Broadway Heights is a small community in the

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section of the city of

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. It is bordered on the north, east, and west by Lemon Grove, and on the south by

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and Mallard Street. The predominantly

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community has 629 residents within its seven blocks. Weston Street was renamed to Martin Luther King Jr. Way (after the

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leader

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) due to a youth campaign, marking the first time a street in San Diego was named after him.

History

The Broadway Heights subdivision was approved in the 1950s. Most of the homes were built around 1960. In November 2010, Weston Street was renamed to Martin Luther King Jr. Way. This is the first street in San Diego that was named after

, though a street was once named after him but overturned by voters. The change occurred as a result of members of the Broadway Heights Community Youth Council earlier in the year, in addition to planned improvements for their neighborhood. The children went about getting the street name changed after a campaign of signature gathering, letter writing, and visits to City Hall. The book "Community Resilience to Sectarian Violence in Baghdad" cites Broadway Heights as an example of a minority community in the San Diego area that keeps violence in its community down by addressing it head on. As of the publishing of the book, the murder rate for Broadway Heights was at 0%. Broadway Heights has a program called the Broadway Heights Community Council's Intergenerational Tour, wherein youth members participate in a leadership development program to receive mentorship, tutoring, and leadership skills training from the seniors of the community. This program was cited as an example of a successful intergenerational program by the book "Kraus' Recreation and Leisure in Modern Society".

Education

Broadway Heights is served by the

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References

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