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FACES OF DIVISADERO
Who are the people who make up the exciting Divisadero community? Watch our video series, “Faces of Divisadero” and meet our neighbors.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
The development team began early discussions with community leaders and neighborhood groups in June 2015 to ensure that the final proposal reflects the community’s vision for this prominent site – the nexus of the Divisadero and Lower Haight corridors. We held our official Pre-Application meeting on October 11, 2017. You can view the presentation here.
The project team has offered unprecedented access to the community, hosting and attending dozens of small groups meetings and presentations, holding weekly meet and greets, and maintaining ongoing communications with the following stakeholders.
- Affordable Divis
- Alamo Square Neighborhood Association (ASNA)
- Divisadero Merchants Association (DMA)
- Fell Street Neighbors
- Haight Ashbury Improvement Association (HAIA)
- Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council (HANC)
- Haight Ashbury Neighbors for Density (HAND)
- Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association (HVNA)
- Livable City
- Lower Haight Merchants and Neighbors Association (LoHaMNA)
- Neighbors Developing Divisadero
- North of the Panhandle Neighborhood Association (NOPNA)
- Oak Street Neighbors
- SF Bay Area Renter’s Foundation
- San Francisco Bicycle Foundation
- San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC)
- San Francisco YIMBY Party
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
The project sponsor has worked extensively with local non-profits, neighborhood groups and neighbors to create programs that foster community.
Discussions at the retail workshop on how to raise the profile of the Divisadero merchant corridor resulted in a coalition of local merchants and representatives from key neighborhood associations banding together to create Art on Site SF – an art trail showcasing local street art from the Divisadero to Lower Haight and Hayes Valley merchant corridors.
Co-founded by the Genesis Real Estate Group, the Build, Fly & Keep! Drone Program enables students from all economic backgrounds to learn the basics by building their own micro-drone from scratch, with hands-on help and guidance from professional pilot instructors.
D5 Council for “Dinner, Drinks, Discussion, Development and Divisadero” is a quarterly event where neighbors interested in smart growth meet, share ideas and make a difference.
The project team has also provided ongoing support to both the DMA and LoHaMNA, most recently assisting LoHaMNA with an MOEWD community grant application and introducing La Cocina to the owner of Black Sands to discuss pop-ups.
PRESENTATIONS
We are available to meet with smaller groups of neighbors or interested parties for one-on-one meetings.
SURVEYS
Please let us know your thoughts on what makes this neighborhood special and how would you design the site. We greatly appreciate your feedback. Please check back to view the results and to participate in other neighborhood focused-surveys.
