The Glen Park Association

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Local charity focuses on reading proficiency in 2025

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The year has flown by. Looking back reveals that Urban Angels SF has had its greatest impact in its 9-year history. Looking forward, our most important mission awaits, Rise Up SF, supporting the education of underserved children in grades 1 – 4 in San Francisco. How bad is it? Nearly 50% of the children in the San Francisco […]

CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY–Social, Educational, and Fun Events for All

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As we enter the new year, we invite you to visit your library to experience numerous learning and community-building events. Maybe you’re interested in dispelling some misconceptions about our neighborhood’s history? Perhaps you’re looking for a new way to reduce stress around potty training? Have you spotted coyotes in our backyard public park? Learn about […]

Silent Night, Christmas Night

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Glen Park was deserted. Even the Glen Park Station bar was closed. You could stand in the middle of the street without fear as you could see traffic coming from a stop light away. The exception was our neighborhood Chinese restaurant, Win Garden, where the joint was jumping and business was brisk. The clientele was […]

1/14 GPA Quarterly Meeting

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Join us for the Glen Park Association Winter Quarterly Meeting on Tuesday, January 14, at the Glen Canyon Recreation Center, 70 Elk Street. Doors open at 6 p.m. for socializing! Meeting starts at 6:15 p.m.   AGENDA *GPA officer elections Report from the Glen Park Merchants Association Affordable Housing 101, (Sam Moss, Mission Housing) The […]

Tornado–in SF??

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Glen Parkers, and indeed all of San Francisco, were awakened at 5:51am by a screeching emergency alert on their devices. We were being warned about a possible tornado, something we’re used to hearing about in Midwestern flyover country but not here. By 6:15am the shelter in place was called off, no tornado had materialized. But […]

Paypal Error Fixed

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Yes, We Really Do Want that 10 Bucks! Thank you to all those members who tried to sign up in the last couple of weeks. One kind soul let us know that our Paypal link on was no longer working, an obvious barrier to completing membership payment…. Happily our webmaster fixed the issue, so you […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–November recap

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Happy Holidays! I’m so excited about all of the great things going on in Glen Park right now. The Burnside Steps were finally finished and they look AMAZING, and now Sirron Norris is working on a mural for Elk St. in front of Glen Canyon Park that will represent all of the great things in […]