15th Annual City Heights International Village Celebration Saturday, June 2, 2007

The City Heights Community Development Corporation (CHCDC) presents the 15th Annual City Heights International Village Celebration Saturday, June 2, 2007 in the City Heights community of San Diego. The celebration will be held at City Heights Urban Village Park off of Fairmount Ave. and Landis St. This free one-day, free and family friendly festival celebrates one of San Diego's oldest Mid City communities, home to over 90,000 people speaking more than 30 languages and dialects.

also see: The Price of Renewal

What are the challenges in crafting a vibrant urban village from an ethnically, culturally, and economically diverse population? This perceptive documentary examines complex issues of community development, philanthropy and civic engagement by chronicling the long-term redevelopment of an older, deteriorating neighborhood called City Heights, often referred to as the Ellis Island of San Diego. The film probes both the potential and the pitfalls of public/private partnerships in addressing the problems of inner city decay, as well as the thorny questions raised by the gentrification of multicultural urban neighborhoods.