We’ve hosted a lot of community events over the past 40 years, but the Winter Extravaganza may have been one of the most fun winter events we’ve ever put on!

After many months of deliberation and community engagement, we settled on the name ‘Tierra Central’ because of this idea of ‘middle ground’ or an in-between space, where anyone from the community could feel welcomed and celebrated.

The San Diego Food Justice Project is celebrating the graduation of our first cohort of business owners!

The cohort began with 40 business owners and entrepreneurs, and 38 of them recently completed an eight session training course, qualifying them for grant funding of up to $7,500!

As we reflect on the past year, we also pause to celebrate what this community has achieved. Our work with business owners in the region calls for a profound expression of gratitude.

Osob Omar, owner and creator of Meliora Essence, forms part of the community of business owners we support.

A robust economy in City Heights is not possible without steady, sustainable businesses for its residents. That’s why we work alongside local business owners and entrepreneurs

When traveling by bus across the I-805 and the SR-94 this year, commuters noticed their trip looked a bit different—and faster.  During peak hours, the Rapid Route 225 are now using the shoulder lanes to breeze through traffic! 

Unfortunately, we must postpone this Sunday's Community Bike Ride due to 100% chance of rain and 16 mph winds. We plan to reschedule the ride in early 2023. We'll share the new date as soon as it's confirmed.

The City Heights Community Development Corporation (City Heights CDC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexis Villanueva as Interim Executive Director, effective December 8th, 2022.

To make it all happen, our Economic Development team kindly requests the help of volunteers who can assist with setting up, crowd control, activity supervision, and clean-up.

El Cajon Boulevard is now closer to being a complete street that is safe for everyone! We celebrate this new infrastructure and recognize that more traffic safety improvements are still needed.

The dream of free transit for youth began decades ago right here in City Heights, and that longterm effort finally came to fruition this year. Youth Opportunity Passes (YoP) are free transit passes for youth 18 years old and under, and the benefits of this program are already being felt.

Our mission: we create opportunities for City Heights residents to shape their streets, community, city, and region; everything in the built environment ranging from transit systems to parks.

All year long, we’ve shared stories of the community to celebrate four decades of community power, and now we’re asking you to invest in the decades to come by donating where it’s needed most.

This Giving Tuesday, make a donation where it's needed most. Join us in keeping people housed, fed, employed, and thriving in their community.

The image above outlines the need for donors to help finalize the art and funding for the "Unity in the Community" mural at Teralta Park!

The key to sustainability and resilience throughout movement work, your day job and just life in general is to ask for help. To ask for support. Nobody can take on a fight, especially a fight against institutional -isms by themselves. It’s important to work in collaboration with community, family and friends.

In celebration of the holiday season, our Economic Development team is collaborating with local businesses to host Tierra Central's first Winter Extravaganza.

“We need spaces where we can get together as a community. A lot of workplaces don’t have headquarters or a main office anymore after COVID, so we hope to meet that need."

Close to 100 community members met in the corner of 54th St & El Cajon Blvd to share input on the proposed Rapid 625 Route. This 200$ Million project will connect Chula Vista, National City, Southeast San Diego, City Heights and SDSU!

Help plan the new Rapid Route 625 that will connect Chula Vista, National City, Southeast San Diego, City Heights, and SDSU, all while enjoying free tacos on us!