WaterfiTM is a small company based in San Diego (City Heights), CA. WaterfiTM was founded to bring you your favorite electronic gadgets underwater. They found that listening to music greatly enhances many activities that just aren't as exciting without your favorite tunes! WaterfiTM is a fun and relaxed company with great customer service. 

WaterfiTM was started by Royce Nicholas, a Mechanical Engineer with a background in Biotechnology and Manufacturing. Royce discovered a unique and robust waterproofing solution for the 3rd Generation shuffle in 2010. He also discovered there was enough interest from potential customers that he could start a business. H2Ofriendly was registered in August 2010. H2OFriendly met with huge success selling over 5000 products in their first year. The H2OFriendly iPod shuffle had a high success rate and most customers become immediately addicted to using them. In June 2011 H2OFriendly became Waterfi LLC for business and tax pruposes and to establish a more unique brand.

For more information, visit www.waterfi.com.

On January 19, City Heights Business Association held a lively business mixer at La Maestra Community Health Center. State Senator Juan Vargas, San Diego County Supervisor Ron Roberts, and City Councilwoman Marti Emerald attended, along with over 100 people, including business owners, employees of local organizations, and residents.

Jim Craig of Heritage Security and Paige Newman of City Heights Foundation spoke about safety measures being taken for City Heights businesses. State Senator Vargas, CHBA Board President Yigal Adato, and Johannes Lasthaus from the Waldorf School of San Diego also addressed the crowd.

Talented youth from the Waldorf School performed music, and La Maestra microcredit immigrant clients sold jewelry and other items. La Maestra CEO Zara Marselian invited attendees on tours of the LEED certified gold clinic building. Food was donated by Papa John's.

Google and American Express have launched a tool to help small business owners to produce online videos about their companies. My Business Story (www.youtube.com/mybusinessstory) enables the creation of professional quality video for free. You can use existing photos or videos or shoot new ones to upload to the tool, then add free music and graphics with My Business Story's editing tool. There are even helpful tutorial videos to teach you how to shoot a great video.

Source: The Costco Connection, January 2012

When the weather warms up, we'll continue hosting free monthly movie nights in partnership with City Heights Community Development Corporation, Metro Villas Learning Center and the City Heights Recreation Council. In this fun, family-friendly event for the City Heights community, the film is projected onto a large outdoor screen at Teralta Neighborhood Park at 40th Street and Orange Ave.

The event has attracted up to 300 residents, who eagerly come to the park with arms full of snacks, blankets and chairs in order to make themselves at home for a few hours. The attendees love the free popcorn served fresh from an old-fashioned machine. Many Spanish-speaking residents and others representative of the many cultures of City Heights enjoy the outing.

Keeping parks and neighborhoods safe is not a job that is done only by local police, but requires residents communicating with neighbors, being aware of their surroundings, and participating in events such as these, designed to bring people together. Residents have fun and feel safe at this nighttime outdoor event, surrounded by a huge group of locals and the two Heritage Security guards who attend. Info on future movies showings will be posted on our Facebook page.

Hello! I am Paige Newman, Safety and Security Program Organizer at City Heights Foundation. After teaching English as a Second Language in South America and then in San Diego to people from around the world, I began working with nonprofits serving refugees and immigrants six years ago.

At City Heights Foundation, I enjoy facilitating the Collaboration to Keep City Heights Youth Safe and partnering with many inspired people to make the area safer through movie nights and other community events. With the help of volunteers, I will be setting up a safety network for the roughly 700 culturally diverse businesses in our district so they connect with each other and law enforcement.