What did the GPA accomplish for the neighborhood this year?
Quite a bit! And almost all of it involved partnerships. We can’t improve and inform the neighborhood without you, and we can’t do it without our partners (including our partners at City Hall and beyond). Please join us!
Here are some highlights:
Hosted four quarterly meetings that sometimes resulted in immediate improvements, like a larger stop sign and more visibility at Chenery and Elk and repaired lighting in the BART station. We connected you with leaders who influence Glen Park, like District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, new Ingleside Precinct Captain Gerald Newbeck, and BART Director Edward Wright.
Join us for our January 29 meeting at St. John School, 925 Chenery Street, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., to elect this year’s GPA officers and to hear from our local representatives, including City Attorney David Chiu!
The GPA also awarded two $1,500 grants to folks doing great work in the neighborhood: the Glen Park Greenway and Sunnyside Elementary School to fund its literary journal, The Ray (pages of which can be seen in businesses around Glen Park).
Partnered with Civic Joy Fund to host four Night Markets from June to September, three block parties and one fantastic Halloween on Haunted Chenery.
Partnered with Refuse Refuse to host 11 neighborhood cleanups, yielding 337 bags of trash, as well as three suitcases, a weed-whacker, an office chair, and two shopping carts.
Partnered with the Glen Park Greenway to provide insurance for its cleanups after its fiscal sponsor folded. During 2025, 115 people volunteered at the Greenway’s monthly Work Parties: more than in any year since the Greenway project began in 2012. Concrete aprons were placed where the trail joins Brompton, Lippard and Chilton, reducing the erosion of the trail at these locations.
We also partnered with the Bernal Cut Project, Glen Park Beautiful, Glen Park Neighborhood History Project, Upper Noe Neighbors and the Diamond Heights Community Association, advertising cleanups, events, and beautification projects.
Finally, we come to the blog itself, where we post breaking news, news you can use, monthly columns, plus the occasional story about interesting neighbors:
BREAKING NEWS
Police chase on San Jose Avenue results in a massive accident (Feb 17)
Seth Rogen & Olivia Wilde filming at Glen Park BART (May 21)
La Cigale opens – Glen Park’s newest restaurant (Oct 5)
NEWS YOU CAN USE
New Bikeshare Location (Feb 10)
Glen Park Grows Up? (April 8)
Bello Coffee is now making its own gelato (April 13)
Glen Canyon Park’s Community Mural Painting Day (May 6)
San Francisco Transportation Presentation (May 12)
Big changes come to Canyon Market (June 23)
Trees of Glen Park (July 21)
Short Notice: Falcon v. pigeons (Aug 12)
La Corneta celebrates 30 years in Glen Park (Sept 29)
Viking’s Giant Subs appears on social media (Sept 11)
Can you believe it? Glen Park is among the COOLEST neighborhoods IN THE WORLD! (Sept 25)
New yoga studio – Soluna – opening at old site of Glen Park Cleaners on Chenery Street (Oct 8)
Native Planting Day 12/9 at O’Shaughnessy Blvd. and Bosworth St (Nov 7)
Buddie’s Market gets a facelift (Dec 16)
Joe Schuver at Destination Bakery is laying down his rolling pin (Dec 20)
Glen Park had a moment in 2025 (Dec 23)
NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE
Charlie Vella, Local Legend (March 23)
Catching up with Bob Seiwald at age 100 (April 5)
Allie Light, longtime Glen Park resident and Oscar winner, dies at age 90 (Oct 13)
Kay Estey, major organizer and contributor for many Glen Park gardening beautification projects, dies at age 82 (Oct 29)
MONTHLY COLUMNS
Crime stats
Real estate
Library news
SFPD Ingleside Station newsletters
Greenway Work Party notices
If you are not already a member of the Glen Park Association, January is the time to join! Ten dollars ($10) will cover you for the entire year. Make a 2026 New Year’s resolution to join us with your ideas and talents to make Glen Park even better!