No. 46, May 2005 Good News for…
TL Muni riders The committee that saved
two 38-Geary Tenderloin stops from being cut is seeing another
trickle-down effect of its negotiations. As a result of the committee’s
recommendations last winter, Muni recently told the Transportation
Authority that it wants to alter the southbound 27-Bryant line,
which comes down Jones and currently cuts east on O’Farrell.
The proposed new route would have the jog occur two blocks south,
at Eddy, thus serving the Lower Tenderloin better. Richard Allman,
who led the committee of four, says he’s happy that Muni
responded to TL’s needs. “In the coming year,” he
says, “we’ll continue to work for improved transit
in the Tenderloin.” Interested in being part of this effort?
E-mail him at rallman@pacbell.net.
One of TL’s own The Rev.
Glenda Hope, S.F. Network Ministries executive director, is
the 2005 commencement keynoter at the Christian Theological
Seminary in Indianapolis. She will receive an honorary doctorate
at the May 14 event.
Another of our own Tess Manalo-Ventresca,
board member of Hospitality House from 1991-95 and of NOMPC from
1997-99, recently collected two big honors. She was feted as
an Asian Local Hero at KQED and Union Bank’s Salute to
Local Heroes May 4 at the Asian Art Museum. On April 22, she
received an Older Volunteers Enrich America Award at MetLife
Foundation’s annual presentation in Washington, D.C. One
of 26 award recipients, Manalo-Ventresca was selected for her
four years of work at Francis Scott Key Elementary School in
the Sunset through Experience Corps San Francisco, which places
older adult volunteers in schools as tutors and mentors. Her
volunteer experience in the Tenderloin stretches over 30 years
and includes creating the award-winning Tenderloin Improvement
Project with Kathy and Leroy Looper; the Central Y was fiscal
sponsor for the 1989-97 project, which involved middle school
students in community cleanups and recycling in the neighborhood.
Tenderloin Sidewalk Improvement
Program’s March
23 fifth anniversary bash at California Culinary Academy drew
160 supporters and raised $25,000. “That’s approximately
one month’s operational costs,” says TSIP Executive
Director Kevin Leong. “Of the 497 property owners in the
Tenderloin, 107 voluntarily contribute to TSIP, representing
about a third of TSIP’s budget.” Congrats, and keep
up the good work.
The environment May
19 is the 11th annual Bike to Work Day. Energizer stations
throughout the city will offer free coffee, treats, back-pats
for choosing bike commuting and info on getting around the
Bay Area by bike. After work, join the Bike-Away-From-Work
Party at 111 Minna Gallery. Information, map of energizer stations,
useful tips: San Francisco Bicycle Coalition at sfbike.org
or 431-BIKE.
Photo
courtesy S.F. bicycle coalition
– Marjorie
Beggs and Tom Carter
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