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Glen Park Farmers’ Market gets “thumbs up, plus!”

May 16, 2011 by Elizabeth Weise

Photo by Lewison Lem

by Ashley Hathaway

Despite Old Man Winter delivering unseasonal chill and rain just hours before, the first-ever Glen Park Farmers’ Market offically opened at 10am Sunday May 15th in the Glen Park BART parking lot at Bosworth and Diamond Streets.  Market goers quickly warmed up to the unique shopping experience a local Farmers’ Market brings, and as luck would have it, the sun came out and it fitfully felt like Springtime.

John Silveira of the Pacific Coast Farmer’s Market Association began the opening  ribbon-cutting ceremony with a brief introduction to an attentive crowd.  Glen Park Merchants Association President Ric Lopez was next to speak, giving thanks to the community and others who supported the project, including Silveira and Glen Park Association President Michael Rice. The GPMA spearheaded the process.

Lopez then introduced San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, and after a roaring cheer from the crowd, Lee thanked both Silveira and Lopez then said “I’m a big fan of strong neighborhoods and this makes our neighborhood really strong, and of course makes my wife happy too.”   Lee’s wife Anita expressed her delight with the market saying “I love it!  I like to get fresh food every day and I would go to the Alameny market – but the parking is so hard – this is right here and I can walk!”

Lee thanked Supervisor Scott Wiener and Distric Attorney George Gascon – both present for the ceremony – as well as the participating vendors and dedicated shoppers.

Wiener also spoke and emphasized how optimistic he is about Glen Park and how the Farmers Market is a part of that enthusiasm: “We are seeing a trend to getting back to the basics of what we used to know how to do fifty or a hundred years ago and then we lost touch with, and that is having great public spaces where we get out regularly and we get to know our neighbors and we have a real strong community, and farmer’s markets are a big part of that.”

He added “I think it’s also a part of a real renaissance in Glen Park – we’re going to see improvements in the canyon – improvements by the BART station – we already have a terrific branch library here, and this neighborhood is on the way up, even higher than it already is, and that’s pretty high!”

Photo by Lewison Lem

Simiular sentiments came from Glen Park residents like Rose Berryessa who said “This is bringing everyone together and I give it a thumbs up plus!”

Twenty-year Glen Park neighbor Kym Sites said she thinks it’s great and “we’re all excited about it.”

There were over 20 vendors offering everything from berries, cherries and fresh-cut flowers to hand-made goat cheese and wild local salmon.  Leafy greens like dandelion and dino kale were just about as popular as the organic stawberries and white peaches.

Steve Dugan of Glen Park’s Mizpah Street said “I like the consistant high-quality of the produce here versus having to pick through more produce at the Alameny market to find the higher-quality items”.

JoHannah Adams-King of Diamond Street described the market as “marvelous” but wished her dog could have come in with her to shop.  She thought at the very least a designated place for dogs should be available within the parking lot. Smoking and dogs are not allowed in the Farmer’s Market shopping area.

The Glen Park Farmers’ Market will be open on the BART parking lot Sunday’s from 10am to 2pm through October 16th, 2011.  For more information on this and other local Bay Area farmer’s markets, go to http://www.pcfma.com/markets.php

Photo by Lewison Lem

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Saturday’s Glen Park Greenway Work Party is Cancelled.

“I’m very sorry to say that
we have cancelled our Work Party for this Saturday July 12, along with all organized volunteer activity on the Greenway until further notice.
As you may have read in the news, our fiscal sponsor, San Francisco Parks Alliance (SFPA), has shut itself down. Just as SFPA has shut itself down, the Greenway, as an organized part of SFPA, has also been “shut down.” We are busy looking for a suitable alternative fiscal sponsor that is willing to replace SFPA. That search is going well but it is a slow process. We had hoped to find temporary ways to enable the Greenway project to function responsibly as a community activity without a fiscal sponsor. Sadly, despite our best efforts and the help of many others in Glen Park, we have failed. That is why we must cancel our Saturday Work Party and discontinue future work parties and other organized volunteer activity on the Greenway (like weeding and watering) until further notice. We recognize that the Greenway is public open space and that the organizers of the Greenway project have no control over the activities of you or of anyone else on the Greenway. However, if you do venture onto the Greenway to satisfy your urge for outdoor recreation, please be aware that your activity is not in any way organized or sanctioned by the organizers of the Glen Park Greenway project. I’m well aware of the efforts that many of the
Greenway’s supporters are making to get the Greenway organized with a new fiscal sponsor and I’m confident that this will be arranged within weeks or perhaps a few months.
However long it takes, I will contact you with news of our progress.
Many thanks for all that you do for the Greenway.”

Nicholas Dewar, volunteer Project Director

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Wonder what’s stopping just organizing it separate from that non-profit. It seems like the volunteers largely come from Glen Park.

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It was a beautiful day for the annual #july4th celebration on Laidley street!

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