Forwarded from Friends of the Urban Forest: We’ve been doing some canvassing and email blasts to previous tree planters in the neighborhood but need your help to wrangle up more applications so that we can plant the trees this May. If you can help, please contact me at 415-268-0773 or email jasmine@fuf.net today. The […]
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Sup Sheehy local office hours
District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy will hold neighborhood office hours on Friday, March 24, at Higher Grounds coffee house, 691 Chenery St., 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Come meet with our neighborhood supervisor to discuss ideas and concerns.
New GP Supe holds office hours at Higher Grounds March 24
District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy will hold neighborhood office hours on Friday, March 24, at Higher Grounds coffee house, 691 Chenery St., 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Come meet with our neighborhood supervisor to discuss ideas and concerns.
Bosworth Bike Lane (Update)
Taking into account community concerns, the Glen Park Association’s Transportation Committee has been working with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to modify its original proposal to extend the bike lane on Bosworth Street. Here is a link to the proposed changes. Please read the committee’s position letter here. The SFMTA Board will consider the agency’s […]
Red-tailed hawks putting on remarkable territorial displays in Glen Canyon
By Murray Schneider Catherine Symon and her daughter, Natalie, experienced a unique event on January 24, as they left Glen Canyon’s Glenridge Nursery School. After school was dismissed, Symon accompanied four-year old Natalie along a path paralleling Alms Road, a path they’ve taken eight times a week for two years. “I heard a rustling of […]
DH Road Work – Update
Forwarded from SFPW: Diamond Heights Boulevard Pavement Renovation and Water Replacement Project A PROJECT OF THE CITY’S TEN-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN Construction Update #4 –March 7, 2017 Dear Neighbors, Construction is underway. Although the rains last month caused several delays, we have completed the first block of water-main work between Duncan St. and Carnelian Way […]
Walk: Glen Canyon Spiders
Saturday, March 18, 2017 10:00am to 12:30pm Join California Academy of Sciences arachnologist Darrell Ubick for a springtime trip in search of spiders. They are abundant in Glen Canyon Park—probably hundreds of thousands of individuals representing hundreds of species. We are sure to see a variety since Darrell knows where to look and how to […]
GP Author to Talk Books
Free Book Reading Saturday, March 4, 3 pm at St. Aidan’s, 101 Gold Mine Drive Glen Park Author Louise Nayer talks about her book, Burned: A Memoir A creative writing instructor for more than 40 years and the author of four books, Louise Nayer will talk about the art of creating a memoir and read excerpts from Burned. […]
FUF Planting in GP
Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) is organizing a tree planting in Glen Park on May 13. Apply by March 29. Planting costs a minimum of $135 and includes: A free site-inspection Tree species selection Concrete removal Tree and volunteers for tree planting 5 years of tree visits Interested? Contact FUF’s community outreach manager, Jasmine […]
Huge boulder plummets down side of Glen Canyon into path
By Murray Schneider A huge chunk of Franciscan chert rock plummeted from the eastern slopes of Glen Canyon to Alms Road sometime between February 15 and February 22. The ominous-looking boulder greeted a group of volunteers from Friends of Glen Canyon Park as they made their way along the fire road, destined for thickets of […]