Nov 1: SNA Quarterly Meeting

You are invited to Sunnyside Neighborhood Association’s November 2021 Quarterly Meeting.

Monday November 1st, 2021, 6:30 – 8:00 PM via Zoom.

On the agenda: News from President Ken Hollenbeck about an opportunity to increase Sunnyside’s urban forest. Members Jim McCormick and Brian Marabello, two local Neighborhood Watch leads, will talk about how they got their blocks organized, and how to do it on your own block. Sara Barz, Slow Hearst lead, will give an update on this new neighborhood feature. Rosaura Valle and Joy Durighello from the Detroit Steps Project team will report the latest exciting news on the Steps. Also, a brief update about the Balboa Reservoir Project from Amy O’Hair. Raffle prizes include hand-made flowers from Andrea O’Leary.

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Oct 31: Halloween on Slow Hearst

You are invited to Sunnyside’s first ever Halloween party on Slow Hearst! Join your friends and neighbors for this family-oriented celebration on Sunday, October 31.

  • Location: Hearst Ave at Detroit Street
  • Time: Sunday, October 31 at 4pm
  • Featuring: Refreshments, spooky music, with a competitive Costume and Pumpkin Contest! After the judging wraps up, join all the little ghouls and goblins for a Trick-or-Treating Stroll along Hearst Ave.
  • Full event and contest details here.

Want to give out candy? Add your house to our map and note if there will be candy, cocktails, live music, a haunted house, vampires, etc.

Volunteer to give out Candy or help with Slow Hearst Halloween.

Balboa Reservoir Open House on Oct 16

The developer team for the Balboa Reservoir Project is hosting an outdoor open house meeting for the community to designs for the Reservoir Park that will be at the center of the housing development.

Developers BRIDGE Housing and AvalonBay Communities are co-hosting this outdoor open house, focused on Balboa Reservoir Park. All interested community members are invited. This meeting is intended as a follow up from the July 24th meeting. Attendees can hear directly from the landscape design team about these changes give feedback.

The presentation boards from the Open House now available (PDF) here.

To get updates from the developer team, sign up here.

Slow Hearst Kick-off Event on Aug 28

Meet your neighbors and enjoy Sunnyside’s new Slow Street on Hearst Avenue. Saturday August 28, 2021, from 1 to 5 PM. Between Congo and Foerster streets.

Activities for kids, bikes, food, music and fun! Games with prizes at 2 PM. Big Wheels parade–Meet at Ridgewood at 3 PM.

Slow Hearst Kick-off event on Sat August 28, 2021, 1-5 PM.
Slow Hearst Kick-off event on Sat August 28, 2021, 1-5 PM.

Download the PDF flyer here.

Request a window sign here.

Sponsored by Slow Hearst http://www.slowhearst.org