Interested in spiffing up the neighborhood?

SAN DIEGO – Residents who want to improve the community where they live might qualify for federal money depending on the project. In the past, residents, non-profits and other businesses have helped senior centers and parks, made drainage improvements and hosted neighborhood trash clean-up events, projects made possible with federal community development funds.

The County Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) will tell area residents how to apply for the funds at a public meeting on Sept. 17, 10 a.m., at the Fallbrook Community Center, 341 Heald Lane, in the Eucalyptus Ro...