University City Community Association

UCCA (university City Community Association) provides and promotes civic, cultural, social, educational, and recreational opportunities for residents and is a voice of the community. Standley Park Recreation Center and UCCA, working with small crews, provide University City with more activities than any other community in the county.

UCCA sponsors or co-sponsors the community clean-up in May, the 4th of July Celebration in July, the Sunday Summer Concerts in July-August, the Banana Split Social in August and the Chrismas Tree Lightning in December, all taking place at Standley Park and Standley Recreation Center. UCCA invite all neighbors to enjoy these events and to consider involving themselves in some way to the initiation, planning or execution of similar functions.

UCCA hopes the community enjoy the street banners on Governor, Regents, and Genesee. Thanks to the generosity of the International City Bank President Jane Netherton who gave $10,000.00 to the community and $1,000.00 from the U.C. Recreation Council, plus a matching grant of $1,000.00, the banners on Governor Drive promote the theme, "University City,... more than a neighborhood." UCCA also sponsors or co-sponsors ongoing projects, such as U.C. Beautification and Adopt-A-Highway on Governer Drive.

Because communication is critical to the community, the UCCA launched in 2002 a monthly newsletter, delivered neighbor-to-neighbor, thus building community, fostering communication and providing information on community topics and issues of interest. For the same reason, the UCCA has launched the website www.ucca-news.org in May 2007, completely rebuilt in June 2008. Visit the site, there is always something new and... may you find that particular community information you have been looking for!

The University City Community Association meets at the University City library on Governor Drive every second Wednesday of the month from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The monthly advancements of the ongoing UCCA projects, reported by the committee chairman or chairwoman, are discussed by the board. Community personalities, from the Mayor's office or the San Diego Police for instance, often take part in these meetings. Feel free to come find out what’s going on in the neighborhood!

You may contact the UCCA president in the Contact us page or send an e-mail to president@ucca-news.org with your thoughts or concerns.