It’s that time of the year!
Join us for the 2011 California Coastal Cleanup Day | Saturday, September 17, 2011| 9am-12pm
Click here to learn how to participate!
Cleanups take place along bays, creeks, rivers, highways, and the coast throughout California.
The Blue Greenway is San Francisco’s vision for 13-miles of world-class waterfront parks and trails running from AT&T Park, the home of the Giants, to Candlestick Point. On June 25th NPC launched a new and improved Blue Greenway website. Learn about the Blue Greenway brownfields area-wide plan, take a look at upcoming meetings and events, or provide input on our site questionnaire page.
Searching for the perfect location for a picnic? Check out our Blue Greenway maps and park sites page. Looking for more information on brownfields? Take a look at our Brownfields 101 page and links to helpful resources on brownfield cleanup and reuse.
To view the Blue Greenway website click here.
Join the Neighborhood Parks Council and the Bicycle Coalition Saturday, June 25th as we pedal the Blue Greenway; a Greenway/Waterway network on San Francisco’s southern waterfront beginning at China Basin and ending at the Southern Boarder.
Saturday, June 25th 10am-1:30 pm.
Don’t forget to provide your comments to the Port’s Blue Greenway Planning and Design Guidelines-Open Space Program and Use Concepts, Cost Estimates and Draft Project Prioritization document. You can find a copy of this document on the Port’s website. The next meeting will be held on June 16th at the Port to review revised concepts for Site Furnishings Criteria and concepts for the Blue Greenway Linking Streets and Signage.
Remember get your comments in! The Port’s public comment period ends June 29th 2011.
Join the Neighborhood Parks Council,
Sunday, June 12th, 11am-4pm for
Sunday Streets along the Bayview/Dogpatch route.
NPC’s Blue Greenway project will be present! Come and check us out!
We will be located on 3rd Street at 24th.
Try our new interactive art piece, share your vision for the Blue Greenway!
Ride, walk, skate, grab a quick treat to eat and enjoy open space on the street!
For a map of the route please visit the official Sunday Streets website.
The Trust For Public Land (TPL) has teamed up with Parks 94124 [Facebook] to hold a series of community meetings designed to gather input for a possible remodel of Sundial (Hilltop) Park, located at Whitney Young Circle in the Bayview District. According to Parks 94124 Co-Founder Geoffrea Morris, TPL “is writing a multi-million dollar grant to totally revitalize Sundial (Hilltop) Park”, which “was a premiere park in the community during the 80′s and early 90′s. It was definitely a focal point for residents that resided on the hill.”
The public is invited to attend one or all of the scheduled meetings and help Parks 94124:
For more information, view the official event flyers below, or contact Parks 94124 at (415) 573-7854 or e-mail parks94124@gmail.com.
Official event flyers:
April 2011: Our Executive Director Meredith Thomas had the opportunity to speak on the radio with Mike Zuckerman, the director of sustainability at Temple. Their talk touches on the vision of a Blue Greenway in San Francisco. Visit here to hear their interview and to learn more about the Blue Greenway.
If you’re wondering how you can become involved with the Blue Greenway, each Saturday April 2-23 we’re giving you the opportunity to pull out your work gloves and participate in workdays all along the Blue Greenway. Click here for more information.
As the month of April comes to an end, NPC would like to thank everyone who participated in Earth Day activities along the Blue Greenway. Whether you removed debris from the shoreline, planted native species or joined the annual egg hunt, your dedication brings us one step closer to realizing San Francisco’s vision of a continuous, connected and thriving waterfront. To view photos of Earth Day cleanups and activities please check out NPC’s Flickr page.
NPC would like to send a special thank you to the Department of Public Works Community Clean Team, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Green Trust SF, India Basin Neighborhood Association, Kayaks Unlimited, Literacy For Environmental Justice, the Port of San Francisco, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, Sea Scavenger, and the Tretorn Wellie Wagon for your hard work and dedication to the Blue Greenway.
| Tretorn Wellie Wagon Volunteers at Warm Water Cove Cleanup | Malcolm X Academy at Herons Head Park People’s Earth Day Celebration |
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March 2011: As part of UCSF’s ongoing efforts to support the local community, the University presented the Neighborhood Parks Council’s Blue Greenway project with a donation to help fund the construction of a “green” corridor that will transform San Francisco’s southeastern waterfront into a go-to destination for recreation.
“The southeastern waterfront has always been the maritime and industrial heart of the city,” said Meredith Thomas, executive director of the Neighborhood Parks Council. “Now it has the potential to be a parks center as well, transforming into a place with world class bike trails and walkways. The UCSF grant allows us to come up with engagement tools and more opportunities to create excitement about the project.”
The $12,635 donation to the Blue Greenway project was presented on March 4 at the Blue Greenway Partner Breakfast. Click here to read more from UCSF.
Sixty open space advocates and decision makers, including Supervisors David Chiu and Malia Cohen, gathered at our Blue Greenway Partners Breakfast on March 4th to thank our sponsors for their ongoing support of our efforts along the Blue Greenway. Our Blue Greenway partners were also on-hand to share and discuss their work along the waterfront. Click here to view photos from the event.
This event was sponsored by UCSF Mission Bay, the Blue Greenway Task Force Members and the Neighborhood Parks Council.
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