You're invited to our second annual Street Food Fest!
With our 40th birthday party just a month away, we're thrilled to see all the sponsorships and ticket sales coming in—and there's space for more!
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Over the week, many of our neighbors celebrated Cambodian New Year!
The festivities at Tierra Central were amazing, with food from around the world, live music, dancing, art exhibitions, and even a parade.
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Our second annual City Heights Business Expo was great time! Local business owners and entrepreneurs spent time sharing and asking questions, and it’s a reminder that business doesn’t have to be cutthroat for everyone to rise together.
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Our team recently spent time eating and hanging out together in-person for the first time in years! We’re grateful for tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, but nothing can replace being in the same space together.
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Whether your business is still just a dream or you've been operating for years, the Business Expo will have resources for you. Join like-minded community members as we all work toward the common goal of economic stability and a prosperous community.
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Concerned about displacement, the housing crisis, and gentrification?
Hear from experts this Wednesday, November 17th for an exploration of anti-displacement strategies!
Hosted by City Heights CDC and the SR-15 Transportation Equity & Affordable Housing Task Force, we'll hear clear, concrete ways we can help keep neighbors from being displaced from their homes.
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Earlier this week, our Transportation & Planning team’s SR-15 Transportation Equity & Affordable Housing Task Force hosted an art walk event to bring likeminded community members together and elevate work being done along the SR-15 corridor.
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You know the food…delicious, bold flavors, and deeply comforting. Many of the best flavor combinations in the world have roots in Africa, and this was an event to celebrate that!
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Last weekend's Music en la Calle event was SO FUN! It's been too long since we celebrated and enjoyed one another as a community.
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These open-air sculptures, paintings, and mix media pieces were created by community members on the theme of “Characters.” Each artist received a wooden pole and $100 to come up with a sculpture. Here’s what they made…
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Nearly 40 years ago, our founders mobilized around a shared belief in the power of community.
Too often when a community or neighborhood faces a problem, the community isn’t seen as the key to solving that problem. It happened at our founding, when non locals began carving up streets and making decisions about our community without our consent, and it still happens today.
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Latinos are dying at a much higher rate to COVID-19.
34% of San Diego county are Latinx, yet they make up 61% of infections and 45% of the deaths.
So what can we do? It’s a tough, complicated question, but that's why it's so important we ask it—and we are doing something about it!
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Participants of the Better By Bike Scavenger Hunt are saying how excited they feel to get out into the community in a healthy, safe, and fun way with their families!
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“COVID 19 disproportionately impacts people of color, black people. More that 40% of people in my neighborhood are unemployed and are having to choose between food and rent…”
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Diversity is lifeblood to a strong democracy, there is no true justice without equity, there is no way forward for all people, the whole community, without inclusion.
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Recently, the amazing community of Light Church held a benefit concert for our new program, One Month Away and they raised over $5k for eviction prevention!
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Thanks to all who came out and made the event possible. It's yet another reminder that community events can absolutely be a BLAST when we all show up!
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Join us on Sunday, October 27 any time from 10 AM to 5 PM at the City Heights Cumbia Party Hub (Fair@44) as part of this year’s CicloSDias Open Streets events.
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We are still so thrilled at the turnout for our first annual City Heights Street Food Festival—thanks to all who came!
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