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Despite pandemic, growth is happening in the downtown and westernmost areas of the city

The corner of 8 th Street and B Avenue in National City had been the site of the abandoned H&M Goodies Family Auction House and parking lot. For years, it was marred by trash and graffiti before a local nonprofit beautified it with art. Still, the old building was destined for demolition, leaving the area vacant. Today, the site is home to a new mixed-use development that is the first of its kind for National City and is serving as an example that the city’s efforts to revitalize the area into a more vibrant downtown destination are picking up momentum.

Matkowski has several goals during his time as President/CEO of NCCC. One is to steer the organizations towards adapting to and serving small businesses and the community through COVID-19 and out of it. An item he has already started working on is pasting together a COVID-19 recovery taskforce, which includes keeping members and local businesses well informed on the benefits that exist for them. Previously, Matkowski served as Executive Director at the McGrath Family YMCA. He has over 15 years of nonprofit management experience and holds a bachelor of science degree in Business Management fro...