The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, October 29, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, October 30, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Transportation Authority – Vision Zero Committee will meet Wednesday, October 31, 8:35 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. […]
Archives for October 2018
Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting Roundup
BIKE SHARE PROGRAM: The hot button issue at the October 18 meeting was bike share in Glen Park. SFMTA has engaged the organization, Motivate, to manage the bike share program in San Francisco and other cities, utilizing Ford GoBikes at docked stations. Ford’s title sponsorship provides the bikes at no cost to the City. […]
Arlington Clean-Up Nov. 10!
Join your neighbors as the city’s Fix-It Team leads another cleanup of the Arlington Cut November 10 from 9 a.m. to noon. Since April 2018, Glen Park neighbors and the city have trimmed vegetation, laid mulch, and picked up litter twice in an effort to make the walkway connecting San Jose Ave to Arlington Street cleaner […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Dalere’s Beauty Salon, oldest business in Glen Park, gets a visit from the Mayor
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Fifty years ago, a lot was happening in the world and in San Francisco. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. The Beatles released the White Album […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
Here are the findings from the city’s stationless shared bike pilot. You can expect to see twice the number of red Jump bikes around the city for the next phase. The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, October 22. 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. Of note (item 180939): […]
Haunting Chenery Street on October 31!
Thanks to the Glen Park Association, SFPD Captain Jack Hart and Liveable Streets, this year Chenery Street between Diamond and Elk will be officially closed on Halloween so the mob of trick-or-treating tykes can rove safely through the neighborhood. Click on the picture of the map below to get a PDF version you can actually […]
Come to the GPA quarterly meeting! Thursday, October 18
We have a great program lined up! Thursday, October 18, 7:00 pm, Glen Canyon Park Rec Center Here’s the agenda: Motivate/SFMTA – Bike share program in Glen Park Captain Hart – Chenery Street closure on Halloween/other items Assemblyman David Chiu legislative update and Q&A Glen Park Association – Amendments and changes to Bylaws We’ll have […]
24th Annual Fall Native Plant Sale
Yerba Buena Chapter of the California Native Plant Society presents: 24th Annual Fall Native Plant Sale 11am – 4pm, Saturday, October 27, 2018 Generously hosted by the Miraloma Park Improvement Club 350 O’Shaughnessy Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94127 Fall is the BEST time to introduce native plants into your gardens Celebrate Bay Area Biodiversity Go […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, October 15, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Transportation Authority Board will meet Tuesday, October 16, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. 9. Update on the Effects of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) on Roadway Congestion and Reliability – INFORMATION […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: More about the SF tree maintenance program: A personal story
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. It’s not often that you post a story of general interest and live it out yourself a couple of days later. That’s what happened with the post linking to the SF Chronicle story […]
Tree trimming trials and tribulations
(Editor’s note: The SF Chronicle has hit the stands with another story that’s close to the hearts of Glen Parkers — the last one being about BART parking lots. We’re now linking you to this story, even though, well, it’s the Chron and is widely available for all to read…but now you can also read […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The Board of Supervisor meetings for next week are cancelled in celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day/Italian American Heritage Day. The SFMTA Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee will meet Tuesday, October 9, 6 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. No agenda at this point. The Board of Appeals will meet Wednesday, October 10, 5 p.m., in City Hall, room […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Departed pets live on in Day of the Dead display
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. For the second year, and by popular demand, Critter Fritters manager Tony has assembled a Day of the Dead display of some of Glen Park’s dear departed best friends. The Day […]
BART will be allowed to develop its parking lots
There’s a “not to be missed” article in the SF Chronicle about BART being given the green light to develop its parking lots for housing around transit hubs. Over many years, Glen Parkers have been interested in the BART lot in our neighborhood. Here’s the link to what may come to Glen Park in the […]