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The Exploratorium has received two anonymous gifts totaling $90 million to help pay for renovations of Piers 15 and 17 and the construction of their new location along San Francisco’s waterfront, according to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle. The funds are conditional based upon the museum raising another $40 million from other donors. This will be the biggest project along he eastern waterfront of San Francisco since AT&T Park.

This is great news for SoMa waterfront residents who will be a short walk away from another cultural and educational destination! Another gem along the waterfront, so-to-speak.

In addition to the regular meeting, members in good standing (dues paid) will be voting on Board Members and Officers at the Monday, March 8th meeting of the South Beach/Rincon/Mission Bay Neighborhood Association from 6pm until 7pm at the South Beach Harbor Services Building.

South Beach/Rincon/Mission Bay Neighborhood Association Meeting
Monday, March 8th from 6pm until 7pm
South Beach Harbor Services Building
(between Pier 40 & the Ballpark)
Community Room

Jay Primus, Director of the new SFPark Program, will walk us through the development of this innovative synthesis of new thinking and new technology related to parking management, and how the program will be implemented in our neighborhood. `Circle less, Live more’ is the promise for the future.

Preceding Jay will be Charles Higueras, DPW Project Manager, Asst. Fire Chief Jim Barden, and Police Captain John Goldberg to talk about the earthquake safety bond measure which will be on the June ballot.

COME JOIN US!

Here’s some video from CBS 5 about the new parking sensors you may have noticed being installed in the Rincon Hill neighborhood and around town in recent weeks.

Our friend Michael Chao, Project Manager with Community Housing Partnership, has provided an online link for the drawings of designs for their supportive housing project on Folsom Street at Essex presented to neighbors at the community meeting held at The Metropolitan a couple of Wednesdays ago. You can find the drawings posted online [...]

For those of you interested in the progress on the rebuilding of San Francisco General Hospital…

SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL (SFGH) REBUILD COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETING
SFGH will be holding a community town hall meeting to hear the communities thoughts on the rebuild project thus far. Please join SFGH on Monday, April 5, 2010 from 6:00pm-8pm [...]

From our friend and community public safety advocate Ken Craig:

Hi All :
I am writing to ask you to seriously consider attending the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting at 2pm on Tuesday March 9, held on the 4th floor of San Francisco City Hall, to speak in support of Supervisor Bevan Dufty’s resolution to enhance [...]

Please join us at the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific’s Library Room (450 Harrison Street) at 6pm this evening (March 2, 2010) to learn about legislation currently under review to help to either stimulate the building of currently approved developments (like the second tower at One Rincon Hill or 201 Folsom) or to incentivize developers [...]