calling names . Hello. Im a long time resident of the 24 and a member of the council i wanted to talk about the arts organizations both from the prospective of having the perform artists and from being a parent thats raised a child whos life has on richer from growing up in the corridor. Because of the organization like local and the 4th of july maturity it program i feel like were all so much richer. I wanted to say this is a unique and fragile little neighborhood and i really want to preserve whats special about that we can benefit no matter what our heritage or where we come from. Thank you thank you. Chair and supervisors thank you. Im edwin im a sf tech worker that grew up and went to the Elementary School here my dad put me in bryant open its face p. S. This is a preservation of culture and arts its incredibly important but this resolution is i think much burn this it builds understanding and empathy for our new resident coming into our neighborhoods to understand why questioning
Supervisor kim. First of all, i want to congratulate everyone for the amount of work and dedication and leadership in district 6 were looking at doing a filipino and lgbt social culture as part of the plan. One of the changes is not only recognizing the history but making sure were able to stable likewise residence that make the district what it is i dont know which department to address but thats one of the challenging things i was wondering what other pieces from oewd to make sure were able to support beyond the historical importance but the Community Importance in the district areas i can answer that as part of the office of Economic Workforce Development through our investing in neighborhoods actually, the 24th street were because of the uniqueness of the street and also in wanting to strengthen our businesses we developed a Pilot Program which we refer to as sf its a strengthening program. We initiated and 24th street is one of our corridors we basically conduct several times. And
Director of the Theatre Center and brav voluntary for women in the arts im happy to be here. Thank you very much for having this hearing and presenting this to the board of supervisors. We who work and live in the corridor really appreciate the board of supervisors taking the time to make this happen. Ive worked in the neighborhood for over thirty years ive done Financial Management for a multiple of arts organizations during that time and arts for my prospective has made a huge difference throughout the city particularly in the mission its been known for 50 years of contributing to the viable and professionalism arts in the landscape of the city. We feel the arts is part of the healing process in the 80s it was drugs and gapgz and the continued now the arts city plays an Important Role in the gent indication process so this means a tremendous amount to the community. As supervisor kim mentioned funding to support of the arts organizations to carry out the work we do and contribute to
Continues to be a center of the artistic movements and the proposed culture district has a History Associated with the Latino Movement and the chicano and latino Labor Movement to name a few. The culture district will help to recognize the culture and help to preserve the commercial corridor as mentioned by other speakers it is a Community Statement on latino Heritage Resources in San Francisco. Which were corresponding with the local Historical Society to dissolve into the heritage of lower 24th street as well as the city as a whole. We strongly support this district 0 resolution and look forward to working with the community and city to develop an efficient district following others models like japantown where we were heavy involved. I want to announce the first Public Meeting on saturday june 7th from 10 through to one p. M. Thank you very much we strongly support the resolution thank you, mr. Buell i appreciate the support. That completes our presentation of the items and colleague
The visible act weve been asked to speak in rome and scotland and all over the United States about the murals their internationally recognized and my Office Windows overlooks bomby alley and many people go on tours you see little kids on leashes going down there with their schools teachers and people speaking french and bus loads of japanese its features in all the travel guys this is an international treasure. As a member of the Merchant Association im interested in this culture preserve the areas its becoming loves for its culture n its in threat of becoming an overstuffed animal everybody does not wants to hold into it, its important while change is investable its important to make the character strong and thank you all for supporting it. Thank you. I have a few more Public Comment cards calling names . Hello. Im a long time resident of the 24 and a member of the council i wanted to talk about the arts organizations both from the prospective of having the perform artists and from be