City
of Villages
The Euclid-Market Action Team (EMAT) emerged from the CNC in 2000
in response to a proposed produce distribution center on Market Street
across from the Malcolm X Library. In 2004, EMAT formally merged back
into the CNC and has become its Land Planning Committee, working closely
with the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation (JCNI) on the development
along the Euclid - Market corridor. A major accomplishment of this
group was the awarding of the City of Villages status by the City of
San Diego. The Village Center at Euclid and Market is one of only five
projects in San Diego to receive this designation. Successfully fulfilling
our role and responsibility to the City of Villages process and the
implementation of the Village Center at Euclid and Market project is
a priority of the Board to being achieved by:
- Continuing to ensure community
participation and involvement throughout the entire process
- Cooperatively
participating with our development partner, JCNI, on planning
and implementation decisions related to the Village
Center at Euclid and Market
- Interacting with the City of San Diego, Southeastern Economic
Development Corporation (SEDC) and JCNI to aggressively promote
the completion
of the Village Center.
- Providing training to residents on an ongoing basis on land development
process
- Informing community about the Village Center and regularly updating
on progress
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Community Child Nutrition Program
In July 2005, the Coalition of Neighborhood Councils began sponsoring
program sites for the California Department of Education's year-round
nutrition program. The CNC's Summer Lunch Program was launched
in eleven locations in southeastern San Diego and in another
fourteen
sites throughout San Diego County. During the summer months, each
site served two meals per day and provided over 20,000 meals monthly
to children from low-income families.
Since its inception, the program
has expanded to include an after school snack program. Renamed
the Community Child Nutrition Program, it currently
provides free meals and after school snacks to children ages one
through eighteen. The program has grown to include twenty-six sites
throughout
the county and delivers over 40,000 meals and snacks each month.
The
Community Child Nutrition Program is always seeking additional
sites in the community. If your church, organization, apartment
complex, recreation center, or group is interested in becoming
a program site,
please contact Diane Moss or Tanissha Harrell at (619) 546-8543
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Health
Thanks to a generous grant from the California Endowment, the CNC
has organized a resident health committee to look at health issues
affecting
our neighborhoods and to develop a strategy for how we can build
a healthier community. Unfortunately, our community has lower
access
to health care than other areas of San Diego County and our children
and families are more affected by issues such as cardiovascular disease,
Diabetes, HIV/AIDS and many other serious health problems.
If
you are a resident concerned about community health, please join
the CNC health committee. Health professionals are particularly
encouraged
to get involved.
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