The Glen Park Association

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Archives for January 2016

Notes from the GPA Jan. 21, 2016 meeting

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NOTES FROM THE GLEN PARK ASSOCIATION MEETING January 21, 2016 By Bonnee Waldstein ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS: The first quarterly meeting of the Glen Park Association (GPA) kicked off with the election of officers. It was a mix of incumbents and new officers, elected unanimously: President – Michael Rice (12th year); Vice President – Scott […]

Contractor Set to Complete Creeks to Peaks Connector Trail

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Forwarded from The Recreation and Park Dept: http://sfrecpark.org/contractor-set-to-complete-creeks-to-peaks-connector-trail/ We are excited to report that thanks to support from the San Francisco Parks Alliance and an agreement with the San Francisco Unified School District, a contractor will very soon begin work on a critical section of our Creeks to Peaks trail corridor.The completed Creeks to Peaks […]

Help Improve RPP

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San Francisco’s Residential Parking Permit Program Wants to Hear from You4 Open Houses Scheduled For February & March 2016 The SFMTA wants to hear your ideas on how to update and improve its Residential Parking Permit program. The program has been largely unchanged for 39 years, even as San Francisco has changed considerably. The SFMTA […]

SJA Open House Summary

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San Jose Avenue Road Diet final open house January, 19, 2016 Glen Park Elementary School SFMTA and Caltrans had up boards describing 1) changes to Dolores where it meets San Jose Avenue, 2) the changes to SJA, 3) three options for fixing the freeway offramp and 4) some data. A spokesman said those boards would […]

Highland Bridge project update

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  Highland Avenue Bridge – Project update from Grace Moore, DPW, Grace.Moore@sfdpw.org   Dear Neighbors Phase I; traffic railing work is almost completed. This week you may see crews removing construction debris, restoring parking along Arlington Street and finish installing 4 new street lights. (see details below) Phase II; security fencing design work is completed. The […]

D8 Safety Meeting

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Thanks to Chris Faust of Upper Noe Neighbors (and more) for writing up this summary of the D8 Safety Meeting held Thursday: District 8 Safety Meeting January 14, 2016  – 6 pm Saint Philip the Apostle community room 725 Diamond St. San Francisco Jean Elle of NBC Bay Area was there. The story is at […]

GPA quarterly meeting

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Glen Park Association quarterly meeting Date: January 21, 2016 Time: 7:00 PM Place: The San Francisco Police Academy at 350 Amber Drive There are some road blockages, so we suggest using the following route: 1. Go up Diamond Heights Blvd. to Duncan Street. 2. Go left on Duncan Street, and continue on Duncan past the construction at […]

Hot history on a cold day in Glen Park

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  Story and photos by Murray Schneider   This winter 18 San Franciscans braved cold temperatures that dipped into the forties and listened to Evelyn Rose of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project spin tales from Glen Canyon’s past on one of her patented Glen Park history walks. Rose, who writes a Glen Park News […]

Diamond/Bosworth update

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From Kelley McCoy, SFMTA PR: I wanted to reach out and give a brief update about where we are on the last leg of the Glen Park Project: · We are still waiting on the final contractor’s schedule for the northeast (former Citibank building) corner. For now, there is no work planned for that corner. […]