This Indigenize The District Project is part of the larger AICD Indigenize project and will include cultural branding through flagpole banners, street lighting through cultural lanterns, and culturally relevant beautification by partnering with small business to cover up graffiti by replacing it with art from local American Indian artists. This project is a phase II to build out our existing flag pole banners, add lanterns to our lighting project, and continue our journey to reduce graffiti through a culturally relevant lens.

Founded on March 31st, 2020, the American Indian Cultural District (AICD) is the first established Cultural District of its size in the United States dedicated to recognizing, honoring, and celebrating the American Indian legacy, culture, people, and contributions.

A family friendly Halloween event along the Balboa Street business corridor from 35th through 39th Avenues. Balboa intends to be a family-friendly street festival with trick-o-treating, spooky exhibits and other Halloween related activities. Founded in 2016, Balboa Village Merchants Association acts as the ambassador for all merchants in the corridor and as the bridge to community resources in San Francisco. The BMA's mission is to operate an inclusive business community open to all merchants on Balboa Street from 30th Ave to 45th Ave currently, and grow to invite adjacent area interested merchants.

BVMA will partner with the art and small business communities. This event will celebrate the art, music, and small businesses of the Outer Richmond, while activating and uplifting our beloved neighborhood corridor.

Founded in 2016, Balboa Village Merchants Association acts as the ambassador for all merchants in the corridor and as the bridge to community resources in San Francisco. The BMA's mission is to operate an inclusive business community open to all merchants on Balboa Street from 30th Ave to 45th Ave currently, and grow to invite adjacent area interested merchants.

A well-documented planning tool, that will be used to engage a large number of stakeholders to create a shared vision and action plan for the community. The impact of a community developed, clearly articulated shared vision for the economic development and ongoing vitality of the Bayview will be helpful in identifying larger community priorities and allowing all facets of the community to work together toward the shared vision.

The Bayview Merchants’ Association was founded in 1925, when the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood was known to locals as “Butchertown” because of the high density of slaughterhouses in the area. The population was small, but a group of committed business people came together in an effort to promote the merchants to the outside community and to provide a voice for their businesses to the local government.

Take Care Bernal provides funding for exterior artwork that would also function as signage, to welcome people to our neighborhood and remind them to drive safely. Cortland Avenue is a thoroughfare that motorists tend to speed along and don’t always take the care to slow down. These unique, bold, and joyful art signs will add to the neighborhood pride and hopefully attract some Instagram moments with Bernal Heights hashtags, enticing others to come explore.

The Bernal Business and Artist Alliance is a neighborhood organization dedicated to promoting communication and collaboration among local businesses, artists and residents, to support the well-being and and vibrancy of our Bernal Heights community. Our goal is to support the growth and success of businesses in our community, while also promoting the unique character and charm of Bernal Heights.

Our Bernal Heights neighborhood has traditionally hosted five community events a year, which were casualties of the pandemic: the Summer Solstice Stroll, the fall Fiesta on the Hill, Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, Halloween along Cortland, and the Holiday Stroll in December.The Bernal Business & Arts Alliance would like to reestablish and reinvigorate these events the pandemic put on hold, and add a few more to the calendar, to actively bring more people to our downtown throughout the year.

The Bernal Business and Artist Alliance is a neighborhood organization dedicated to promoting communication and collaboration among local businesses, artists and residents, to support the well-being and and vibrancy of our Bernal Heights community. Our goal is to support the growth and success of businesses in our community, while also promoting the unique character and charm of Bernal Heights.

Lighting along Cortland will help visually tie our various businesses together, illuminating and defining our central business district for Bernal Heights. Besides adding a festive atmosphere for shoppers and visitors to stroll under, the additional lighting will help walkers navigate more safely along the sidewalks during the evenings, and potentially deter petty crimes.

The Bernal Business and Artist Alliance is a neighborhood organization dedicated to promoting communication and collaboration among local businesses, artists and residents, to support the well-being and and vibrancy of our Bernal Heights community.

The upcoming 20th anniversary season of Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema centers on three major large-scale screening nights including a 20th anniversary celebration in September 2023, reconnecting audiences and participants over the 20-year life of the community-based film festival.

Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema™ offers free screenings of Bernal Heights and local filmmakers’ works in neighborhood parks and open spaces to increase the exposure and recognition of local artists, to heighten appreciation by neighborhood and citywide residents and to bring community together for the enjoyment of our parks and neighborhood resources.

Calle Limpia, Corazon Contento will serve as the platform to activate the plaza through cultural events that bring the community together to celebrate the vibrant and diverse culture that the Latino community is known for. Every 3rd Friday of the month Calle 24 Latino Cultural District will Curate a community space celebrating and uplifting Latino Culture.

“Calle Limpia, Corazon Contento” has been developed by Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. This project has very clear goals to reengage the community in economic revitalization and education, community engagement, beautification, quality of life improvements, cultural celebrations and improved collaboration with merchants,
artists, community-based organizations and city government allies. Calle Limpia, Corazon Contento is an effort to use the power, legacy, and history of the Latino Cultural District to call everyone back home to celebrate and uplift the community.

Castro Merchants is excited to participate in Art Walk SF again, in collaboration with Avenue Greenlight and our event producer Artyhood. We will engage with a diverse group of member merchants, including several galleries which are leading Castro Art Walks.

Castro Merchants is a nonprofit association of businesses - large and small - that make the San Francisco’s iconic Castro district one of the world’s top destinations for not only the LGBTQ community but anyone who appreciates vibrant, progressive culture.

The Rainbow Banner Replacement Project is critical to the branding and beautification of San Francisco’s LGBTQ neighborhood, a destination for residents and visitors from around the world.

Castro Merchant's mission is to unite area merchants in order to promote Castro neighborhood interests, increase business opportunities and facilitate communication between businesses and local government.

The Grove Street Lighting Project will address pedestrian safety concerns along a dark three-block stretch of Grove Street, while also creating a visual activation that enhances the connection between public transit on Market Street to the many cultural venues in the Civic Center area.Visitors coming to the area to enjoy performances at the numerous cultural venues along Van Ness Avenue do not feel safe walking from the Civic Center BART/MUNI station.

Clement Street Merchants Association will carry out a Neighborhood Branding project will help us to build continuity across our various art projects, community events, and beautification efforts that supports local small businesses, artists, performers, and the community at large.

Since 1922, The Clement Street Merchants Association has been supporting small business owners in the Inner Richmond by providing community, connection, and advocacy. We plan neighborhood events.We advocate for small businesses on local and state issues. We create community.

The San Francisco comedy community is very strong. Comedy Day is regarded as the "company picnic" for all who perform and work behind the scenes in our thriving community. Comedy Day has been an annual celebration of stand up comedy in San Francisco for 41 years. It is a totally volunteer driven 501(c)(3) organization that puts on a five hour comedy show absolutely FREE of charge every September in Robin Williams Meadow of Golden Gate Park.

Comedy Day is the Original, Longest-Running, FREE, Outdoor Comedy Concert in the World. One Stage. Five Hours. 40 Comedians. A Million Laughs! Absolutely FREE!

One of the solutions to stopping Asian hate is to build a community of supporters. This is the work that Dear Community does. We have recurring events that bring people together to support Asian small businesses: H(API) Hour and Chinatown Fridays. We also partner on other city-wide Asian community building events
and maintain a large group of people with fun, engaging ways to get involved in activism. Avenue Greenlight will support these bi-monthy events.

Dear Community is a San Francisco based grassroots nonprofit organization that began in early 2021 during the stop Asian hate movement. We began as weekly dinners in Chinatown as an effort to bring business and people back to keep businesses alive and residents safe. We've since evolved, partnering with other
organizations and producing events city wide that focus on uplifting Asian pride through community building and activism.

The Dogpatch Music Series will bring the community together around music, food, art and public space. An extension of our 2022 series, the series will include six planned musical events that will activate our neighborhood’s public “living room” - a plaza and park located in the center of Dogpatch’s commercial corridor. These family-friendly events will feature entertainment for all ages, and will celebrate our diverse community through jazz, latin and blues music.

The GBD was created by Dogpatch and Potrero Hill neighbors to better focus the power and resources of City government through a local lens - the awareness and insights of neighborhood residents and business owners. There are currently 14 benefit districts across San Francisco, mostly in commercial districts like Union Square and Fisherman’s Wharf. The Dogpatch & NW Potrero Hill Green Benefit District is the first to focus primarily on parks, greening and public realm improvements in a residential neighborhood.

In December 2021 and 2022, the Downtown SF Partnership funded string lighting wrapped around trees along Jackson Street for the holidays. The lighting was installed temporarily for about six weeks and very positive feedback was received from the business owners about how much safer they felt operating at night. With funding from Avenue Greenlight, the Downtown SF Partnership would install and maintain permanent string lighting throughout the Jackson Square neighborhood to add community vibrancy and safety.

We lead the way in building a thriving downtown where business gets done, people feel welcome, come to explore, and make memories. We’re a nonprofit community benefit district working to enhance the downtown core, the traditional Financial District and historic Jackson Square through public/private partnerships, placemaking, activating the public realm, clean and safe operations, marketing support and more.

The Excelsior Music & Arts Festival is an event meant to activate the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater and bring attention and foot traffic to the Excelsior/Crocker Amazon neighborhood and business corridor. Our plan is to have a daytime event at the Amphitheater, featuring local bands, artists, and vendors, that brings the community together to discover some of what the neighborhood has to offer.

EOMM is focused on creating a safe environment in the Geneva & Mission area to foster commercial success for local businesses in the Crocker-Amazon, Excelsior and Outer Mission Neighborhoods.

The Fire Pit Project glass blowing demos are considered arts activation for community. They are free and open to all. Using the already demonstrated successes, we will partner with our long time friends at Public Glass to hire a dynamic glass blowing artist with preferences given to our BIPOC artists. The most important
part of this arts activation is to expose young people in our community to another medium of art that is sadly underrepresented in the African American and Latino communities.

Economic Development on Third is a non-profit organization committed to the success of the Third Street Corridor, which is home to the largest concentration of African American owned businesses in San Francisco.

After years of working on commercial corridor vibrancy in order to support our small businesses and community, this one act of turning on beautiful lights on Mission Street has had one of the largest and most celebrated impacts of all the work that Excelsior Action Group has done to date. However, due to limits on funding and a short time period to expends those dollars, almost half our Corridor has not been serviced.Numerous small businesses and residents have asked for an extension, not only for vibrancy purposes, but also safety. In addition, we have seen an unprecedented growth of small businesses focused on night life in our neighborhood and this activation will provide support for their long term success. We strive to achieve community strength and cohesion through a vibrant and active commercial corridor in the Excelsior, Outer Mission, and Oceanview neighborhoods.

Bloom Shaboom, a free outdoor block party that will be held in the heart of the Portola, offers one of the largest venues in the area for children and adults to engage in educational and entertaining activities, socialize, and local merchants to increase visibility and patronage.

For 30 years, Family Connections Centers (FCC) has been an anchor institution for the Portola neighborhood. FCC’s mission is to support the development of strong, healthy families and thriving communities. We create opportunities for people of different backgrounds to work together cooperatively, sharing cultures, values, knowledge, and resources.

On Sunday, October 15, Sunday Streets will host their Phoenix Day in Excelsior. This event does not have a dedicated area within the event for children and families to gather for activities, games, movement, and learning. For the 2023 Sunday Streets in the Excelsior neighborhood, Family Connections Centers will partner with other Excelsior-based organizations to provide exciting family activities that are free for all to enjoy and learn through.

For 30 years, Family Connections Centers (FCC) has been an anchor institution for the Portola neighborhood. FCC’s mission is to support the development of strong, healthy families and thriving communities. We create opportunities for people of different backgrounds to work together cooperatively, sharing cultures, values,
knowledge, and resources. We connect families and residents with one another, resources offered by local schools, community-based organizations, and businesses in their neighborhoods.

Last years Art Walk SF on Fillmore Street was a great success and was well received by all who participated: the community, merchants, performers, and artists. The event is designed to invest intentionally into art and creativity as well as highlight small businesses and local artists.

Fillmore Street is one of San Francisco’s great treasures. It’s the main shopping and dining district in one of the city’s finest neighborhoods. This is a neighborhood of great diversity. You will find fine restaurants, cool cafes, unique thrift stores and the trendiest of boutiques.

Blending art & soul in one of the country’s most unique neighborhoods in San Francisco. From Sunup to Sundown, visitors, locals and businesses can groove to live music from multiple stages, enjoy the artists and enjoy gourmet food and beverages. An event providing many levels of participation for residents, community groups, sponsors, local businesses, and Exhibitors or Food Vendors. Extended to 12 blocks - 3 stages and 5 venues for 2024. Celebrating the Harlem of the West – honoring legendary jazz singers Mary Stallings and Sugar Pea DeSanto. 50,000 attendees expected.

Avenue Greenlight will fund a comprehensive wayfinding program for the neighborhood that will be implemented through a duration of 12 months. The program's core elements will include a comprehensive, far-reaching, and visionary plan for the waterfront that will ensure the City’s future as a multi-day destination
that is convenient, fun, and beautiful, while also expanding and enhancing the public realm and enjoyment of the Bay.

The mission of the Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit District (FWCBD, Fisherman’s Wharf, the Wharf) is to preserve and enhance the vast San Francisco waterfront landscape and multi-cultural heritage, while integrating modern efficiencies to enrich the experience of visitors.

The 500 block of Jessie Street, west of 6th Street, is a dead‐end mixed-use alley abutting a non‐profit supportive housing development at 1068 Mission Street, formerly the parking lot for the Federal Court House.

The proposed Jessie Street Lighting Plan seeks to enhance existing uses of the alley by residents and neighborhood businesses, while developing the location as a destination for the Transgender Cultural District, Soma Pilipinas, and Mid‐Market skateboard retailers.

Formed in 2019, Friends of Jessie Street (FJS) is a coalition of local businesses and residents who live and work around the 500 block of Jessie Street in SoMa. FJS is currently focused on physical streetscape improvements and working together to make Jessie street a more livable and welcoming community for all.

The Great Hauntway 2023, will be a continuation of a successful Halloween event that offers children a coastal, community-powered trick or treating experience unique to San Francisco. On the most dangerous day of the year to youth pedestrians, the Great Hauntway provides families a safe, car- free space to celebrate the holiday.

Friends of Great Highway Park is an all-volunteer nonprofit accustomed to making the most out of small budgets, with extensive experience organizing community events both large and small.

Friends of Great Highway Park would like to organize an annual series of community events to bring the Sunset District community together on the coast. The series would consist of monthly wellness programs (yoga, chair yoga, and tai chi) aswell as monthly live music. In addition, the program would bring free art displays to the community on a quarterly basis.

Friends of Great Highway Park is an all-volunteer nonprofit accustomed to making the most out of small budgets, with extensive experience organizing community events both large and small.

Since May of 2022, the Glen Park Merchants Association and the Glen Park Association (for residents) has collaborated to host monthly neighborhood clean ups. The GPMA has been providing hospitality for our dedicated volunteers in the form of coffee, nutritious snack and hydrating beverages as well as providing coupons and flyers meant to promote our local businesses. We greatly value our volunteers and want to show our gratitude by continuing to provide these much-appreciated refreshments for the next 24 months. The Glen Park Merchants Association promotes and advocates for small independent businesses in this special, tight-knit neighborhood, adjacent to beautiful Glen Park Canyon.

The Civic Center Community Benefit District (CCCBD) improves and promotes San Francisco’s historic Civic Center through a host of planning, policy and public programming initiatives. In addition to focused and responsive neighborhood clean and safe programs, CCCBD provides public open space beautification, activation and advocacy on behalf of the area’s diverse constituency.

Steps to Wisdom is a years long project by the Goettingen Neighbors Group (GNG). It has evolved from a simple cleanup effort, into a community garden, to an added community space, then morphed into an art-tiled stair project, and, now finally, a placemaking/destination for San Franciscans and visitors. In the end, we will have created something beautiful and lasting for the Portola and SanFrancisco: an art-tiled stairway that reflects the community's wisdom and values whileadding light and pedestrian safety measures; a new public space has been created; the community has been united in the effort; and the Portola will gain a lasting public art piece.

Goettingen Neighbors Group is dedicated to building community in the Portola neighborhood of San Francisco by talking with neighbors, cleaning and greening streets, and being proactive in the neighborhood – starting with their very own Goettingen Street.

Hayes Valley is a diverse and lively place, home to families, individuals, and businesses of all kinds. We believe that community events play an essential role in building social connections, promoting community engagement, and fostering a sense of pride and belonging among residents. Our proposed project aims to fund a series of community events & media initiatives that will provide opportunities for residents to come together, celebrate their community, and have fun.

The mission of the Hayes Valley Merchants Association (HVMA) is to promote a sense of friendly association and community involvement throughout Hayes Valley; preserve and reinforce our neighborhood’s cultural and economic diversity, historic character, beauty and architecture; and ensure our community’s constructive participation in San Francisco’s governmental process.

A clean city environment improves the overall quality of life for residents and makes the commercial corridor a more desirable destination, contributing to economic vitality and evoking a sense of order and safety. Consistent clean-up events contribute to a general sense of neighborhood beautification, and promote community pride
and stewardship. Encouraging neighbors and merchants to work together can also improve trust and build community.

Since our founding in 1928, the Inner Sunset Merchants Association (ISMA) has been the voice of our neighborhood’s business community. We are an all-volunteer, non-profit association committed to supporting, promoting and advocating for the needs of our local business community.

A clean city environment improves the overall quality of life for residents and makes the commercial corridor a more desirable destination, contributing to economic vitality and evoking a sense of order and safety. Consistent clean-up events contribute to a general sense of neighborhood beautification, and promote community pride and stewardship. Encouraging neighbors and merchants to work together can also improve trust and build community.

Since our founding in 1928, the Inner Sunset Merchants Association (ISMA) has been the voice of our neighborhood’s business community. We are an all-volunteer, non-profit association committed to supporting, promoting and advocating for the needs of our local business community.

Community Events include a variety of programming, Fall & Winter Holiday Events 2023: ISMA’s two hallmark events are a daytime Halloween trick-or-treat for kids and an evening Winter Holiday Stroll for all ages. Inner Sunset Flea 2023 series sponsorship & Equinox Art Walk series 2023/2024: Seasonal after-work art walks engage the community in a fun way and contribute to an overall feeling of safety in the evening hours.

Since our founding in 1928, the Inner Sunset Merchants Association (ISMA) has been the voice of our neighborhood’s business community. We are an all-volunteer, non-profit association committed to supporting, promoting and advocating for the needs of our local business community.

To provide visitors with a friendly and accessible way of understanding their environment the Japantown Community Benefit District’s (JCBD) JapantownSF Wayfinding Map Project will create a visual roadmap of Japantown. The goal of the project is to present the information in a simple manner and encourage viewers to explore Japantown and the surrounding areas.

The Japantown Community Benefit District provides important services in one of 3 remaining Japantown’s in the U.S. Through economic business development for property owners and small businesses, beautification and cleaning of public spaces, as well as helping to promote a cultural district where one can taste and experience Japanese tradition and culture.

The KOHO Night Market is designed to bring a new audience into Japantown, support the merchant corridor and entrepreneurs with revenue opportunities, and provide an immersive experience of authenticity and discovery for our Japantown community, our displaced families, and visitors from San Francisco and the greater Bay Area.

KOHO is a dynamic, multi-disciplinary, cultural, non-profit arts organization in development for and by artists & creators, in the heart of San Francisco’s Japantown.

In 2022, we installed string lights on sidewalks and sparkly lights on trees all along Ocean Ave, making Lakeside Village vibrant and safe. Through this grant, we would like to continue maintaining these lights, a run rate of ~$400 per month with most of the expense during winter storms. Maintenance includes: replacing tree lights and bulbs when needed; emergency repairs following vandalism or storms; and compensating business owners who are the connection points $10 per month for electricity.

The vision is that Lakeside Village is a thriving, safe, fun, inclusive, and beautiful commercial district for businesses, residents, and shoppers. We have a steering team of 9 active members. The group is complemented with many community partners and volunteers.

With this project application, we would like to continue the public art that is helping to deter graffiti. We would also like to create a noticeable entrance to Ocean Avenue by painting a large utility box at 19th Avenue.

The vision is that Lakeside Village is a thriving, safe, fun, inclusive, and beautiful commercial district for businesses, residents, and shoppers. We have a steering team of 9 active members. The group is complemented with many community partners and volunteers.

Lakeside Village will use Avenue Greenlight funds to create Community Events through stipends for bands and other community groups e.g., face painting for kids, or craft activities for kids. Rental of portaloo for large events. Budget for food to support local restaurants, budget for free beverages. All Lakeside events
are free of charge to vendors and families for equity and inclusion.

The vision is that Lakeside Village is a thriving, safe, fun, inclusive, and beautiful commercial district for businesses, residents, and shoppers. We have a steering team of 9 active members. The group is complemented with many community partners and volunteers.

Over the last few years, volunteers have engaged with the entire community to begin transforming Lakeside Village. We have implemented many projects with extensive volunteer support from preschoolers to their grandparents. Through this Avenue Greenlight Grant, we will professionalize our existing branding efforts,
and ensure we continue our goals of being a diverse and welcoming neighborhood, focused on equity, inclusion, and belonging.

The vision is that Lakeside Village is a thriving, safe, fun, inclusive, and beautiful commercial district for businesses, residents, and shoppers. We have a steering team of 9 active members. The group is complemented with many community partners and volunteers.

We are very excited to start a sidewalk maintenance service for landscaping, weeding, spot cleaning, litter pickup that is funded by Avenue Greenlight. Through this application, we would like to extend the service beyond one year. Avenue Greenlight is the only grant we have found to date willing to fund beautification maintenance that makes such a huge difference to commercial corridors.

The vision is that Lakeside Village is a thriving, safe, fun, inclusive, and beautiful commercial district for businesses, residents, and shoppers. We have a steering team of 9 active members. The group is complemented with many community partners and volunteers.

The Lower Polk Neighbors will add much needed lighting on this often ignored but incredible small business corridor. The proposed area for these lights has suffered immensely from the COVID19 pandemic and its aftermath. What used to be a bustling corridor is so dark at night that it has become a magnet for trash, homelessness activity, and street crime. There is a desperate need for lighting in this area, and this project will have an oversized impact
on the community!

Lower Polk Neighbors (LPN) is a neighborhood association, made up of both residents and merchants, located in the lower part of the Polk Gulch district in San Francisco, California. We meet to discuss neighborhood issues and then follow up on those discussions with action. Our principal issues are crime, cleanliness, beautification, and strengthening of our community.

The Mid Market Art Walk will be held along Market Street from 5th to 8th Streets, in September or October of 2023. The community event will feature a range of art exhibits including photography, painting, sculpture and mixed media hosted in storefronts.

The Mid Market Community Benefit District (MMCBD), also known as the Central Market Community Benefit District, provides core neighborhood services with its Community Ambassadors and Clean Teams; it also promotes local businesses, encourages economic development and public improvements, as well coordinates numerous major events and advocates on behalf of its constituents with respect to a host of public policy, planning, and quality-of-life issues.

Founded in 1909, Mission Merchants Association represents the City’s oldest and most vibrant neighborhood, with its eclectic collection of shops, galleries, bars, cafés, restaurants, clubs, cultural institutions and entertainment venues. MMA works to preserve the rich cultural heritage of the neighborhood while also supporting the growth of existing and new businesses and enhancing the resident and visitor experience.

The free weekly series will provide a community gathering space, support local merchants and highlight local musicians, artists, and nonprofits.

The Music City MISSION is to: Provide a self-sustaining music-focused hub in the heart of San Francisco that music fans, performance artists, and professional musicians can discover diverse, music-centric experiences that inspire, educate, and entertain.The Music City San Francisco building stands as the hub itself, physically hosting the Music City Hotel, Music City Rehearsal, SF Music Hall of Fame, Bar & Restaurant, Music City Artist Experience education program, and Emporium within its five floors.

This 2023 Avenue Greenlight grant money will be used for Phase 2 of the Branding for our Mission Creek neighborhood. We are currently in the final stages of completing Phase 1 of the Branding which was for creating the visual identity for our Mission Creek neighborhood and Lamppost Banners.

The Northeast Mission Business Association, NEMBA, represents the best interests of businesses in the area bounded by Capp Street, 13th Street, Potrero Avenue and 20th Street. Our mission is to attract, develop, support, and retain businesses in our area. The greater our numbers, the stronger our voice and influence are at City Hall.

The goal is to enhance the atmosphere, ambiance, and safety in the North Beach Merchant Corridor. More lighting will make North Beach feel alive and vibrant and encourage local residents to spent more time in the merchant corridor. Lighting will also help deter crime which will also make North Beach more welcoming to visitors and tourists.

The North Beach Business Association is the sole small business organization representing the North Beach Commercial District. Our organization is committed to supporting and celebrating our neighborhood businesses. We strive to enhance and preserve the unique character of North Beach.

The Phoenix Day Kids Block party is a great event that we have enjoyed each year following COVID. It is free to all, with food provided by local merchants and restaurants, and beverages contributed by NOPA Corner Market on the corner of Lyon/Fulton. In addition, music is provided by a neighborhood DJ, local artists are there selling their creations; and the event culminates with a fashion show featuring local clothing designers complete with a high-energy runway walk down the middle of Lyon Street.

NOPNA is a non-profit organization of neighbors, who care about the community, our city, and our world. Our mission is to establish neighborhood unity, maintain multi-ethnic, multi-cultural diversity, foster a sense of neighborhood pride, promote a safe and clean community, and improve the quality of life for all residents of the neighborhood.

The NOPNA Summer Block Party is a celebration of the beginning of summer and the end of the school year for the kids. It is composed of a series of local bands who play throughout the event, fire truck visits and bounce houses. The goal of the party is to enjoy the warm summer and allow families and neighbors to mix before heading to their typical summer vacations. As with all our events, it’s completely free and open to anyone in the neighborhood or who happens to be passing by.

NOPNA is a non-profit organization of neighbors, who care about the community, our city, and our world. Our mission is to establish neighborhood unity, maintain multi-ethnic, multi-cultural diversity, foster a sense of neighborhood pride, promote a safe and clean community, and improve the quality of life for all residents of the neighborhood.

The NOPNA Kids Halloween Block Party will create a free, kid-friendly, fun experience that can be enjoyed for free by all members of the community.

NOPNA is a non-profit organization of neighbors, who care about the community, our city, and our world. Our mission is to establish neighborhood unity, maintain multi-ethnic, multi-cultural diversity, foster a sense of neighborhood pride, promote a safe and clean community, and improve the quality of life for all residents of the neighborhood.

Lighting on Ocean will enhance community engagement by making the corridor feel safer, visually pleasing and more welcoming at night. One of the main concerns from merchants and community members on ocean avenue is safety. Adding lighting will help the corridor feel like a safer place to walk and socialize at night.

The nonprofit Ocean Avenue Association manages the district with a focus on cleaning and maintenance, safety; marketing; and streetscape improvements.

The Irving Street corridor night market and community celebrations will bring together merchants, residents, and San Franciscans out to enjoy the best the Sunset has to offer, activating the street with pedestrians, food offerings from local merchants, and curated events and festivities for families and residents to enjoy.

The Outer Sunset Merchants and Professionals Association successfully managed and organized three community events along the merchant corridor in 2021 and 2022. These holiday-themed toy drives and costumed festivities drew hundreds of participants to activate the corridor, supporting local small business and engaging the community.

Through the Potrero Stage Land Acknowledgment Mural Project, PlayGround in partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone and Native Writers’ Theater will unveil a new land acknowledgment mural at Potrero Stage and offer a week of free public performance and community discussion, all bringing focus on the original inhabitants and stewards of Potrero Hill and our relationship to the land on which we live, work, and play.

PlayGround is a leading playwright incubator and theatre community hub, with a core commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. PlayGround’s mission is to support the development of significant new local voices for the theatre, helping to launch these writers onto the national scene.

By illuminating four blocks of San Bruno Avenue with charming string lights, we aim to revitalize the area and bolster the well-being of Portola residents, students, merchants, and customers alike. The project has the potential to foster a sense of security and pride in the community while creating a more inviting environment for all.

The Portola Neighborhood Association (PNA) is a resident and merchant-run organization that has been actively working for the past decade to revitalize the commercial corridor, enhance community safety, and initiate beautification projects.

The Potrero Hill Archives Project has held Potrero Hill History Nights every Fall for 23 years in theaters, schools and most recently in a neighborhood church.

The Potrero Hill Archives Project began in 1986 collecting oral histories of long-time residents, historic photos and really anything connected to Potrero Hill history. They hold a History Night each fall, lead walking tours, and have written two Arcadia books on Hill history. Most recently, they’ve been working on another Arcadia book about the Dogpatch.

The Festival is committed to providing experiential science, technology, engineering, math and arts activities to diverse populations in Potrero Hill and beyond. Our STEM Festival aims to create a space where children and youth in the community both those attending. Nabe after-school program and those living in the neighborhood, can get together to participate in hands-onSTEM activities.

The Nabe exists to strengthen community life and individual well-being among Potrero Hill and southeast San Francisco residents. We have strategic partnerships with government agencies, other community organizations, and businesses who are committed to enhancing the lives of underserved children, families, and seniors most impacted by the effects of globalization, technology, gentrification, and construction.

Over the past 48 years the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House has produced the Potrero Hill Festival as a way of bringing together the neighborhood to celebrate the wonder of our community. The Potrero Hill Festival has become a staple in the Potrero Hill community, with families looking forward to the third Saturday in October with anticipation.

The Nabe exists to strengthen community life and individual well-being among Potrero Hill and southeast San Francisco residents. We have strategic partnerships with government agencies, other community organizations, and businesses who are committed to enhancing the lives of underserved children, families, and seniors most impacted by the effects of globalization, technology, gentrification, and construction.

Refuse Refuse is creating a movement to motivate fellow San Franciscans of all ages to take actions needed to clean their streets. Supplemental Avenue Greenlight funding will support continued growth of cleanups in every neighborhood in San Francisco, measurably reducing trash on city sidewalks and streets. Funding will support marketing and community organizing, including tabling at community events (we'd be happy to partner with Avenue Greenlight representatives going forward), and will build community through subsidizing post-cleanup gatherings at "It All Starts Here" participating merchants.

These murals would be well-placed to beautify and enliven the SoMa/Yerba Buena/Filipino Cultural Heritage District and commercial corridors.

Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, transforms lives and communities through entrepreneurship. We engage motivated entrepreneurs who face discrimination due to race, gender, sexual orientation, economic class, or past incarceration, providing access to training, resources, and capital needed to build thriving businesses.

The San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce will support two important community events - the Chinese New Year Flower and Community Fair. Both events occur within days of one another and bookend the San Francisco's annual lunar new year festivities. Since 1992, the Chinese New Year Flower and Community Fair have been annual traditions held in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

The Chinese Chamber of Commerce, a century-old organization promoting Chinese American businesses and culture.

SF Parks Alliance seeks to organize an open-air, Asian night market in the Sunset District on Irving Street in collaboration with local pop up market-organizer Sunset Mercantile, and AAPI-focused grassroots partner Cut Fruit Collective. We are seeking support for the first market, which would serve as a pilot for future markets. SF Parks Alliance is the only city-wide parks nonprofit in San Francisco. For over 50 years, we’ve been partnering with communities and public agencies to create, sustain, and advocate for parks and public spaces that welcome and belong to everyone.

A one day community based event in collaboration with the San Francisco Arts Education Project in partnership with the Minnesota Street Project gallery. The event is a wild celebration of nature and art - offering the local community hands-on experiences of insects up close.

We are committed to inspiring participation and awareness in the preservation of fragile ecosystems by providing opportunities for personal direct action to save the diversity of life on Earth.

To uplift minority-owned businesses and the communities around them through philanthropy, advocacy, technical support services, and partnerships. We believe that there must be a continuation of Mutual-aid and recovery response, and this work must be community-driven. Through canvassing and engagement of our neighborhood stakeholders, we hope to provide resources and local, high-quality produce to our City’s lower-income communities. We meet the community where they are at, and our trade association members are faces these communities see everyday and trust.

The Neighborhood Business Alliance brings together impacted communities to advocate for sensible, informed solutions to local economic policies and beyond. As the small business crisis in San Francisco heightened, ethnic trade associations, family businesses, and workers joined forces to create a single voice on economic, cultural, and political issues affecting them the most.

To uplift minority-owned businesses and the communities around them through philanthropy, advocacy, technical support services, and partnerships. We believe that there must be a continuation of Mutual-aid and recovery response, and this work must be community-driven. Through canvassing and engagement of our neighborhood stakeholders, we hope to provide resources and local, high-quality produce to our City’s lower-income communities. We meet the community where they are at, and our trade association members are faces these communities see everyday and trust.

The Neighborhood Business Alliance brings together impacted communities to advocate for sensible, informed solutions to local economic policies and beyond. As the small business crisis in San Francisco heightened, ethnic trade associations, family businesses, and workers joined forces to create a single voice on economic, cultural, and political issues affecting them the most.

To uplift minority-owned businesses and the communities around them through philanthropy, advocacy, technical support services, and partnerships. We believe that there must be a continuation of Mutual-aid and recovery response, and this work must be community-driven. Through canvassing and engagement of our neighborhood stakeholders, we hope to provide resources and local, high-quality produce to our City’s lower-income communities. We meet the community where they are at, and our trade association members are faces these communities see everyday and trust.

The Neighborhood Business Alliance brings together impacted communities to advocate for sensible, informed solutions to local economic policies and beyond. As the small business crisis in San Francisco heightened, ethnic trade associations, family businesses, and workers joined forces to create a single voice on economic, cultural, and political issues affecting them the most.

To uplift minority-owned businesses and the communities around them through philanthropy, advocacy, technical support services, and partnerships. We believe that there must be a continuation of Mutual-aid and recovery response, and this work must be community-driven. Through canvassing and engagement of our neighborhood stakeholders, we hope to provide resources and local, high-quality produce to our City’s lower-income communities. We meet the community where they are at, and our trade association members are faces these communities see everyday and trust.

The Neighborhood Business Alliance brings together impacted communities to advocate for sensible, informed solutions to local economic policies and beyond. As the small business crisis in San Francisco heightened, ethnic trade associations, family businesses, and workers joined forces to create a single voice on economic, cultural, and political issues affecting them the most.

The Union Street Festival is a vibrant and safe event that has become an essential part of the Union Street district's identity. It brings together residents, business owners, and visitors to celebrate the area's culture, commerce, and community through music, arts and crafts, children's activities, and a variety of food options.

Church Street Branding Project seeks to highlight the Upper Noe Valley commercial core and strengthen our neighborhood identity. Upper Noe Neighbors conceived this project through a robust discussion within the community including our membership of over four hundred fifty residents and thirty-four businesses. The first phase will add bistro lighting, pole banners, flower baskets and historic medallions along Church Street from 30th Street to Cesar Chavez Street.

Upper Noe Neighbors (UNN) brings our community together. We host speakers on a variety of topics of local interest to learn about issues affecting our area. We provide a voice for our neighbors in local government and communicate news and events. We engage in city issues and hold social events. This group builds upon the
history of the previous Upper Noe Valley Association that dates to the mid 1950s, at least.