Forwarded from Paul Matalucci, the neighborhood dynamo and organizing energy behind improvements to Diamond Heights Boulevard: Hello supporters of the Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Project, I’m pleased to let you know that our Phase 1 planting continues to look healthy and colorful more than two years after initial planting. (Phase 1, as you may recall, […]
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Free SF Mime Troupe show in Glen Canyon Park
Thanks to your GPA membership dollars, our neighborhood association was able to offer the SF Mime Troupe a $1,000 grant this year, and they were able to offer us a performance of this year’s show (“Schooled”) in Glen Canyon Park. Join your neighbors and friends in the park this Saturday, August 13, for the free show! Music […]
Glen Park BART board seat up for grabs
BART’s District 9 board seat, held for almost 20 years by Tom Radulovich, is up for grabs. Radulovich has announced he will not seek re-election. The seat covers BART’s 16th Street Mission, 24th Street Mission, Glen Park, Civic Center, and Powell Street stations, as well as a portion of the Balboa Park station. At least three people have announced […]
Political Forum with Chiu and Wiener
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 […]
3 Injured in GP Vehicle Rollover
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 […]
Input On Chief of Police Selection
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 […]
GPA Quarterly Meeting Notes
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 […]
String of trails addition helps connect Glen Park
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, […]
New Trees May Be Planted in Glen Park Soon
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 […]
S/B Ocean Ave Offramp Closures
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 […]