Detroit Steps Project Kick-off video

On February 18, 2019July 8, 2020 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Detroit Steps, Greening, Participatory Budgeting, UncategorizedLeave a comment

SNA member and Detroit Street resident Steve Flanagan has made a little video to announce the exciting 2019 Participatory Budgeting proposal for the Detroit Steps. For more information about the Detroit Steps Project, visit this overview page.

Feb 23: Circular Ave Ribbon Garden Cleanup Day

On February 7, 2019February 24, 2019 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Circular Ribbon Garden, GreeningLeave a comment

Join local the local greening and cleaning effort led by volunteer Pat Moore on Saturday February 23, 2019 (9am to 12noon). Meet at Congo and Circular. Sponsored by SF Parks Alliance. To participate, contact committee chair Pat Moore patmoore695@comcast.net

The long narrow planted area between Circular Avenue and I-280 freeway was dedicated as park space in 2011, and is maintained with local volunteer efforts.

Circular_Ave_Ribbon_Garden_opening_ceremony_Mayor_Ed_Lee — The 2011 opening ceremony for the Circular Ribbon Garden, with Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor Scott Wiener in attendance, along with local residents who helped make it happen, including Pat Moore, Ming Louie, Bob Abra, and many others.

Feb 23: Detroit Steps Project Kick-off Event

On February 6, 2019July 8, 2020 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Arts, Detroit Steps, Greening, Participatory BudgetingLeave a comment

Lighting the Detroit Steps for safety and preparing them for a future public art project are the aims of two of this year’s Sunnyside D7 Participatory Budgeting projects. For more information about the Detroit Steps Project, visit this overview page.

Local sentiment about the Steps. Photo: Flora Clerque Photography.

Learn more about this exciting project here. You are invited to stop by the Kick-off event on Saturday February 23 (12 noon – 2 pm), at the Lower Steps, Detroit Street at Hearst Ave — to learn more and talk with the project leaders. A special musical guest is expected for the event. For more info about the project, contact: Rosaura Valle rpcvalle@gmail.com.

Two goats from CityGrazing.org, hard at work on a yard in Sunnyside. Photo: Sunnyside Neighborhood Association.

Delicious weeds! Goats in Sunnyside

On January 27, 2019January 27, 2019 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn GreeningLeave a comment

Seen on Flood Avenue this morning, a volunteer from CityGrazing.org, grazing two goats on a weedy yard.

The animals don’t mind oxalis or many other nasty weeds. CityGrazing.org is a nonprofit, and many of the goats are rescues. Their website: “City Grazing specializes in brush and weed removal in back yards and small properties under two acres.” Read more here. Continue reading “Delicious weeds! Goats in Sunnyside” →

From GPA: Lemon trees quarantined

On January 18, 2019 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Greening, treesLeave a comment

Read on the Glen Park Association blog about the recent identification of a destructive insect infecting lemon trees in SF, and the quarantine. https://www.glenparkassociation.org/got-a-lemon-tree-its-quarantined-now-yellow-dragon-disease-has-arrived-in-san-francisco/

An innocuous insect that carries a devastating disease which has destroyed citrus groves in Africa and South America has arrived in San Francisco. The Asian citrus psyllid has been found in the Marina district and the California Department of Food and Agriculture is making anyone with citrus trees on their property to avoid moving fruit and plants.