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Resiliency & Vibrancy
There’s economic resilience that a neighborhood needs to keep thriving even during times of social upheaval, such as a pandemic. On or near the waterfront in this age of climate change, severe winter storms, melting glaciers, and rising sea levels, there’s waterfront resilience, and protecting housing and other vital infrastructure that could be affected by…
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Zocalo Coffee Soft Launch Drew A Crowd!
Zocalo Coffee passed its final City inspection on July 28. The new cafe will officially open for business soon. For now, they’re open from 7 AM until 2 PM on weekdays, and 3 PM on the weekends. They will be adding more hours by mid August as they staff up. There was a sign on…
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Good Neighbor Nominations Open Through Aug. 31; Good Neighbor Week Kickoff on the Horizon for Sept. 26
Mission Bay Neighborhood Association is being welcomed into the citywide Good Neighbor Lab network of neighborhood groups that will be participating in San Francisco’s second annual Good Neighbor Week, from Sept. 26 to Oct. 4. The week, which will celebrate Good Neighbor Award winners, will kick off with a “parade” of neighborhood groups around United…
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Public Realm Announcements from SFCTA, SFMTA, SFUSD, & SF Rec and Parks
What could be more exciting than a ribbon-cutting for a new public elementary school right here in Mission Bay! San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) will conduct a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, Aug. 6, at 10 AM, at 1415 Owens Street. The first day of school is on Monday, Aug. 17. Excitingly, this first day of…
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MBNA Writes Letter of Support to Secure State Funding for the Mission Bay School Access Plan
Mission Bay Neighborhood Association’s board of directors has written a Letter of Support to the California Transportation Commission for the Mission Bay School Access Plan to obtain an ATP Cycle 8 Active Transportation Program Grant. The Mission Bay School Access Plan is a major connectivity and street safety project that will benefit all ages and…
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MBNA BOARD Gets Preview of SFCTA’S Revised Traffic Circle Plans, Considers Signing onto Letter of Support
If you’ve been waiting for news on what’s supposed to happen with the traffic circle adjacent to the new San Francisco Unified School District’s public elementary school on Owens Street, the next two Thursdays will shed some light. On June 11, the Mission Bay Citizens’ Advisory Committee (MB CAC) will hear a revised conceptual plan…
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A PERFECT LAUNCH!
If you attended the new Mission Bay Neighborhood Association’s inaugural meeting with Supervisor Matt Dorsey last Thursday, May 7, THANK YOU! Attendance exceeded expectations! We covered a lot in a question-and-answer interview format that led up to questions from the floor. It couldn’t have happened without a stellar executive committee, directors, and volunteers: Bettina Cohen,…
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UCSF Development Plans Draw Engaged Mission Bay Neighbors to Another Well-Attended Community Meeting!
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) will begin pre-construction activities for their new Bakar Ear and Hearing Institute on half of Block 16 later this year. The parcel sits between Mission Bay Blvd. South and Nelson Rising Lane, across from SPARK Social on Mission Bay Commons. The building will house out-patient clinic care, physical therapy…
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Big Turnout for Street Safety!
A road diet for Channel Street between Fourth Street and the traffic circle; more speed cameras citywide and in District 6; more red-light cameras; more cops; and greater enforcement of traffic violations for all modes of travel. Those are the five key safety measures that our District Supervisor and City officials will push for, attendees…
