Upcoming Meetings and Events

September meeting
The September meeting of HVNA will focus on the various developments proposed for the neighborhood. Work is underway at the corner of Oak and Octavia, and at 1844 Market Street. How long and what will these projects be? There are other projects that have been approved in the area, but where are they in the process? 580 Hayes has an interim plan, 555 Fulton is a question mark, and there are more.

We have invited the Planning Department to make a presentation to inform us of what is likely to happen, and how long it is likely to take. Our August meeting, covered elsewhere in this issue, was full of information regarding possible temporary uses on vacant freeway parcels. There will be an update on this issue at the September meeting, but we will also focus on privately held parcels already in the pipeline.

The October meeting will likely focus on 2 proposals affecting the neighborhood, the Prado Group’s proposed Whole Foods Market at Dolores and Market Streets and the still vacant UC Extension site, 55 Laguna. We will also have information on neighborhood Halloween activities, the kick-off of Fostering a Safe and Caring Holiday Season.

Photo: Barbara Wenger

Growing Community
CommunityGrows had a great summer with their LetUsGrow Summer Camp and Seed-to-Mouth Cooking Classes in Hayes Valley South Community Room. We want to especially thank KATE’S KITCHEN on Haight Street for treating our youth to breakfast everyday during camp. They were amazing! We also want to thank Luz Gomez, from Global Exchange, Markos Marjor (our garden educator) and Saewon Oh (our Cooking A Publication of The Hayes Valley Neighborhood Volume 09/Issue 05 Association | HVNA September-October 2009 teacher). A special thanks also to our teen counselor, Cleo Harris and Cooking helper, Daarina Lewis. Great job everyone!

We will be having a workday in Koshland Park and Garden on Saturday, September 19th from 9:30 AM to 12:00 noon. This workday is sponsored by Kaiser Permanente. We will also be having a Community Gardeners Meeting for all Koshland Gardeners at 12:00 noon on that day.