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 MoreThe BLVD to Beach Community Bike Ride was held this past April 8th! Nearly 60 Community members enjoyed a coastal bike ride on a beautiful Sunday morning!
Community members met at Pepper Park in National City and rode all the way to Silver Strand State Beach.
Read MoreIn this new film, see our route from City Heights to Southeast San Diego to Chicano Park and all the way to the bay at Cesar Chavez Park Pier. The energy of the group was palpable as over 60 community members of many ages and backgrounds came together to ride—even the near 90 degree heat couldn’t bring us down.
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 MoreThanks to our colleague, Tom Bui, and the San Diego Tourism Authority for combing through the neighborhood to highlight some of the community’s best murals, restaurants, parks, and small businesses.
Read More“I found that I love cooking, I'm good at it, and people like it.” Luz, owner of Las Tias food truck
Read More“Sometimes at the end of the day, it's about survival. And survival comes with using what you know to make do with your daily expenses…”
Read More“I have the privilege of accompanying students in a high challenge, yet high support context, and to watch them become more resilient, self-confident, empathetic, and gain greater social and emotional capacity…"
Read MoreAfter nearly three years, August 4th will see the return of an in-person Transit & Tacos! This award-winning engagement series will allow for City Heights residents to shape our transit system all while enjoying free tacos!
Read MoreJune 11th marked the return of the Mid-City Community Bike ride. Over 60 community members from all ages joined as we had so much riding around the Mid-City area!
Read MoreLocal food businesses set up their food trucks and booths offering cuisines like Thai, Mexican, Jamaican, Vietnamese, Somali, Japanese, and from many other cultures!
Read MoreThe entertainment lineup for Street Food Fest is in! In addition to amazing food from around the world, here are a few things to look forward to at our second annual Street Food Fest…
Read MoreExciting news! After excellent leadership and enhancing our work and reputation in the region as Senior Program Manager, our own Alexis Villanueva has been promoted to the position of Economic Development Director.
Read MoreThe Regional Plan affects all who call San Diego home, and the vote to approve this year’s plan is happening this week.
We’ve been at the table since the plan was formed, and this plan is especially important to us because it would mean promises made to our communities decades ago would be kept.
Exciting milestone alert! Together, we’ve helped over 300 evictions! Your donations are helping these households stay safely in their homes and off the streets.
Read More“I love getting involved in new things, trying new things and just exploring. I’ve been in many clubs and organizations, just trying to get an idea of what I like to do. I really want to keep growing as a person, ya know?”
Read More“From the get-go, my parents—being immigrants—instilled in me the value of hard work,” Erick shared. “I’ve worked hard, and now I’m set to graduate valedictorian of my high school.”
Read MoreLike so many young people in City Heights, Hana knows the struggle, hustle, and resilient hard work of a new immigrant here. Her parents taught her the value of education, and now she is going to college and majoring in aerospace engineering.
Read More“My family immigrated to the United States from Vietnam when I was three years old. I still remember landing in LAX...”
Thang is one of the winners of our City Heights Legacy Scholarship, and he has big plans. He worked hard and overcame plenty of obstacles to reach this point. He seems happy, but he remembers hard times.
Read MoreFrom an Ethiopian refugee camp to being a student at Mira Costa College, Roda continues to face challenges, but she refuses to allow anything to interfere with her goals of graduating from college.
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