezar and his team, youth artists in City Heights led and created a collaborative mural for the community space.
Read MoreOn behalf of the City Heights CDC and our partners, we would like to commend the recent graduates of the San Diego Food Justice Project participants. Our team wishes you the best in your entrepreneurial endeavors!
Read MoreDo you have a connection with visual art and hope to develop your artistic and professional skills? Are you a current high school student or recently graduated from a local City Heights campus? If this sounds like you, our upcoming youth-led mural project at Tierra Central, Piece X Piece, is for you!
Read MoreCity Heights Community Development makes this announcement with such excitement and hope for our business community. Personally, I make this announcement with jubilance but also so much emotion for how much it means to come back to the community and corridor that I knew so well going up in City Heights.
Read MoreWe are still shocked at the treatment of Mr. Andrés Argüelles Álvarez and are thrilled to announce he’s been accepted into the next training cohort of the San Diego Food Justice Project! Click to read a statement on the issue of street vending and racism from our friends at the Consulate General of Mexico.
Read MoreJoin us Friday and Saturday, April 14-15 at Tierra Central for a party celebrating Cambodian culture through food, music, traditional dance, and more.
Read MoreCongratulations to the second cohort of San Diego Food Justice Project students! Last week, our Economic Development team joined business owners and partners to commemorate students’ completion of the course.
Read MoreWe visited Gaius and Enoch, the partners behind Abule Afro Market and Eatery, at their University Ave. restaurant. Abule sits in one of City Heights emerging business hubs, near the 805 freeway and our symbolic ‘We Love City Heights’ mural.
Read MoreAfter decades working to de stigmatize and decriminalize street food vending, our team is appalled by these attacks and we stand alongside those neighbors working to earn a living on sidewalks, from food carts or trucks, and from their home-based catering work. See more in the statement below from our Interim Executive Director, Alexis Villanueva:
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