Design and Development: Property Tour – Kimball Highland by Community HousingWorks
Join us for a property tour in our Fundamentals of Affordable Housing: Design and Development series, featuring the Kimball Highland community developed by CHW.
This guided site visit and conversation will explore how design decisions are made in the context of feasibility, policy, and community needs. Participants will hear directly from the project team about how they navigated challenges from concept through completion, and the lessons that continue to shape their work.
Event Details
Friday, October 23
8:30 am to 11:30 am
Location: 1221 D Avenue, National City, CA 91950
About the Community
Holistically connecting families and older adults with health, affordable housing, transportation, and community engagement, the Kimball Highland Master Plan will integrate affordable housing for families, a federally qualified health center, PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) in a transit-oriented village close to a senior nutrition center, shopping, cultural institutions, and a beautifully refurbished public park that connects by bikeway to the San Diego Bay. Kimball Highland puts residents at the center of a rich tapestry of services and amenities where they can be supported and honored in an intentionally intergenerational neighborhood. The partners are intent on creating a space where agencies can spend less time and resources overcoming barriers of transportation, isolation, outreach and more time serving, integrating, and empowering families and older adults.
The Kimball Highland Master Plan will look at the central neighborhood of National City as a comprehensive and transformative master plan covering two sites, infrastructure improvements, residential family and senior units (to promote aging-in-place). Community HousingWorks will develop, own, and manage these affordable homes, augmented by its award-winning resident services programming for next generation success and family financial fitness.
San Ysidro Health (SYH) is a leading safety-net provider of critical primary health services in the San Diego Region, as the second largest health center network in San Diego. The PACE Center will serve up to 500 clients, while the Federally-Qualified Clinic will serve the entire community.
What to Expect
This property tour is designed as a live case study. Participants will explore:
Project vision, goals, and population served
Development and design approach
Key challenges during planning, approvals, and construction
How the team navigated tradeoffs and constraints
Post occupancy reflections, including what worked and what could be improved
Lessons learned to inform future affordable housing developments
The experience will include guided touring, facilitated discussion, and time for informal connection.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Sarah Buchanan, Executive Vice President