Request for Landscape Design services for our public schools

by Lori Shelton The San Francisco Unified School District’s Proposition A 2006 Bond Green Schoolyard Program allows us to announce that we are accepting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) for Landscape Design Services for several of our elementary schools. Please review … Read More

Uncovered this week

Image courtesy of Henry Ostendorf An old advertisement on the side of a building at Franklin and Market was uncovered this week.

CommunityGrows Garden Work Party

This Saturday – August 27th – at Rosa Parks Elementary School, CommunityGrows will be hosting a garden workday. Contact nora@communitygrows.org for more information

Center for Young Women’s Development Earns Matching Grant

Young Women-Led Organization Awarded $425,000 Matching Grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for New Education Initiative San Francisco, CA August 24, 2011 –The Center for Young Women’s Development, an organization led by formerly incarcerated young women, announces today that … Read More

General Meeting 8/25/11 at Hayes Valley Farm

Come join us for our Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association General Meeting. The meeting will be at a special location: the Hayes Valley Farm. Prior to the 7PM meeting, there will be a community potluck starting at 5:30PM. Bring a dish … Read More

DOGMA : Live in SF, Love in SF, Made in SF

Saturday, September 24, 2011, 11am – 3pm Patricia’s Green, Hayes Valley, San Francisco (Octavia between Hayes & Fell) 7×7.com Dogma Two legs, four legs, two wings, big tail… all are welcome at the SF SPCA’s San Francisco street party—a pet … Read More

Independent Artists’ Week – Sept. 5-11

Fillmore District’s 4th Annual Independent Artists’ Week is coming up. Independent Artists’ Week (IAW) is a weeklong celebration dedicated to ensuring that artists, arts organizations, and the businesses that support them have a means to celebrate and network. This week … Read More

Park(ing) Day 2011 Sept. 16

Park(ing) Day on Hayes Street from last year. In cities around the globe artists, activists and citizens will temporarily transform metered parking spaces into public parks and other social spaces, as part of an annual event called PARK(ing) Day. Originally … Read More

Emergency Preparedness for our animals

The San Francisco DPCA Invites You to Become a Volunteer Animal Disaster Service Worker. Attend Disaster Animal Response Team (DART)*Training DART is a 4-session training course specifically about disaster animal response training. The course is led by the SFDPCA and … Read More

United In Health Event – Tomorrow

Presents United In Health: Artists, Clergy, Healthcare Workers, Legislators, and Community A Community Health Fair Ella Hill Hutch Community Center 1050 McAllister Street @ Webster San Francisco, CA 94115 Free! Screenings and Information: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 10 am -1 … Read More

Fall Jobs for Youth

BEETS is a green job training program for 15-19 year olds, primarily living in the Western Addition of San Francisco. The program provides structured internships and occupational training, for young people with barriers to employment, through a variety of workshops, … Read More