Coming to the Glen Park Greenway…a California Native Meadow. The design is based on community consensus reflected in the Greenway Concept Plan of 2016. In a series of community meetings held this September, we refined our expectations about what the Native Meadow should provide and will continue to refine the design of the Meadow over […]
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DHB Median Cleanup 10/9
Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Project Volunteer Workday Saturday, October 9, 9-12 noon Please join us for even an hour or two! Date: Saturday, October 9 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon – helping us even one hour would be terrific! Location: Meet at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church on DH Blvd. at Gold Mine Dr. Work: […]
Boo! Will there be a Glen Park Halloween this year?
After more than a decade of increasingly lively Halloweens in Glen Park, COVID-19 shut everything down in 2020. Instead of streets swarming with Ruth Bader Ginsburgs, Jedi knights and the occasional BART car, there was the eerie silence of the pandemic. But—with proper precautions—Halloween is back this year! St. John the Evangelist School at 925 […]
Trees put Glen Park in top 5 neighborhoods in SF
A new study of “tree canopy cover” ranks Glen Park fifth out of all San Francisco neighborhoods, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. It’s a metric developed by a data company, EarthDefine, which measures the percentage of total land area covered by trees. Overall, with 669,000 trees, San Francisco has very little tree cover, at […]
GPA Quarterly Mtg 10/21
Join the Glen Park Association for our fall quarterly meeting Thursday, October 21, 7pm on Zoom (registration details below) Agenda Fire Safety The San Francisco Fire Marshal will talk about fire safety, both in Glen Canyon and in the home. Neighborhood Beautification From murals to greenways, featuring Bernal Glen’s own Sophie Constantinou, whose tireless work […]
Hooray for $50K! Glen Park Merchants group scores major grant
(Note: See slideshow at end of post.) It takes a village to keep a village thriving and vibrant. And that village must have people willing and able to do the hard work to keep it that way and to move ever forward. A big step was taken in that direction recently when the Glen Park […]
Greenway Work Party Saturday, Oct. 2
Hello Friend and Supporter of the Greenway, I hope that you can come to our next Work Party on Saturday October 2 from 9:00am to 12:00pm. If you’re planning to come to the work party please send me an email at greenway@glenparkassociation.org Please let me know no later than Tuesday September 28. Here’s a description […]
Bees, honey and mentoring in Diamond Heights
A few minutes before noon on August 28, Fernando Aguilar closed the door of his pickup and walked to the O’Shaughnessy Blvd gate of his alma mater. He unlocked it, got back in and drove to his beehive on the campus of the former of McAteer High School. Aguilar, Class of 1976, tends a hive […]
Arlington Path/BC Cleanup 9/19
SAVE THE DATES September 19th: 10-12pm the Clean-Up Spectacular: Arlington Path & Bernal Cut October 17th: 12-5pm Phoenix Day Street Parties November 13th: 10-12pm CA Native Planting extravaganza SUNDAY, SEPT 19TH 10-12PM Join RefuseRefuseSF, Shine On and TogetherSF for a friendly neighborhood cleanup! Sign Up Here. We will meet at New College Hill Market (3798 […]
Glen Park Recreation Center reopens
We’re excited to share that the majority of our Recreation Centers will reopen on weekdays beginning on Tuesday, September 7. All visitors are required to show proof of vaccination to enter our recreation centers. The new requirements do not apply to those who are ineligible for vaccinations, including children under 12 years old. For more information […]