tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42079794629297854832024-03-14T04:32:06.872-07:00It's what community looks like...It's what community looks likehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459536543476142763noreply@blogger.comBlogger741125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4207979462929785483.post-46631339297838913442014-01-24T16:40:00.001-08:002014-01-24T16:40:25.206-08:00Bayview holidays spirited<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether you saw the bell-shaped lights along part of 3rd Street, attended a "Winter Wonderland" event on Mendell Plaza and at the Bayview Opera House, joined a community organization sharing its own holiday expression, or just hung out with residents who took the time to dress themselves, their homes and their blocks for the season ... Bayview was showing its spirit throughout the holiday season.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After years of attempts, Winter Wonderland emerged as the first City-supported event in the neighborhood that drew a real crowd. It had some folks talking about Bayview's "tipping points." It had others who might have talked about such things just having fun for a change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stalwart public officials, long-committed to the Bayview neighborhood's transformation, were thrilled. They had thrown a lot of parties over the years, and sometimes wondered why they bothered since the neighborhood so often failed to show up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Local businesses vended their wares both inside the Bayview Opera House and in a tent on Mendell Plaza. Entrepreneurs have been connecting through efforts that go by various names and that "pop-up" at various locations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Broader Bayview expressed the spirit, too! Signs of the holidays could be spotted far from 3rd Street. Silver Terrace neighbors decorated their homes together, and children made a holiday tree out of the fig tree in the Quesada Garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Youth services providers gathered at the Southeast Community Facility for a pot luck holiday gathering. BMagic brought them together, as the organization has done in all sorts of ways for years, to support justice causes and the neighborhood's commitment to children, youth and their families.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Quesada Gardens Initiative builds community in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. www.quesadagardens.org</div>It's what community looks likehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459536543476142763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4207979462929785483.post-15629270363253037372014-01-23T16:50:00.000-08:002014-01-24T11:39:29.839-08:00Butterflies in Bayview<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later that day, a bit of online research turned up information about the gulf fritillary which likes Passion Flower leaves. Voila! The creature I photographed was not more than 5 feet from the rambunctious Passion Flower plant vining up the garden fence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still, I'm no expert at identifying insects, and thought I should check with someone who is. <b>Peter Brastow</b>, Senior Biodiversity Coordinator for Department of the Environment, responded to my questions about Bayview butterflies immediately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You are correct about the passion flower vine and the gulf fritillary which is actually, interestingly, our only non-native butterfly," he wrote in an email.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Regarding butterflies specifically in Bayview," he went on, "the Sandhill Skipper flies in the saltmarshes since its host plant is saltgrass, and the western pygmy blue flies there as well since its host plant is pickleweed."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though my mystery was solved, I was happy to hear from another local luminary in the world of butterfly experts, <b>Liam O'Brien</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"How fortuitous!" Liam began. "I walked Yosemite Slough TODAY diligently dedicated to learning my birds and, boom! A female Brephidium exile: the Western Pygmy Blue. Our only Lycaenid (blues, coppers & hairstreaks) that overwinters (if you can call what we are experiencing "winter"?...) as the adult before you. A real find and quite Germaine to this conversation."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beauty, it seems, comes naturally to Bayview, and often in small sizes and unexpected places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121127191804/http://natureinthecity.org/publications.php" target="_blank">See more</a> information in the archives of Nature in the City.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I moved to the Bayview in 2008, I discovered that my dog Danny and I could walk two blocks down Van Dyke to the end, pick our way around the ever-present illicit garbage dump, slip past the fence and the junkyard with its cats, and find ourselves in a beautiful wild area on Yosemite Slough. It didn’t have a name for me then, it was just “the wild area at the end of the street where I take my dog.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I met a chef who showed me pictures on his phone of his underground locovore restaurant. I met a young couple, clearly still in love, and their enormous, jolly black dog. I ran into one of the many artists from the studio across the street (Cataclysmic Megashear Ranch), and occasionally a friendly neighbor whose name I regretfully never learned. There was a frightening Rottweiler-Pit mix, off-leash, whose owner did not seem to have control or responsibility for his companion. But the area was wonderful for the sense of freedom, a convenient place two minutes away from my door. Danny ran free, chased rabbits, and smelled the flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The area has become the San Francisco Estuary Project in partnership with <a href="http://www.calparks.org/programs/improving/candlestick-point-state.html" target="_blank">California State Parks</a>. According to their website:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So no more off-leash dog walks. But I wonder, could this be a milestone in the environmental cleanup of the neighborhood, and a gift to the entire Bay Delta?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dog-owners still visit. The garbage at the cul-de-sac is mostly gone, for now; all buildings have been removed, and there are no more wildflowers or invasive pampas-grass. The ground has been ploughed under, leaving a hard corrugated effect that is a danger to my dog and his bad knees. But that is what comes with phase one of the project, and what creates the foundation for the landscape to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The coastline is carefully delineated and re-formed, so the tides will flow cleanly and create new homes for migratory birds and sea-life. <a href="http://www.sfestuary.org/our-projects/habitat-restoration/yosemiteslough/" target="_blank">The slough</a> is part of the underground water system that runs from the Bayview to the Presidio, where the indigenous Ohlone once had summer camps. If all goes according to plan, soon there will be a visitor center and disability access, and the land will be actively protected and maintained.<br /> <br />I have taken my students to the other end of the system and to Heron’s Head Park many times. It is interesting to imagine the network of water that runs under the city, and the river that rushed down what is now 18th Street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m glad that Yosemite Slough has been adopted. While I’m sad that Danny has lost an off-leash playground, I know that, with all the other parks in the area, he and I will do fine. I do wonder how the project fits in with other projects, projects that focus on people as well as the birds. I wonder how many other neighbors know about the project, and what their perspective might be.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Quesada Gardens Initiative builds community in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. www.quesadagardens.org</div>It's what community looks likehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459536543476142763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4207979462929785483.post-23978395239028780242014-01-23T15:53:00.001-08:002014-01-24T10:42:15.860-08:00India Basin Neighborhood Coalition at Speakeasy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The India Basin Neighborhood Coalition will host its annual General Meeting on </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday, February 1st</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> beginning at </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4pm</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> at Speakeasy Ales and Lager (</span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1195 Evans</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">IBNA's <b>Sean Karlin</b> describes India Basin as "that small strip of neighborhood between 3rd and the Shipyard."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It may not be big, but it's in the middle of some big changes at Hunters Point and all along the waterfront.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One highlight of the upcoming meeting, Sean tells Footprints, is a screening of a video done to advocate that the City acquire the Shipwright's Cottage. Other topics of interest to IBNA is the completion of the Blue-Greenway bike path and the improvement of sidewalks and utilities in the area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The group will also review past accomplishments and future plans. Supervisor Malia Cohen is expected to speak. And, since the meeting is being held at Speakeasy, drinking beer made the agenda.<br /><br /><a href="mailto:seandkarlin@earthlink.net" target="_blank">Email Sean</a> for more information </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/IndiaBasinNeighborhoodAssociation" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">visit IBNA online</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you know the roots of the coast redwood tree (scientific name:<i> Sequoia sempervirens</i>) don’t go deeper than 12 feet into the ground, even though they are the tallest trees in the world? (San Francisco City Hall = 308 feet; Tallest redwood = 379 feet)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being so top heavy, redwoods must intertwine their roots with other nearby trees so they don’t blow over when the wind kicks up. On the other hand, some plants choose to go deep instead, such as the garden-variety carrot (<i>Daucus carota</i>), which can push its thin, hair-like taproot into the soil up to 7 feet deep for stability.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there is mycelium (pronounced <i>mahy-<b>see</b>-lee-uh-m</i>) – the white thread-like bits you find when digging in moist topsoil. As it turns out, nearly every plant on earth has a special relationship with fungi where its root-like mycelium delivers water and essential nutrients to the plants’ roots in exchange for the carbs the plants make through photosynthesis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just as there is a huge diversity in the way plants make and use their roots, there are as many types of gardeners here in Bayview. Some gardeners like to plant in rows, others plant where there is a need for color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Personally, I’m a lazy gardener, allowing many of my plants to grow until their seeds mature and reseed for the next year. Some of my neighbors on Silver Terrace seem to keep after their backyard gardens more actively. I can see plants that look like they have received regular attention: a walnut tree, rose bushes, nopales, citrus, chickens, and a host of other vegetables, fruits and flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While most of us enjoy simply going ‘our own way’ in our gardens, perhaps we can be more successful if we join forces - just like the redwoods that support each other and the mycelium that shares its resources with nearby plants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently attended a few <a href="http://southeastfoodaccess.org/category/urban-ag" target="_blank">SEFA</a> urban agriculture-focused events, and at each there was a call by 94124 gardeners for more sharing of resources so we don’t keep “reinventing the wheel.” Thus, a few of us 94124 gardeners have decided to use existing local resources to help address this need.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To start, Bayview Footprints is hosting this monthly garden-related column, which will include garden and event spotlights, local news, seasonal planting guides, interviews with residents, and more. Quesada Gardens’ neighbors are also working on getting a bulletin board or virtual “Trading Post” on the BayviewFootprints.org community portal website so that we can all post garden-related items we need or have to share.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also would like to invite you to be a part of the first in-person “Trading Post.” Starting on February 6th, we will be hosting a table once a month at the <a href="http://bayviewunderground.wordpress.com/events/market/" target="_blank">Bayview Underground Food Scene</a> Pop-Up Market, where southeast gardeners can meet, share resources (Got extra greens? Got a truck to haul compost? Got a sore back? Yeah, me too!), and discuss what is or isn’t working in our gardens. We expect to have occasional expert special guests. Bring your pruning shears to the February 6th event. We’ll have a file you can use for sharpening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please note that, while a variety of vendors are at the <b>Bayview Opera House</b> every Thursday from<b> 5 to 7:30 pm</b>, we will be there <b>only the first Thursday of the month</b>. If all goes well, we hope to start meeting once a month at a different Bayview garden to give a helping hand while sharing and learning together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come join us at the first Trading Post on <b>February 6th</b> – and just like those redwood trees, let’s stand tall and support each other. Welcome to the Bloom of Bayview.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have reported that the active outdoor play of children on Quesada Avenue is happening for the first time in decades. But gardening? That's usually a tough sell.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not anymore. New(ish) Quesada Gardens hero Patrick Rhodes has not only been making the center section of the urban median strip garden something special, but he has won over a crowd of youngsters who can't wait for the next time to work with him.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I love gardening," David told everyone who was listening last Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I found the biggest squash EVER," Dylan said.</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nina is a gentle creature who doesn't mind exchanging kisses with new human friends or tail-wags with other dogs. Nina has been slowing pedestrian traffic in the heart of Bayview as most everyone who passes stops to be introduced.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Transfiguration</i>, the Pier 92 art project by <b>Laura Haddad</b> and <b>Tom Drugan</b> is complete. The new column of color rising from its location at Amador near 3rd Street is drawing far more attention than what had been a relatively inconspicuous grain silo not long ago.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://quesadagardensblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/seattle-artists-to-transform-gateway-to.html" target="_blank">See more about the art project</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The <b>All Hallow's Church </b>steeple in the foreground got a fresh coat of paint earlier this month.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>The Village Project</b> and the <b>Bayview YMCA </b>are leading the local Kwanzaa celebration again this year.<br /><br />The 8th annual San Francisco Kwanzaa celebration kicked off at City Hall on Dec. 26th at an event including a celebration of life for Bayview hero <b>Linda Brooks-Burton</b>. YMCA of San Francisco District Vice President <b>Gina Fromer </b>will contributed a special presentation at the Westbay Community Center.<br /><br />Kwanzaa is a seven day celebration that highlights seven principles. This year's Kwanzaa events included <b>Yeni Lasero </b>(pictured left) at the Bayview YMCA on December 27th, and IMANI (faith) on Tuesday January 1st at 2pm at the <b>Bayview Opera House</b>.<br /><br />Ceremonies were led by <b>Brotha' Clint</b>, <b>Kwanza Morton</b> and <b>Malik Seneferu</b>. Each event included a candle lighting and pouring of libation ceremony, live entertainment, and a feast.<br /><br />For more information, visit <a href="http://www.kwanzaasanfrancisco.com/" target="_blank">Kwanzaa San Francisco</a> online, or call 415.424.2980.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Anyone who has been part of a Bayview community planning process in the
past 20 years or so has probably heard someone suggest we bring back holiday
decorations on 3rd Street. Longtime residents remember those annual
decorations fondly from decades ago when the <b>Bayview Merchants' Association </b>worked with 3rd Street businesses to make the corridor jolly.<br />
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Kudos to the organizers who made the festive bell-shaped lights on 3rd and
around Mendel Plaza and the <b>Bayview Opera House</b> happen after all these
years!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">The Christmas tree on Mendel Plaza is the <i>second</i> annual tree. So
pile the kudos higher! A tree-lighting event was held on Friday, November
22nd with support from the historic <b>Bayview Merchants' Association</b>, the <b>City's <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.sfartscommission.org/CAE/category/bayview-arts-initiative/3rd-on-third/" target="_blank">Third on 3rd</a></span></b>,
<b>Supervisor Malia Cohen</b>, and the <b>Bayview YMCA</b>. </span><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001287YKizk3kMm14PrP8k-g-Jme_7goLdKfnBE4RCWSgDUVQeZBGcaLl-ljIi3w9VKnZxp2n0lQodqnt4JH8z57RXk6z6HGOVPPhWgGlOVhcL6n6s-x-pzFhzvGnfzsT7TxW1PxyWEKiDlUSI4PQmW5pPk3_fMWhLAlFXVJdJBXb2KEfczKNX6vo-JLrzL6M-njPnZvD4xuyGef4soYkDiIkslJzvxaCiPJYmOtRd2BtOkoxfb3rsCPyjF73Amzw_RAmWdL_F7jr0tySkxE0eDOU4T5e2zCxU_APia_ZpeY3qTnt4dJmTNc0Gr74cWI8JdkN9MmdvHJnjThnov0wVgE1E9vV7M3bcXTW652Rc_6LE=" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 115%;">More about
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While 3rd Street may not resemble the North Pole, Bayview's
spirit and drive to restore its historic luster are up in lights for all to
see. <br />
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<b>NaVorro Bowman</b> hosted a toy drive yesterday for over 200 kids at Hunters
Point. The popular 49ers player was working through the <b>49ers
Foundation</b> in partnership with the <b>Bayview YMCA</b> and<b> Urban Ed
Academy</b>. According to his publicist, Bowman was interested in helping
because he is himself a product of a boys and girls club.<br />
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Bayview's holiday spirit is just as evident in the many holiday celebrations
that businesses and community groups are hosting this time of year.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Folks in Bayview have loudly and colorfully loved their team since the 49ers put down roots at Candlestick in 1960. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But that and the City's attempt to redevelop the Candlestick site around a new 49ers stadium weren't enough to keep the team from sliding south. Bayview's 49ers fandom is sure to suffer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On Sunday, Ken Butler was looking forward to <i>Monday Night Football</i> and the last time the 49ers would play Candlestick. Ken lives across from the Bridgeview Garden, where the stadium has been part of the view since it was built.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Going to games has been a family tradition," he said. "We've had tickets for 20 years."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If Bayview's love affair with the 49ers isn't ending, it is on the rocks. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Butler family isn't buying seats at the new Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. They're too expensive. And the luxury of passing the line of cars while walking back from a game can't be replaced.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Locals who have worked at Candlestick have been told they would have to reapply for their jobs, and that those jobs would pay less since San Francisco's minimum wage is higher than Santa Clara's.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some heavy machinery to clear the site after the old stadium is demolished in February is already in place. Plans for a new mixed use development are in place too. And the reshaping of San Francisco's southeast corner continues.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig tree at Quesada Gardens gets into the season with help from Meah, Ava, and a lot of their neighbors.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Band on Mendell Plaza plays as part of Winter Wonderland event.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ice skating in Bayview? Yup!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The line to sit on Santa's knee was long at times, but no one minded.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olivia, Sophie, Teresa, and Lisa pause at the Bayview Merchants market at the Bayview Opera House.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bayview youth serve up the eats. Note Malik Seneferu's artwork in the background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antoinette Mobley dresses for the occasion, and for the upcoming 49ers game.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santa's helper guards Santaland with a smile.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pile of real snow, like the snow ball this youth is holding, was one of the most popular attractions again this year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barbara Ockel is about to leave for Germany, but not before bringing a traditional German-style market to Winter Wonderland. Danielle Satinover, with the festive red bow, was taking a break from the popular snow pile she coordinated again this year.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://quesadagardensblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/snow-in-bayview.html" target="_blank">Click here to see more about last year's snow fest</a>! </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrepreneur Heather Jones, Andrea Baker (Andrea Baker Consulting) and LaShon Walker (Bayview Merchants' Association) take a break from commerce in the outdoor market at the Winter Wonderland event.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lyslynn LaCoste (BMagic) helps Winter Wonderland's emcee keep the spirit warm with a wave and smile.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tree on Mendell Plaza was lit for the occasion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locals Jim Ansbro and Diego Sanchez enjoyed the Wonderland scene.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So were the holiday bell lights.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BMagic's holiday pot luck at the Southeast Community Facility was well attended by youth service providers and the community that loves them. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lyslynn LaCoste at the holiday pot luck for BMagic (which she directs).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ted Fang talks about the Green Initiative for Asian Families which is developing an Asian-themed open space project in Bayview.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The children of Quesada Gardens hang a message from the garden's holiday fig tree.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the heels of a promotional "teaser campaign" in social media, the </span><a href="http://www.quesadagardensstore.com/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Quesada Gardens General Store</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> opened today. The General Store is an ecommerce site created for the sale of products from San Francisco's southeastern corner. A portion of General Store profits will benefit </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the nonprofit </span><a href="http://www.quesadagardens.org/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Quesada Gardens Initiative</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Products now on the <i>shelves </i>of the new online store include Quesada Gardens very own line of jams and honeys, T-shirts and tote bags.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One early customer, QGI Board Member Leah Pimentel, said, "the honey is the best I've ever tasted."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quesada Gardens' Bayview Jams are getting good reviews too. Three varieties ... strawberry, plum and peach ... are available. They are made from berries sourced at the SF Wholesale Produce Market, just a few blocks from the gardens, when those berries are too ripe for sale but perfect for immediate jam-making.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The workers behind store development are <b>Jeffrey Betcher</b> and <b>Brandon Oldham</b>. Both have put down roots in Bayview, and are part of Quesada Gardens Initiative. They are also business partners in a new local apparel business called YamStreet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"YamStreet is our skin in the game," Jeffrey said at December's Quesada Gardens Initiative meeting at the home of Board Member Kathy Looper. "Thirty percent of YamStreet's profits through the store will go directly to maintaining the store and the community building projects of Quesada Gardens in the heart of Bayview."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While Bayview and Quesada Gardens stand to gain from the new ecommerce site, all of the start-up costs associated with the General Store are being paid from an equity line Jeffrey has taken out against his house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We've tried most everything <i>except </i>product sales to fund Quesada Gardens' work," Jeffrey said. "</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Governmental and foundation grants are tough for community emergent projects like ours to land. And while e</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">very donation from a Member feels great, let's face it, the neighborhood isn't known for wealthy people."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YamStreet's first product, <i>Yammies ... PJ bottoms for local living</i>, is in production for sale in the coming weeks. <i>Yammies</i> and other apparel products now in development will be promoted leading up to Valentine's Day when the company will launch more formally.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Longer-range plans for the Quesada Gardens General Store include opening a T-shirt aisle for the sale of community-based organizations' T shirts, participating in pop-up store events, and working toward establishing a public benefit corporation (B Corp).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the New Year, the project organizers plan to add other businesses from the southeastern part of the City to grow the store into a collective of makers. They are curating the General Store to eliminate product duplication, ensure businesses are in production and meet all the requirements that come with doing business in San Francisco. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Quesada Gardens General Store has been under construction for months, and has had the support of key pro bono contributors such as global apparel merchandising expert <b>Jeff Harlowe</b>, Hult International School graduate <b>Mohammed Shaharil Makol Abdul</b>, Bayview YMCA's <b>Gina Fromer </b>and <b>Neal Hatten</b>, SF Wholesale Produce General Manager <b>Michael Janis</b>, </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bayview Hunters Point Foundation's <b>Jacob Moody </b>and <b>Kim Shine</b>, <b>Matt Wujek </b>and other University of SF service-learning students, and apparel business leaders who are part of the local trade association<b> PeopleWearSF</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Quesada Gardens Initiative just got word it will receive a <b>2013 Environmental Achievement Award</b> from the <b>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Region</b>.</span></span></div>
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is the only San Francisco organization to be selected, and is one of
eight awardees in the Pacific Southwest. The award recognizes
exceptional work and commitment to protecting the environment and
supporting communities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Award
winners are leaders who are going above and beyond to make big moves to
protect the environment and support local communities,” said <b>Jared Blumenfeld</b>,
EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest, in today's
press release. “Work by these groups will leave a positive, lasting
impact on us all for years to come."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Quesada Gardens Initiative and the organization's director Jeffrey Betcher were nominated for the award by <b>Dr. Toye Moses</b>, Executive Director of the <b>Southeast Community Facility</b>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The award is not a monetary award. A presentation event is yet to be announced. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1107467178494-535/QGI-Betcher+to+DoE+Commission+12-3-2013.pdf" target="_blank">A QGI presentation to the SF Department of the Environment Commission</a> (December 3rd, 2013)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two <b>San Francisco
Brown Bombers Youth Dance</b> teams won first place at the <i>Norcal Cheer and
Dance Championships</i>. That means those teams have earned the right to
advance to the <i>American Youth Football and Cheer National Championships</i>
in Orlando, Florida next month.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congratulations to the
young dancers and the all-volunteer Bombers' staff who have been working since
September to prepare for the competition.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cost to attend the
national competition is about $1,000 per person. Donations can be made by
check ("SF Brown Bombers") mailed to PO Box 880697 SF CA 94188.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Center for Youth Wellness</b> has moved
to its new location at 3450 3rd Street, Building 2, Suite 201. The
organization is hosting a celebratory reception on<b> December 10th</b> from
9:30 to 11am.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Center for Youth
Wellness is a health organization imbedded in a primary care pediatric home
serving children and families in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. It was
created to respond to an emerging understanding of how early adversity harms
the developing brains and bodies of children.</span></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Quesada Gardens Initiative builds community in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. www.quesadagardens.org</div>It's what community looks likehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459536543476142763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4207979462929785483.post-53645241855124463892013-12-02T12:43:00.000-08:002013-12-12T15:28:28.963-08:00Kiva Zip helps Bayview businesses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>by Amy Lambert</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Kiva Zip Fellow</i></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Organizers from Kiva Zip, a non-profit online crowd-funding platform for socially impactful and underserved small businesses, have brought Kiva's brand of innovative business financing to Bayview Hunters Point.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Among the entrepreneurs and groups Ziva Zip has helped are <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-wlxsJ_l5j1Ng-LO_tfw28oQn4PHmfd_PqoBqu98u-tuWxIcIJ7aPpd6DsiaQ2Qw0ALTf1VSzrrMk2KNoaDQth4TQu6molaYUK2E2Bnr_CG1ZVOE6cPkue-m-udVxa8ttnYBm5E3F4dSo-MCNmMBRbAAcQ9b6CJxLi5AvlaE8duUY2aF9_u_Ju8MVQZPVne9dMQZcapbazEM5txcSD3GjLB15Okb5ZpfLr94W0Bie1NMadI-jxNs3nFn1kxDbq4y3luo-E-JTLPUPNJbCv1XlOzhkDtP7wmLpY=">Cristina</a> from <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-zu-gim_xQRUzzW8LHFBOtDsf7US86I_XI-nRVNiMpi07DDtrN99wwDbODDdajBSI5tx70VPiTYVubxnY9eBaYZi3bqcUFmwF3Oy18_AawPbryvsuQ-Hw5f86t5KpjYFMuxbbOyJAUvORtTqu2LMa7SoWaAh3is6F0w_Imnh3Ip8ntG1LXNqEhG7g76PTBTk3iYxNILJM74sDP10EAtN8nOEZa5jsXaJJJIaX7TkOVb7aGiYHK32fIhrYJ76gUc8KI7xnR0ubg8FRwOZl-0S3Ty">Hey Boo</a> who took out loan in October to attend a food exhibition, and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-woEGEYtFh3ATqud3zW0-9ehoDI9nhoi6IjNX3V2RiKIXAT8mpLPzfPW1IBeYGfhJElv78cmBumZVowOqOrkdDU8FKqXAReoYGi4sLGw3lhZfi1STQSIf2tQuie_iBXdtqBzy7eNsrSSrk52uZo3RCpa5ub9JcFPYerCMFS7I0rNYVfOu_xKY8Eqg5AVl3EFcoXPokzurlOBrxNxioxwasNKULfJwMzcF32_6eEF53xD7-K9lR2a3EPls5ZpEKPbaGWxK7F06aNzPYlVh5IM0x01yVUH8B7BYo=">Macio</a> from <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-zSknntIV6LTfhxhCO7ciUnL7bIq996O2DeAVy4KgO6cuIGCpc1NpKvy6V6_onslT0dKEBvHF7aw2kYUOydAWizJY1PuydH6BQI8JEflF-K6hRlsmwMfGGzWOZHLs5LMXMKooQz_kX2Us_VjMfODlk1ppchtEyjlzaGZskwFUBJAfMTy5o6w2buNneMW4s6IwQ=">Lyons Transportation and Logistics Corp.</a> who raised funds in September to purchase fuel, maintenance supplies, and cleaning for his business equipment. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-zdGtHfrscRfHgva1q1vRoY6z9M0dNONQZ3hGsyph9x_cyYR0u63hW1UEDETKaKBQhfZxkXBPuyBW8M8TLezS1Roon4hbHmYD1HfarnARUOZmLp7XcwU5xwGwqngorpZYkExLdHueopAMQ0lwFN2moZyuFA4kwd94H1h8VtwZi3hx3dsfNyQbfzmsg8RfnizXwLO4-NQVjJCE8hHiS24KQ8KLdA6jGq04GG_KGa9kHJoo1ucCWOjC5l_l7qvw3FWj_gNJRHEdiZgwILKjLVNcVs-1D_WkNH4wQ=">Teresa</a> at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-wAhcajOps5G61mIQUxPLZHMEP5TFTxnxeZDexkT4oEuwFT1kRAkpKjCaV3lZZiaWvbnX4B2IrmeHp2hjpnU_XQQojSyFUDUNBhlVjvkMTaSiWKk3PJ-ozHUg-kjzfsi1DqkgGB4uZLZaYGl6QABJ_qChIakWxVbb9xJU7KUxGsC-xZY_eKNZ8jmJW6NrEl458MaNFPoAM_N5Qq1wxkz8_LDkLfnsi4eG3XopPlz-FojvjVl_wpS56dx3d2XtuinEZne8wnhaokk0d9mgaIwgrh">Old Skool Café</a> hired a Chef last April. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-wZgpihbAKw6hbcNRYU0TNTYtrsu8d1KGb3FVez0gCRu-uQqWS0KKnqUmkP3QZEVKBoxJKOdOE972epSa-FaX0ST3XS9WHKyKiILhAF-yKzhXQVWh1jCPODEH93FYukof5hQzHYK0DPCcBlv0PQrxzW5i_5Bygn9USF32FyRw-4Thv3mW507GQDJ6fnigmun1Nf0dn8h4wjcJM7lWJOJr3bbYlgEXM1fXWvrNMv-TIiq5ej_DJ_EivDRJOp1poHyQR_Gkr5KxScErwfW9AkhXSyu8_mEDowXj8=">Kathryn</a> from <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-z3PIyCGVVadlA4z34IOxByRWjrljua8-jDqnzGo10eKqQB1hd8eF7_Gk6ErRpIP35ff_cCzeJrQvnTkv4cz5GTa2T93bIxFWPJc-byISEs-ByQ-3HSmptgsza7jgO2t4VAVdUrTVatGaRjYHBdrBRDv07BSVhU5yk87LmmmLAQmkkV7AEx4fatQdg_UXPPhWWBWqN0Wxl3g5gbPY99rN-NM_vk-UFL784Xbm5g8jH-3FWrp7YTMPhjJfdmQ0BPbTLeWui2xsqsXTWFLlOx_vtLhxz22BPrkVCe4d8AOk_ZNw==">Feve Artisan Chocolatier</a> bought a stove. And Earl, from <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-ztLE7d11HcyD1tt49KjFE38e9KizRmLwXOBZ0EB0-uCUcohXe15j82aW9QqtjoKmDv9XX1U1hOjcr0tmtCmMDuim4uvziArjKaWE_lldBdxSNYvcMTLH-h">Earl's Breads</a> just funded a loan for the purchase of a new oven and equipment to increase his bread production. Each loan was for $5,000.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other organizations in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood are launching partnerships with Kiva Zip to further expand economic development in their community including <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-yaFGIk-CL0zHAEsJob2d9LRLcPCFiy0i5NzV0kdb_ZdYa7VrfG4jhHSvhwrSsT0447nK4SlXZjrBIUfyapgivSSFzbb6Wvtg34b8dxT0luYNqjmc8mobZqs57PHHI08apMnHOyQ_z3F780QXfMdMz59fPkZ6U3_Prwj9BtGnk080bGlU8b58Gc6swfeP6h9ziYR-TxKCmplh_l7VXd3CFw2ZtFaHAf1724odRDyqS6yqH_SlHW5ZQRtxZoLvsubbKxHA54pscGfpkfkaRD5LGY">Quesada Gardens Initiative</a>, All Good Pizza, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-zVpxa8uRbN8XiI82312FN9xS8om19aDsBp5vfdR5ogDceLeapmzkzlrQTo4P1ih0qGzee5Uhj-KbjUSyg_vMG3Mg8B95Igc_hEOt90iUhHENlm48VDd-GcG3fkwAGrNDwWGGIS5wc6jGyS1GKbFJCxVyTkQryTcpLTgGHF9AgwgE7XGq4oAMe6_1CJ2oyFOvnwN4jNCDAjUZoqQKrDo-Jr8-iJWpOtP6m5oPwm7sYqEPdVIgI7pe8XKQ7FZnNM8sVXIl1PG-FYHT6jtwKQjLJNBP73NSSaj0xpN5dFrJSztQ==">Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center</a>, the Bayview <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-wiZPSoewaAIRlpcgNKh1JUcjnyzpiMJDFG4j4cvBlr_IYXYJPqS2ABK-Zx7gjGFVYnt6CXYoI4chT0SCKgt_qpQDze_Ztri2hVpmpipoeWVeBN7NsRHQ-NAxCuuUs5t0FfyCWFiIvEDAI41-wcSaHO_hCunwdVtsqYqUMn1KT1AC4J3bkRNSRKGRzQPNkaoAiIsVnipiulsLWptBS8Wxq8zKcLqBMJC-MDpwmEhtshfqSmFFfbyUUInXFLNPmOJ-5IC2FL-jbv3Oe5rK1tMreT-OLAV4UWSiw=">YMCA</a>, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-zqGUrA--YasBZOF18kpsdlpWanwhQUrpbBybszUbmylTf2gwCjautyMHqwvzbTNhiqdnLmRjzrZ8NVCqRO0Oszp9zHFm_3ZeM2R00JCnwZukDqgdZ_WVD_J1Rt8gKSbBhLmDNzNPhFITzq-rkULViS6Xo4Zv3p3Mrv_0IALalgTkh5FTlKW1w7LdSMC7yqisy8UWu94OWdsn0JJtAfesY5qQzuzer3-R09yghKPlTT0sewWkggEDL-hlCVoehmDD74cvsfpxlloeFris0afQjMlMTVONH9P6GG_J8PWb_kcA==">Osiris Coalition</a>, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-wwqzNe-D_-UeG5JzSvl9O8ajMU-CEEXbOeGT_l0yVUpJLnqw0L27nNQGCaCpRpJlcG4rcTHONIRvTLF4ZzbH5_hOrZcn1cvKREJH_QNyjHW7NVotVif391j4t4JhrLWDnkz5JvFJPtGys3cX_RTV5mzie-xHIjBBpAsmF86k7lNn2gJoocH5XNILoOJHnT7j-UZFhmvtTyIwoOMBnYOSVyGdq8miliw5jcllwUCLV-KgWIjEp0xA-jSJk6qnNRHDr35agcBqo63d8P7SECRDNc45m2HGrf6LE=">Andrea Baker Consulting</a>, and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-yqf9mrrHaeQq6jDojI02ta9nZqIWWwDAEh4XTGk59zNFMlOI3MGFdqm6ka96zC97Of13TuEtoToUAZYXHrXLR3mxEWwk8ekKLvS-qsFsWNNsc3HY_IYn0IxG3tV3tuIEzSi_twGuTrOIvkclKzSMCn2DBYZi0PHLr8zIPiIRLgFBNEOSvw5ktZsZDIKvp8PxUKWYRIuZX5pCZl515RgaFLKNaG1uDXKkADB4VAHMxQvAXJvt-Uh2fljBQePcElD17zj4OWmlIfFgiAyZtAj2EvHO4NEb6fjio=">Bayview Merchants Association</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kiva Zip is a non-profit that provides socially impactful and underserved small businesses and entrepreneurs $5,000 loans at 0% interest to start or grow their businesses. All loans are crowd-funded through their online platform, creating an organic community of support, a useful means to increase brand awareness, and an infusion of capital into communities.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kiva Zip is excited about these accomplishments that are helping connect and build the BVHP community and to create positive grassroots change for those who live, work, and play here.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">More information: email Amy Lambert and check out this <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001aBOE2HGuP-wfBV8agDhxltRD9P3vTW50WvmG6b0hdTtDd_4MOz7vasxP_g1U699CtVyiIsV2geim0uSPUgbQkZWZe1JNlnlbrqLA3k9wTYPAKI6634Q5i0X2R2KKorrfTW9LD19AbynFECqpnA--v7OqDGdiGP5QiGZIvlfCz2UpxxxbonyGcApyZYWNeCpgd_8i_hRQr-4mN-CqK81hI2GuMI1BOv5VVM0Z_E-lW3Y90NYxVi2OGSVptI5pJiXquDvsjcd_SVDsgMnQdynlQiuMn6JrIbUjj_bT-wjcQxM-pfttNDRng1aglX-3kJT0k_QqbqjHZkjNPcee4ieXX79c967qa92kXjHcoG3qKb5oqUw8CTpI4BZO2cVrp1dC">overview</a>. </span></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Quesada Gardens Initiative builds community in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. www.quesadagardens.org</div>It's what community looks likehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459536543476142763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4207979462929785483.post-91611753658190475222013-11-27T15:03:00.003-08:002013-12-24T18:33:41.278-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iranian-born restaurateur and caterer <b>Faz Poursohi</b> has
partnered with the Bayview YMCA to provide students the tools they need to
succeed as entrepreneurs and food industry professionals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new program at the Bayview YMCA is taking advantage of a recently
installed institutional kitchen at the site on Lane and Revere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Primed and Prepped: A Hospitality Management/Culinary
Arts Mentoring and Job Training Program</i> will give young men of color, ages 15
through 17, an up close and personal look at the restaurant industry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The program founder and director is <b>Kelly Armstrong</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kelly reached out to Faz, a longtime friend,
when she began creating the <i>Primed and Prepped</i> program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a fruitful call.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had no clue of what pots and pans and other supplies we
would need,” Kelly said recently. “But I knew who did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only did [Faz] make sure we got the
top-of-the-line equipment, he hired one of our youth to work in his Oakland
location."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faz was excited by the opportunity to help young people advance
in the workforce, something he has extraordinary personal experience with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His first job was as a dishwasher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now he owns restaurants in Oakland, Danville,
Sunnyvale, Pleasanton and Palo Alto.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another
restaurant is due to open soon in Santa Clara.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a child, Faz worked at his father’s Tehran restaurant and
on the family farm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That instilled in
him the importance of using only the freshest ingredients in homemade items.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Th</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">e use of fresh ingredients is important to
<b>Gina Fromer</b>, District Vice President and Executive Director of the Bayview
YMCA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The new Community Learning Kitchen will be hosting a wide
range of programs geared toward overall wellness,” Gina said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“For example, emphasizing healthier habits,
exploring cultural traditions, and bringing families together through such
special events as movie nights, a jazz-and-blues club night, and other
activities that help strengthen connections and build community.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Quesada Gardens Initiative builds community in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. www.quesadagardens.org</div>It's what community looks likehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459536543476142763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4207979462929785483.post-91133127284223685972013-11-21T15:23:00.001-08:002013-12-24T18:35:59.628-08:00Richard Gervais' Bayview business<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Richard Gervais Collection</b>, which contains enough
antiques and collectibles for several stores, is now part of a community of
small businesses that includes <b>Living Green</b>, <b>Samana</b>, <b>Ariasia</b>, and <b>Gil’s
Upholstery</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Together, in an unassuming
building on Custer Avenue just off 3<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>rd</sup> Street, these businesses have
turned nearly 20,000 square feet of warehouse space into a unique world where
art, home, garden and landscape merge.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"</span>I’ve been in business a long time, and I love it,” Richard
said. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“But it’s nice to share the space
with other businesses, and it creates more business activity for everyone."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You won’t believe how many fascinating objects from faraway
places are on display at the Richard Gervais Collection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The entrance opens onto a cavernous space
that is alive with statuary, furniture, light fixtures and plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another spacious room toward the back of the
building streams with sunlight, and holds more precious objects and greenery in
every corner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you haven’t even made
it to the mezzanines or garden yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Approached from the back, the art and antiquities complex
has an air of mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recently
installed iron gates seem protective while old train tracks slip underneath to
points unknown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A large-scale mosaic
wall hanging has been installed on one corner of the building’s exterior where
it moves with the breeze and keeps watch over a wraparound garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Massive carved stones and statues poke from
behind greenery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The curved rail tracks,
remnants of another era of industrial use at the site, have been incorporated
into the garden’s design, and define a unique walkway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard is a hands-on owner of the anchor business in his
name, and is as affable and animated a gentleman as you are likely to find
anywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also a creative thinker
when it comes to business development.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"There are several similar businesses nearby, and we are
always referring customers to each other,” he told me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It’s more collaborative than competitive."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Oh, yes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the ten years I’ve been here, Bayview just
keeps getting better and better,” Richard said when asked if he was “Bullish on
Bayview.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He referenced the growth of Mission Bay just to the north,
the launch of the T-Third Light Rail Line as evidence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When he heard I was part of Quesada Gardens in Bayview,
Richard was especially animated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
compatible garden-related businesses clustered in the neighborhood represent
opportunity, too, he told me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He listed <b>Flora
Grubb</b>, <b>SF Foilage </b>and <b>Bay Natives</b>, nearby businesses that together create
a garden business district if only by their presence and willingness to work
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Much of Richard Gervais’ collection comes from Southeast
Asia, and is of particular interest to collectors and designers of interiors
and landscapes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Richard has been in
business since 1970, and maintains a second “by appointment only” location on
Natoma Street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><i>For more information:</i> </b>call 415.642.1056, <a href="mailto:enquiry@richardgervaiscollection.com" target="_blank">email</a>, find Richard’s
business <a href="http://richardgervaiscollection.com/" target="_blank">online</a>, or visit at 1465 Custer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to <strong>Steve Schweigerdt</strong> for this tip from <strong>SF Parks Alliance</strong>. If you are involved with an urban greening project, you may be able to take free workshops from <strong>Garden for the Environment</strong> (located at 7th Avenue and Lawton). That's a $25 value.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshops cover irrigation, natural plant care, and many other topics. Find the </span><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/org/924286027?s=15824449" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">workshop schedule online</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, select the class you would like to register for, then use the super secret promotional code: "parkpartner2013digin." Now you know!</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You've just run over the same pothole for the 10th time. When will it be filled?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have a smartphone, the City has made it easier to do just that. The SF311 App is a way to get information about city services, and report and track quality of life issues such as graffiti, street light outages ... and that dang pothole.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.sf311.org/mobile" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Download the Official SF311</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> app online or search for “SF311” in the App Store (Apple) or Google Play (Android).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's important, not just because there's work needing done (they've grown over 10,000 plants at the new wetlands at <strong>Yosemite Slough</strong>), but because the volunteers themselves can have meaningful, even transformative experiences. Here's what two LEJ youth have said:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I liked how we had a chance to work with youth of the Bayview neighborhood and we all got the chance of working together to do something positive.” - <strong>Renneka Jones</strong> LEJ Youth Intern</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I improved my communication skills, gardening skills, public speaking skills, and also my follow-through skills.” - <strong>Jose Jimenez</strong> LEJ Youth Intern</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Belva Davis Supervisor Malia Cohen, and Sister Stephanie Hughes.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>by Malik Looper</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A press conference held at the SF Jazz Center Wednesday morning highlighted the issue of gentrification and the negative impacts being felt in the Bayview Hunters Point community, specifically the dwindling presence and perceptions of African American residents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A collective of African American women philanthropists and various other change agents assembled at the SF Jazz Center to announce a partnership between SF Links and StoryCorps. The main purpose of the partnership is to reverse these downward population trends and restore linkages to the legacy of contributions that African Americans have made, and continue to make. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As an African American man born and raised in San Francisco, I was encouraged by Wednesday morning's event, and hope that people with roots in the community, and those who wish to establish or nurture their roots, will connect with this powerful collective of African American women.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Find out how to participate by </span><a href="mailto:atomp39675@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial;">emailing</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Angelique Tompkins, a SF LINKS organizer and Bayview resident. Or visit </span><a href="http://www.sanfranciscolinksinc.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial;">SF LINKS online</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">.</span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Quesada Gardens Initiative builds community in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. www.quesadagardens.org</div>It's what community looks likehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459536543476142763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4207979462929785483.post-47775932110740940652013-11-06T18:10:00.000-08:002013-12-24T17:34:58.642-08:00Bayview Rotary awards scholars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rotary Club leader Brian Flaherty sent Footprints this picture of the Rotary Scholars Award Breakfast held yesterday morning along with the report that nearly 200 people turned out. Each of four local students received $1,000 scholarships. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">D10 Supervisor <b>Malia Cohen</b>, SF Police Chief <b>Greg Suhr</b>, and Bayview Police Captain Lt. <b>Robert O'Sullivan</b> attended.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Congratulations to the young scholars!</span></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Quesada Gardens Initiative builds community in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. www.quesadagardens.org</div>It's what community looks likehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459536543476142763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4207979462929785483.post-61745801411925034212013-11-06T12:05:00.002-08:002013-11-13T10:38:56.109-08:00All Good Pizza honored at City Hall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Supervisor <b>Malia Cohen</b> recognized <b>All Good Pizza</b> from the Bayview. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />In her recent newsletter, Supervisor Cohen notes that All Good Pizza owners, <b>Kristin Houk</b> and <b>Matt Trahan</b> (pictured with her) have "transformed a blighted lot on Third Street into a sustainable, gourmet Neapolitan pizza restaurant. All Good uses ingredients that are <b>grown locally</b> and turns them into healthy and tasty meals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The Board of Supervisors recognizes one restaurant from each of the eleven districts each year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><a href="http://quesadagardensblog.blogspot.com/search/label/All%20Good%20Pizza">See lots more</a> about Kristin and Matt, and their neighborhood-transforming business.</span></div>
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