Your comments and suggestions matter. Now is the time to comment on your environmental questions and concerns to the planning department regarding Parcel P. (The current site of part of the Hayes Valley Farm.) See attached project notification. The project … Read More
By Jason Henderson If after years of community involvement and compromise, you thought the future development of the former UC Berkeley site would move forward as approved, you may be wrong! The new developer is proposing that instead of building … Read More
Author Yvonne Daley discusses her book “Octavia Boulevard” with the SF Public Press. Read the interview here: Book examines life along Octavia Boulevard From her website, Daley writes, “My book, Octavia Boulevard, tells the stories of these homeless men and … Read More
Last night the new Hayes Valley Board of Directors was elected. Below is the list of 2011 Board of Directors: President: Karen Mauney-Brodek Vice President: Murrey Nelson Treasurer: Richard Johnson Corresponding Secretary: Jason Henderson Secretary: Jay Rosenberg Membership: Bob Barnwell … Read More
By Karen Mauney-Brodek Over the next year, our neighborhood will continue to see proposals for new development. We will see pop-up retail and temporary uses of land and buildings that otherwise would stand empty. We will also see some long-term … Read More
The HVNA January 27th, 2011 general meeting was busy with five presentations. The first three presentations focused on upcoming opportunities for our youth in the neighborhood with benefits for the community at large. Rob Connolly, the President of Boys & … Read More
At the edge of Hayes Valley enjoy delicious food served out of roaming mobile vehicles. Organized by “Off-the-Grid” you will find a food corral bordering Hayes Valley every Saturday for this season of mobile food. This Saturday head over to … Read More
This evening, the HVNA general meeting had two presentations on transportation and planning. Margaret Cortes from the San Francisco County Transportation Authority presented the Central Freeway and Octavia Boulevard Circulation Study. Tilly Chang was also present to field transportation questions. … Read More
By Jason Henderson There continues to be a lot of uncertainty swirling around 55 Laguna (the former UC Extension campus bounded by Laguna, Hermann, Haight, and Buchanan Streets.) Many new people to the neighborhood may not be aware of the … Read More
Thursday, October 28th at 7 PM H.V.N.A. General Meeting at the Korean American Community Center 745 Buchanan (at Grove) Topics for the evening are: 1. Transportation and Transit Projects: Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Octavia Blvd Study Update on … Read More
By Sarah Karlinsky One of the first things I did when I started working at SPUR in September of 2005 was to get up to speed on the Market and Octavia Better Neighborhood Plan. I quickly learned that Market and … Read More
Haight/Market Street transit and pedestrian improvements coming soon: Transportation & Planning Committee is pleased to report that San Francisco has been awarded a Federally-funded Livable Communities Grant to reintroduce two-way bus service on Haight Street. The “straightening” of the bus … Read More