The second episode examines issues of community development, philanthropy and civic engagement as a single community struggles to rebuild a tattered and declining neighborhood.

The second episode examines issues of community development, philanthropy and civic engagement as a single community struggles to rebuild a tattered and declining neighborhood. City Heights, known as the Ellis Island of San Diego, is home to immigrants from Mexico and Latin America and refugees from Southeast Asia and East Africa. Redevelopment plans placed the community in an unlikely partnership with businessman and philanthropist Sol Price and William Jones, an African-American real estate developer. This program explores the challenges of crafting a vibrant urban village from an ethnically, culturally and economically diverse population.