Neighborhood orgs

Our location here on Mission Street puts us very much on the cusp of two important San Francisco neighborhoods-- No doubt we are in SoMa (South of Market) by the definition of the term, but we also associate with the Central Market (also called Mid Market) 'hood, due to our proximity to the Civic Center and Theatre district (Warfield, Orpheum, etc). We just barely sneak into the official SFRA (San Francisco Redevelopment Area) survey area called "South of Market", which enables us to apply for city-backed grant programs for facade improvements and construction loans, but we are across the street from several historic (pre-earthquake!) buildings that are certainly associated with the historic Central Market zone.

Many neighborhood orgs have come to be in an effort to support positive development in the neighborhood. Recently I was contacted by LiveSOMA.com and will definitely become an active member of their effort to unite local residents and support the community through meetings, events, etc. In addition to LiveSOMA, there are myriad other groups going to similar efforts, both publicly and privately run:

http://www.sfredevelopment.org/
http://www.bettermarketstreetsf.org/
http://www.westernsoma.com/

In addition, there are many smaller groups that focus even more narrowly on individual projects such as park clean up, making 6th Street a safer place, etc.

We hope to be an important part of the overall process to help revitalize this historic neighborhood of San Francisco (however you want to classify it!) with the mantra, "A rising tide lifts all boats".... More to come on this subject for sure.