VOLUME 3 ISSUE 13


June 24–July 7, 2011 OLD TOWN • MISSION HILLS • HILLCREST ➤➤ DINING P. 11 BANKER’S HILL • UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS • NORTH PARK • SOUTH PARK • GOLDEN HILL • NORMAL HEIGHTS • KENSINGTON • TALMADGE


Banker’s Hill forming Micro Business


District Group receives grant from city


Iconic edibles—Eddies’ Philly-style hoagies


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By Dave Schwab SDUN Reporter


Banker’s Hill entrepreneurs say


the community has come of age and that it’s time to “brand” it with its own distinctive business association. Which is why about 20 mostly


small business owners, everyone from barbers to financiers, gathered at an informal organizational meet- ing June 21 at Sanfillippo’s Restau- rant at 2949 Fifth Ave. to break bread and launch an as-yet-unnamed Busi- ness Micro District in Banker’s Hill. “We are not quite an association,


“The Tempest”—human, yet magical


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but now we have a micro district grant to have a business group, busi- ness people meeting together on a regular basis in Banker’s Hill,” said Jake Sutton, financial advisor for Ed- ward Jones at 2550 5th Ave., Ste. 65, who led the Micro Business District meeting, imploring his colleagues to join him in forming a committee to “pull everybody together.” “Today you need to have some


kind of clout to get things done,” said Warren J. Simon, a member of both the city’s BID Foundation and BID Council, who has been mentoring the fledgling group during its formation.


see Micro, page 20


Uptowns’ musicians, fervent and fabulous


➤➤ TRAVEL P. 21 Participants wait at one of three trolley stops along Adams Avenue. (Courtesy of Adams Avenue Business Association)


ADAMS AVENUE Experiencing the many tastes of


Festival back for eleventh year Elena Buckley


SDUN Editorial Assistant From Kensington to Normal Heights, through


parts of North Park and University Heights, the Ad- ams Avenue Business District is a bustling hub of res- taurants, pubs, coffee houses, bars and antique shops, and on June 26, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Taste of Adams will bring you a sample of all the district has to offer.


For $25 in advance or $30 at the door, you can


stroll, drive or take one of three complimentary trol- leys along Adams Avenue while sampling entrées, desserts and appetizers from 30 different participants. For the eleventh year in a row, the Adams Av-


enue Business Association (AABA) has organized this $30,000 event, never failing to meet its goal


see Adams, page 12


World first ‘test and treat’ HIV prevention team visits Uptown Door-to-door campaign offers free, confidential testing


SDUN Staff HIV testers from UC San Diego School of


Medicine (UCSD) are knocking on doors in Up- town offering residents the opportunity to take a free and confidential finger-prick HIV test. Part of UCSD’s Lead the Way Campaign,


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the mobile testing team will visit thousands of homes in the Mission Hills and North Park neighborhoods throughout the end of this year. Lead the Way is the world’s first comprehen-


sive “test and treat” model of HIV prevention. Locations the trained testers visit are ran-


domly selected and the tests provide results in minutes. Testers will ask those who don’t want to take a test to instead take a brief survey to assess why they declined. “Volunteering to take the quick finger-prick


test or filling out the survey will help us under- stand why people will or will not take an HIV test. If we can understand the psychology, we can create more effective campaigns to promote testing. The ultimate goal is that everyone gets tested and those who need treatment receive it, so we can significantly curb the spread of HIV,” said Susan Little, MD, professor of medicine


‘Oh my! That’s


a big cabbage!’ San Diego Uptown News celebrates second anniversary, attributes success to ‘hyperlocal’ journalism


By Celene Adams SDUN Editor


When publisher David Mannis launched


San Diego Uptown News two years ago, dur- ing the height of the “Great Recession,” he knew that the months ahead would bring some long hours at the office.


see Anniversary, page 24 JUNE 9 -JULY 10 www.cygnettheatre.com OLD TOWN | SAN DIEGO BY THORNTON WILDER


“RIVETING, RELEVANT, ENDURING AND EXCEPTIONAL!” - NY Daily News


in UCSD’s Division of Infectious Diseases and head researcher of Lead the Way. “We hope that San Diegans understand that


this is an important opportunity to support the overall health of their community by participat- ing in this project,” Little said. Hillcrest resident Sean Eshelman said he


would “absolutely” be willing to take the test. “Information like that is very valuable to the community. Whether you’re gay or straight, it benefits us all,” he added.


see HIV, page 18


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