Making The Bay to Breakers Fun for Everyone

April 10, 2011

This year celebrates the 100th running of the Bay to Breakers. The centennial Bay to Breakers will have some significant changes to address the safety, sanitation and security of participants, spectators and neighbors. These changes have been championed by the Neighborhood Task Force on the 100th Bay to Breakers whose work over the last year [...]

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NOPNA’s 2011 Masonic Survey Results

February 27, 2011

UPDATE: The NOPNA board has endorsed the Boulevard option. See masonic_support_letter for details. Executive Summary NOPNA conducted a survey about making Masonic a safer street between February 6th and February 15th, 2011. We specifically asked neighbors their opinions of overall conditions on the street and asked them to state their preferences between two traffic calming proposals developed [...]

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NOPNA’s New Vice President

February 14, 2011

We want to thank Kandace Kaylor for fulfilling the role as Vice President of NOPNA during the 2009-2010 year. Kandace has lead our efforts to connect the neighborhood through the Nopa Networking and event planning. She has been instrumental in helping us doing marketing and other activities. Kandace will remain in the board as Member [...]

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Masonic Discussion and Survey

February 6, 2011

The SFMTA just released their report on Masonic (which I encourage you to read). This report is the result of 3 community meetings that happened last year. In their report, they detailed the process they went through to derive two options for Masonic: The Boulevard and the Gateway. These two options were then voted on [...]

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100th Bay to Breakers Update: ISCOTT

February 1, 2011

On January 27th 2011, ISCOTT, approved the permit for the 100th Bay to Breakers. Representatives from the Neighborhood Task for on the 100th Bay to Breakers were present to share our experiences and concerns. Both the SFPD and the mayors office stepped pledged that our neighborhoods will be protected throughout the day. For them, Bay [...]

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2011: The Year Ahead Discussion

January 22, 2011

At the January 20th 2011 NOPNA general meeting, we had a discussion on what meeting attendees wanted to see NOPNA do in the coming year. The initial categories were based on the NOPNA strategic vision of Respect, Engage and Inspire. Participants were asked to write their ideas on sticky notes and place them under the [...]

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Holiday Partnership with Great Local Organization – Please Contribute!

November 4, 2010

This year, Nopa Little Ones is partnering with Opportunity Impact, a wonderful after school enrichment and youth development program located in the heart of our neighborhood. This program serves 60 youth, ages 4th – 7th grade, from in or near our community every day after school, offering homework support, case management, enrichment, and also fun. [...]

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Respect, Preserve & Protect: An Update on the 100th Bay to Breakers

September 21, 2010

At the September 16th 100th Bay to Breakers Task force meeting, AEG (the owners of Bay to Breakers) presented their Public Safety and Enforcement Plan. This plan was the first step in addressing the neighborhoods concerns about the havoc that this years Bay to Breakers wreaked on our neighborhoods. The meeting was attended by SFPD, [...]

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