The San Diego Black Arts and Culture District would brand the Imperial Avenue area in San Diego’s Encanto neighborhood as a Black cultural center.
San Diego Council President Pro Tem Monica Montgomery Steppe said it would honor the hard work and contributions of the Black community.“An Arts District has the potential to help us attract more business, more cultural organizations, events and tourism to this area while not forgetting who we are and who got us there,” Montgomery Steppe said.
“When I want to go affirm me and and who we are and what we are, and get a feeling of love and rejuvenation, now there’s a place where we can go do that,” Blevins said. “When my family comes and visits from Atlanta and they say ‘hey take us to the spot’ … now we got a spot!” California Secretary of State Shirley Weber represented California’s 79th Assembly District for nine years. She said the designation would create opportunities for a historically underserved community.
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