16th Street BART Plaza

16th Street BART Plaza

In 2003, San Francisco Beautiful recognized the 16th Street BART Plaza with a Beautification Award. BART, with various funding sources, worked extensively with the community and merchants to transform a dirty, vandalized station area into a colorful plaza in the Mission District. For more than 40 years, San Francisco Beautiful has been honoring San Franciscans who make […]

Tenderloin People’s Garden (2010)

Tenderloin People’s Garden

$3,800 to the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation to create a community garden to provide fresh local food to the low-income residents of the Tenderloin. The People’s Garden is volunteer-run and located at the corner of McAllister and Larkin. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with […]

Malcolm X Academy Garden (2011)

Malcolm X Academy Garden

$4,500 to POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights) for a community garden at Malcolm X Academy. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with small grants. Through our grant program we were able to revitalize community assets like gardens, create innovative new opportunities for interaction, […]

Harkness Ave Community Garden (2005)

Community Garden

$3500 to the Harkness Avenue Community Garden for construction and agricultural supplies. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with small grants. Through our grant program we were able to revitalize community assets like gardens, create innovative new opportunities for interaction, and help communities build their […]

Quesada Gardens (2005)

Quesada Gardens

$8000 to purchase an irrigation system for the Quesada Gardens. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with small grants. Through our grant program we were able to revitalize community assets like gardens, create innovative new opportunities for interaction, and help communities build their capacity to […]

Broadway Gardens (2009)

Broadway Gardens

$2,500 to Russian Hill Neighbors Association to convert a neglected mini park into a garden program that will focus on teaching children about nature and where food comes from. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with small grants. Through our grant program we were able […]

R.L. Stevenson Garden (2008)

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$3800 to R.L. Stevenson School to support their Learning Garden. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with small grants. Through our grant program we were able to revitalize community assets like gardens, create innovative new opportunities for interaction, and help communities build their capacity to […]

School Garden (2007)

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$3200 to the Willie Brown Jr. Academy school garden. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with small grants. Through our grant program we were able to revitalize community assets like gardens, create innovative new opportunities for interaction, and help communities build their capacity to raise […]

Growing Greener Schoolyards Conference (2004)

Growing Greener Schoolyards Conference

$5000 to the SF Green School Yard Alliance’s 2004 Growing Greener School Yards Conference for construction materials at 18 workshops. Since 1988, San Francisco Beautiful has been helping neighbors realize their dreams for a more beautiful city with small grants. Through our grant program we were able to revitalize community assets like gardens, create innovative new […]