Chollas View, San Diego

Affirmed Housing Celebrates Grand Opening of The Orchard at Hilltop in San Diego’s Chollas View Neighborhood

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Monday, February 13, 2023
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“A severe shortage of affordable housing continues to plague so many of our hard-working residents. The Orchard at Hilltop is a great example of how to tackle our housing and homelessness crisis -- demonstrating what’s possible when we work with community-minded partners like Affirmed Housing,” said San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria. “Not only have they delivered a beautiful complex that residents can be proud to call home; they have also revitalized an entire swath of land that paves way for new opportunities and new beginnings for many more San Diegans. This project raises the bar, and I look forward to seeing more thoughtful projects and approaches like this in the city’s future.”

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading affordable housing developer Affirmed Housing announces the grand opening of The Orchard at Hilltop, a mixed-use, urban infill development located in San Diego’s Chollas View neighborhood.
  • Situated across multiple parcels on Hilltop Drive, The Orchard at Hilltop delivers apartment homes for lower-income residents, as well as approximately 6,500 square feet of commercial space.
  • The Orchard at Hilltop is a great example of how to tackle our housing and homelessness crisis -- demonstrating what’s possible when we work with community-minded partners like Affirmed Housing,” said San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria.
  • “The Western Alliance Affordable Housing Investments group is very pleased to play a role in bringing essential affordable housing to the Chollas View neighborhood,” said Philipp Smaczny, Senior Director of Affordable Housing Finance for Western Alliance Bank.

Community School Addresses Inequality and Climate Action Through New Education Model

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southeast San Diego's Millennial Tech Middle School (MTM), a new member of the community school coalition, is partnering with Groundwork San Diego and UCSD Center on Global Justice to offer a new public education model where children become the direct agents for change within their communities.

Key Points: 
  • The Third Option is highlighting a new school model at Millennial Tech Middle School in San Diego, CA.
  • In the case of MTM, climate action will become the catalyst to reverse the more long-established climate of inequality continuing to stifle the communities along the Chollas Creek Watershed.
  • MTM will be converted into the epicenter of environmental education and a new model for schools of the future.
  • Through the Climate Action Design Lab, MTM will harness the power of the EarthLab to empower the youth to achieve both social and climate justice, tackle educational inequality, and open up vocational employment opportunities within their community.