Wednesday, November 21, 2007

San Francisco Beautiful Gives Over $1M in Grants

In 2007 San Francisco Beautiful marked several important milestones that we are very proud of. Not only did we celebrate our 60th anniversary this year with a fitting gala at City Hall, we also passed the $1,000,000 mark in our Freidel Klussmann Grants Program. With the closing of our final grant cycle of the year, we have given a grand total of $1,061,000 to local neighborhood groups to help carry out community improvement projects across the City.

Our 2007 grants include funding for:

• Restoring Alemany Farm in St. Mary's Park (Bernal Heights) with native plants and a beautified entryway;
• New fencing at the Dolores Park Playground in the Mission, a community bulletin board at Victoria Manalo Draves Park in SOMA and a water fountain for both humans and dogs at Upper Douglass Dog Park in Noe Valley;
• The restoration of the beautiful Women's Building murals on 18th Street;
• New trees at West Portal Elementary School, a school garden at James Lick Middle School (Noe Valley), and a native plant garden at Willie L. Brown, Jr. Academy in the Portola District;
• Permeable landscaping on Judah Street in the Outer Sunset;
• Community garden enhancements at Koshland Park in Hayes Valley, a deck extention at the 24th Street Mini-Park in the Mission District and a natural seating area at Potrero Hill Park Playground.

Our first grant cycle application deadline for 2008 is February 1, and I encourage all San Francisco neighborhood, parks, and merchant groups to take a look at our website at www.sfbeautiful.org for information on how to apply for a Freidel Klussmann Grant. We would love to support your community improvement project! You can also call me for more information: (415) 421-2608 x 11.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Dee Dee

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