The importance of reading can never be underestimated. The staff of the Mission Promise Neighborhood — for which MEDA is the lead agency — always keep this fact front of mind when speaking to our families, whether at community-based organizations or in the four schools that comprise this federal education initiative. To ensure that the…
You’ve most likely seen plenty of cranes flying high over San Francisco’s Mission Bay … and we don’t mean birds, we mean construction cranes. Actually, there are also plenty of seabirds in this bayfront area, with most circling AT&T Park for some snacks after the game is over. San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood is hot,…
Christopher Gil Senior Content Marketing Manager Mission Economic Development Agency (415) 282-3334 ext. 152 cgil@medasf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 2, 2016 1296 Shotwell Granted Affordable-Housing Bonus Program Height Increase Sets precedent as first-ever height increase for 100 percent affordable housing in San Francisco San Francisco, Calif. — The Mission District’s housing crisis has been well documented by…
Name: Fran Taylor & Iris Biblowitz Ages: 67 and 70 Born in: Hyattsville, Md. & Jamaica, N.Y. Current Neighborhood: Mission When and why did you make San Francisco your home? I met Iris in Boston over 40 years ago. Not long after, in 1976, we both moved to San Francisco in a beat up, old station…
Bridget Early has been a social worker at Everett Middle School in San Francisco for the past nine years, following in the footsteps of her parents, who were both educators. Raised a few hours north in Chico, Early relished her childhood outings to the Bay Area with her folks. These trips solidified one idea: that…
Name: Sharon York Born in: United States Current Neighborhood: Mission When and why did you make San Francisco your home? I came to San Francisco in 1976 following the anti-war movement and became very active. I am currently retired, but considering working again because everything is very expensive in this neighborhood. How long have you lived in in the Mission? I…
With 8,000 Latinos displaced in the last decade — over 25 percent of this community — there is an urgent need for affordable housing for MEDA’s clients (see page 6 of this report). That’s why MEDA’s Community Real Estate team is working diligently to produce and preserve housing in the Mission — affordable housing with values built in. Complementing…
Name: Clara Luz Quezada Born in: Guatemala Current Neighborhood: Mission When and why did you make San Francisco your home? We had to leave Guatemala in 1955 because of political turmoil. My grandparents took their kids and grandchildren and we fled to the U.S. for refuge and for better opportunities such as education and work. How do you love…
Name: Amelia Andrade Born in: Mexico Current Neighborhood: Mission (Navigation Center) Ages: 62 years old Why did you make San Francisco your home? I came from Mexico looking for a better future. I came to the Mission, but was unable to find a place to stay because of the high rents. What is your current living situation? Right now I am homeless…
Names: Juan and Maria Aguillón Born in: El Salvador Current Neighborhood: On the border of San Francisco and Daly City Ages: 57 and 67 years old When and why did you make San Francisco your home? We arrived to San Francisco in the mid-1980’s to escape the civil war in our native country, El Salvador. Since then, Juan has been…
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