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The Friends of the Urban Forest is scheduling an urban tree planting on Jan 17th, and if neighborhood residents want to participate, they need to respond by Dec 10th, so not a lot of time to get more folks signed up. This planting is primarily focused on the western side of the hill, but there are plans for another one on the lower north slope later in the year.

It’s easy! All you have to do is send in your application forms, attend the community meeting on December 10th, 6:30 pm at Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center @ 515 Cortland, select your species – and water your new tree! Planting is 1/17/2009!

• Trees engage & strengthen neighborhood relations.
  Trees reduce crime by showing a neighborhood is cared for.


• Trees build trust: neighbors who help each other plant & care for trees are no longer strangers!


• Trees clean the air & absorb pollution like toxins that cause cancer & asthma.


• Trees increase property value & attract customers to business.

Please contact your Neighborhood Organizer: Anna Marjavi, 505-9016 or annaroll6 - at - hotmail.com
to sign up for a tree. Forms are also available at www.fuf.net, 561-6890.

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The second installment of the Cesar Chavez Community Design Workshop happens this Tuesday, August 26, 6-7:30pm at Leonard Flynn Elementary School, 3125 Cesar Chavez Street.

Next week, please join us for the 2nd Cesar Chavez Street Design workshop. Staff will present two design alternatives for Cesar Chavez Street based on feedback from the first community workshop in May.

The project's goals are to:

Make Cesar Chavez Street a safer place for people by improving crossings, widening sidewalks, and enhancing lighting;

Redesign Cesar Chavez Street with high quality landscaping, gracious trees, pedestrian lighting, and other design treatments;

Reconnect the neighborhood by making Cesar Chavez Street a destination, rather than a divide;

Improve the area’s natural ecology by integrating stormwater design elements into the street;

Improve bicycle connections and safety in both directions;

Ensure that traffic doesn’t spill over into surrounding neighborhoods.

Labels: parking, Precita Park, Precita Valley Neighbors, pvn, traffic calming, trees

Sorry for the late notice, but there is a Precita Valley Neighbors Monthly Meeting happening tomorrow at Charlie's Deli, Saturday, February 16th, 10am – 11:00am.


Charlie’s Deli is located at 3202 Folsom Street (Folsom at Precita)


AGENDA:

I. Precita Park Landscaping and Lighting Update. The storms have taken out several trees and other ground concerns.
II. Precita Area Crime Update.
III. Miscellaneous.

Labels: crime, Precita Valley Neighbors, trees

Why was someone in a City of SF vehicle cutting up a fallen tree on the 1500 block of Treat at 1:30am on Monday morning?

I know there are a lot of fallen trees in the city right now, but really, chain saws at 1:30am in the morning?

This is the tree (as seen Friday) that they were cutting on:

Labels: precita, trees

Folsom is blocked between Stoneman and Ripley, due to several fallen trees. Happened sometime between noon and 2pm. (Click images for larger versions.)

Labels: precita, Precita Valley Neighbors, trees

Labels: precita, Precita Valley Neighbors, trees

The San Francisco Giants sponsored a large tree planting (as part of Arbor day) in the triangle at Cesar Chavez Street and Precita Avenue. This nice tree is a lovely addition to the neighborhood, and beautifies an otherwise drab corner.

Labels: trees