[quote=protorio]. . . I was impressed by the number of white people who moved their families into SFRs in City Heights during the last 10 years, investing in the neighborhood and committing to diversity. If the boom/burst didn’t happen, and if the bottom didn’t fall out from under a lot of those folks, change might have happened more quickly. I still think it has a lot of potential.[/quote]
protorio, I think what brought more residents with money into 92105, more specifically to “City Heights” in recent years was CalTrans and the City’s ambitious collaborative “Cut & Cover” project over I-15, which used to be busy “40th St” (yes, with houses on both sides, lol). This invited a lot of small businesses and recreation into the area who wouldn’t go in before. Then the nearby Colima Community Center (92115) was invested in by the Joan Kroc trust, giving it an ice skating rink and other upgrades. This, coupled with SDUSD bringing magnet programs to Crawford High brought residents with more money into the Rolando area as well.
Having volunteered for the “Save Our Canyons” committee in the 80’s, I saw all this on the drawing board (except the ice rink as the Kroc bequest was unknown at that time) years before it manifested.
