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Archives for July 2016

Political Forum with Chiu and Wiener

July 31, 2016 by Heather World

Supervisor Scott Wiener will join Assembly Member David Chiu at a forum where community members can learn about Assembly Member. Chiu’s work in Sacramento and provide feedback on issues of concern to them, at the state or local level. The forum will be on Saturday, August 20, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Upper […]

Filed Under: Meeting announcement, Uncategorized

3 Injured in GP Vehicle Rollover

July 27, 2016 by Heather World

A long-time Glen Park neighbor lost control of her Volvo coming down Whitney Street and plowed into several parked cars before rear-ending and tipping a Mini Cooper and finally crashing into a parked car near the bottom of the street. Three people, including the Volvo driver, were injured but none severely, according to witnesses.   This […]

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Input On Chief of Police Selection

July 27, 2016 by Heather World

Forwarded from NextDoor, posted there by SFPD: Community Input Regarding Chief of Police Selection Process The purpose of this post is to inform you about the recruitment process for the San Francisco Chief of Police and ask for your help in soliciting community input. To complement the comprehensive recruitment process for your next Chief of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: community survey, SFPD

GPA Quarterly Meeting Notes

July 27, 2016 by Bonnee Waldstein

By Bonnee Waldstein The summer meeting covered a number of topics, new and old, that are of interest to Glen Park. GPA GRANTS GPA President Michael Rice presented a two thousand dollar grant from the GPA to the San Francisco Mime Troupe, who will perform in Glen Canyon Park in August. The grant will defray the […]

Filed Under: Meeting Summaries, Uncategorized Tagged With: CleanPowerSF, FUF, SFMTA

String of trails addition helps connect Glen Park

July 25, 2016 by Elizabeth Weise

Story and photos by Murray Schneider While not exactly a stairway to heaven, the recently completed Beacon Trail is comprised of 74 steps, which ascend to Diamond Heights’ Walter Haas Playground from Upper Noe’s Beacon Street. More about the opening here. The latest addition to the Recreation and Park Department’s greenbelt mosaic of connector trails, […]

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New Trees May Be Planted in Glen Park Soon

July 18, 2016 by Bonnee Waldstein

By Bonnee Waldstein At the summer meeting of the Glen Park Association last Thursday, president Michael Rice announced that Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF), which works with neighborhoods to increase street tree planting in San Francisco, will have a tree-planting day in September. The area will encompass the neighborhoods of Glen Park, Miraloma, and […]

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S/B Ocean Ave Offramp Closures

July 18, 2016 by Heather World

Forwarded from NextDoor, which forwarded from Westwood Park Association, which forwarded from SFMTA. If you have comments or questions, please contact Cristina Padilla of SFMTA, whose information is at the bottom of her message. ——————- I am reaching out from the SFMTA to inform you about some upcoming construction impacts as part of the Balboa Park Station […]

Filed Under: SFMTA, Uncategorized

Beacon Street Trail Opening

July 17, 2016 by Heather World

By Chris Faust Thanks to local resident, tireless volunteer and faithful correspondentChris Faust of Upper Noe Neighbors/Friends of Noe Valley Rec Center/Friends of Upper Noe Dog Owners Group for providing this account of the opening of the Beacon Street Trail! See a slideshow of Chris’s pictures from the day on the Upper Noe Neighbors Facebook page. […]

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Closures Affect GP BART service

July 15, 2016 by Heather World

There will be no service between Daly City and GP BART on specific weekends. Please click on the detailed flyer attached. (We didn’t get a text version.)   gp_bart_service1

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BART

Glen Park Hardware retirement party

July 13, 2016 by Elizabeth Weise

A crowd of dozens of well wisher came to Glen Park Hardware on on Saturday, July 9 to say good-bye to Hal and Susan Tauber who are retiring after 38 years of supplying the neighborhood with everything from nails to mouse traps to mops. The party was catered by many neighborhood restaurants. The owners of the building next […]

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Garden in the Sunnyside Conservatory Saturday, July 23rd.

July 9, 2016 by Elizabeth Weise

Greetings to all Gardeners and Willing Weed Pullers; Please join us and garden in the Sunnyside Conservatory between 9:00 AM and noon on Saturday, July 23rd. If you can’t spend the entire time in the garden, please note…we are grateful for any time you can spare to help out. The grass continues to grow.  Your […]

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GPA July Meeting

July 6, 2016 by Heather World

Glen Park  Association Quarterly Meeting July 14, 2016 – 7:00 pm St. John School (Please enter from Chenery Street) Agenda GPA updates 2016 GPA Grant Program Award to the San Francisco Mime Troupe Neighborhood updates District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener CleanPowerSF San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) representatives will discuss and answer questions about CleanPowerSF, […]

Filed Under: Meeting announcement, Uncategorized

SFMTA to Pilot GP Route for Shuttles

July 6, 2016 by Heather World

  Corporate shuttle buses will test the Glen Park BART station as a pick up and drop off location starting July 11, according to a memo circulated to Genentech employees in late June. Buses longer than 35 feet quit using the street in February of this year when the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency rolled out […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bosworth, Diamond, SFMTA, traffic

BART Service Disruption

July 1, 2016 by Heather World

Forwarded from BART: BART will have no trains running between Daly City BART Station and Glen Park BART Station on multiple weekends between the end of July and October. BART must perform critical track safety repairs between those stations as well as station improvements at Balboa Park Station. There will be some accommodation for passengers […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BART

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