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Events 2019

More Parking in North Park

In the coming weeks, city crews will be installing 90 degree angled parking on 17 blocks in North Park. Sections of Myrtle, Dwight, Gunn, Capps, Polk, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, Arizona are being converted. To Date, the Mid-City Community Parking District has added...

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Boulevard News – June 2019

Inspire, Innovate, Dream The El Cajon Boulevard BIA in partnership with the City Heights Community Development Corp. (CDC) and other local non-profits will hosts its first-ever City Heights Business Expo on Saturday, June 29 to highlight small businesses and micro-enterprises that have received technical and financial...

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Boulevard News – May 2019

World Foods Supermarket  From Survival to Success - A Story of Perseverance Nearly every Vietnamese business owner on The Boulevard has a story of how they escaped Vietnam.  The Vien Dong family, a well established grocer in City Heights, who is celebrating their 35th anniversary, escaped in...

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Speed Trailer = Safety

We received multiple requests to have a speed indicator on the east end of The Boulevard. The request came from business owners who expressed concern about speeding cars in the area which were causing a safety concern for pedestrians. In additional to empirical data from community members, multiple studies...

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Boulevard News – April 2019

Shrimp Heads  Cajun Crab Boil with a Vietnamese Twist Shirley began working at the Boiling Crab when she was in college and access to Cajun seafood was just beginning to spread west of the Mississippi.  Thanks to the settlement of the Vietnamese post Vietnam War along the...

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Blvd. Mardi Gras Crawl

Join us for our 2nd annual Blvd Mardi Gras Crawl down El Cajon Boulevard on Sunday, March 3. The travelling party will include stops at local businesses, with drink and food specials and other fun activities along the way. Festivities will kick off at 12 p.m....

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