Building communities of kinship that recognize the value and strength of every member by providing services offering hope, support, counseling, education, and job opportunities. We strive to coordinate community partnerships to facilitate a comprehensive integrated approach to eliminate the conditions that lead our youth to join gangs.

Our redevelopment work creates not only places for residents of the Diamond Neighborhoods to shop, dine, work, and gather, it also brings new places to live. Trolley Park Terrace is a LEED-Gold certified development of 52 apartment homes adjacent to the Euclid Avenue Transit Center. Completed in 2016, this transit-oriented development is an example of smart and sustainable building practices.

To see the construction process, visit our Flickr album.

Built in 2008, the Joe and Vi Jacobs Center is home to many local organizations providing services to the Southeastern San Diego community, including the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation and CONNECT ALL @ the Jacobs Center, business accelerator and resource center. This building serves as a space for community members and organizations to hold meetings, workshops, and special events. Throughout the year, the building also hosts artistic and cultural programming that reflects the many cultures in the community, providing an extraordinary place for residents to enjoy the arts in their own neighborhood. Visit our Venues page to see more about our event space rentals.

In 2018, The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of just over 4 acres of vacant land near the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Market Street for the Southeastern San Diego Live Well Center. This purchase was methodically thought out through the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation when first approached.

The new center serves as a single stop for health and social services, including a Family Resource Center, Public Health Services, Behavioral Health Services, Family Strengthening Services, Probation and Restorative Services and Employment Services. Approximately 80,000 residents use the County services. Most of those residents live within two miles of the Live Well Center.

It also includes a 4,000 square foot conference center for meetings, events and suites at little to no cost. The County was committed to respecting the history and diversity of the community. Free parking in the garage and surface lot is available.

Southwest Village is situated in the Chollas View area of San Diego. The community includes one, two, and three-bedroom apartment homes, each equipped with kitchens featuring solid-surface countertops, vinyl plank style flooring, spacious closets, some paid utilities, and access to shared outdoor spaces. On the grounds, there are features such as a picnic area, a playground for youth, and a community building that contains a multipurpose room with a kitchen, as well as other on-site services.

The Joe and Vi Jacobs Center’s beautiful outdoor amphitheater and adjoining Festival Park host a wide range of events, including music and dance concerts, theatrical performances, festivals, film screenings, and more. Accommodating a group as large as 3,000 people, these venues provide the community with an activated space for enjoying arts and culture with their neighbors, friends, and family.

Market Creek Plaza is a bustling shopping center, originally built in 1999 and opened in 2001. The plaza, managed by Diamond Management Inc., offers a variety of sit-down and quick-service restaurants, a coffee shop, grocery store, bank, nail salon, and other retail and professional services. Tenants include Food 4 Less, Starbucks, Castañedas Mexican Food and Mariscos La Riviera Est. Milpas V. Nayarit, Wells Fargo, T-Mobile and much more. The center also includes murals created by the AjA Project and high school students from the area.

Watch this video to learn more the murals in Market Creek Plaza and the inspiring story of two generations of Southeastern San Diego women connected to them.

For current leasing opportunities, visit Diamond Management Inc.‘s page.

This project restored the natural beauty of a segment of Chollas Creek, an important community asset, and added a beautiful linear park where residents, students from nearby Horton Elementary, and visitors can enjoy the outdoors. Chollas Creek Park is also now home to local artist Roman de Salvo’s “Chollas Realm,” two sculpted archways that map out the Chollas Creek watershed, and artist Deedee Morrison’s “Visualize Biodiversity,” a 10-foot LED light sculpture inspired in the shape of a barrel cactus that features laser cut-out patterns of San Diego’s pollinators, including bees, beetles, wasps, moths, and butterflies.

Photos from the “Celebrating the Arts @ Chollas Creek” event to unveil the two public art pieces can be viewed on our Facebook page.

The intersection of Guymon Street and Euclid Avenue is your corner for happy and healthy! The Walgreens is now open, providing residents with convenient access to the first-ever full service pharmacy in the community. Of the 15 permanent positions Walgreens hired, nearly all were filled by residents of the Diamond Neighborhoods.

A video of the Walgreens grand opening celebration can be viewed here.