Feburary 19, 2010 — San Diego Union Tribune
While California’s leaders and legislators wrestle with challenging budget issues fueled by a decline in the state and national economies, innovative solutions for sustainable economic growth are being discovered at the neighborhood level. :
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Winter 2008 — A Report From The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Since 2001, the Casey Foundation has been deeply involved in an ambitious $1 billion redevelopment project to transform a distressed 80-acre East Baltimore neighborhood into a mixedincome community anchored by a life sciences technology and research park. :
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September 16, 2008 — Asian Journal
Cultural art, music, entertainment, and a world marketplace take center stage on Saturday, September 20, as three exciting, free-admission events come together to celebrate “A Day in the Diamond” in southeastern San Diego, an emerging magnet for cultural arts and entertainment. :
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May 21, 2008 — KPBS radio broadcast
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May 22, 2008 — San Diego Union Tribune
When the Jacobs Family Foundation moved to southeastern San Diego 10 years ago, the corner of Euclid Avenue and Market Street was pretty much a wasteland. :
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April 17, 2008 — The San Diego Daily Transcript
Removing decades of neglect to the Chollas Creek Encanto Tributary and creating a beautiful natural setting for the Diamond Neighborhoods of southeastern San Diego was a fulfilling job for the excavation company that calls this community home. :
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Urban Land Institute
On the site of what was once a long-abandoned factory bordered by barbed wire stands a new, vibrant ten-acre (4 ha) commercial and cultural center known as Market Creek Plaza. :
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December 2007 — Sojourners Magazine
Bevelynn Bravo is a 35-year-old wife and mother of four. She’s lived in the Diamond neighborhoods of San Diego for most of her life. “A few years ago, I was a girl with a chip on her shoulder,” she said. “I didn’t have anything to look forward to. There wasn’t anything around my community, no opportunities at all. :
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June 10, 2007 — The San Diego Union Tribune
When 26-year-old Rodrigo Gonzalez turns in for the night, his bed is a mattress in the small, cluttered living room of a rented two-bedroom home in Encanto that he shares with his parents and two younger brothers. His wife of three months lives elsewhere, sharing a town house with her parents in Mission Valley. :
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November 13, 2006 — The San Diego Daily Transcript
Tonya Oliver and her 9-year-old daughter, Cayasia, strolled over to Market Creek Plaza on a recent afternoon like any other visitors to the collection of shops in southeastern San Diego. :
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