Press
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Come for the beer, stay for the great views and food in SF's Potrero Hill, SF Gate 1/27/23 - A long list of great destinations and amusements in and around Potrero Hill.
These Bay Area regions didn't flood in California's storms SF Chronicle 1/24/23 – Bioswales, like the one at Piccino’s corner, made a big difference in the recent storms.
The pandemic changed S.F.’s public spaces — the fights over them will keep growing in 2023 SF Chronicle 1/3/23 - John King has nice things to say about Dogpatch parklets.
July 2022, The Potrero View, "Potrero Gateway Park Coming Soon" https://www.potreroview.net/potrero-gateway-park-coming-soon/
November 2022, San Francisco Chronicle, "San Francisco’s only park in the Dogpatch neighborhood to close for up to a year." https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-Esprit-Park-17581889.php
Summer 2021, Pacific Horticulture, "The Potrero Hill Eco-Patch" https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/articles/the-potrero-hill-eco-patch-part-1-of-2/
May 2020, Alta Online, "It Just Got Easier Being Green"https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a7173/lydia-lee-green-benefit-district/
November 2020, Potrero View, “Eco-Patch Test Garden Debuts”
November 2020, Potrero View, “Esprit Park Renovations Pushed to 2022, or Beyond”
August 2020, Potrero View, “Obituary: Longtime Potrero Hill Resident Ron Miguel Dies”
August 4, 2020, San Francisco Examiner, “Green Space: Pitch in to protect a city park”
May 2020, Potrero View, “NW Potrero Hill/Dogpatch Green Benefit District Elects New Board Members”
March 1, 2019, Potrero View, ”Dogpatch/Northwest Potrero Hill Green Benefit District Pursues Success through Partnerships”
September 18, 2017, San Francisco Chronicle, "Derelict plots under freeways in SF could become parklands"
September 2017, Landscape Architecture Magazine, "Grassroots Funding"
July 8, 2017, San Francisco Examiner, "In Inner Sunset, Green Benefit District offers greater representation, cleaner environment"
July 6, 2016. San Francisco Examiner, "Dogpatch, Potrero Hill lead by example"
June 10, 2016. Hoodline. "Julie Christensen's New Role: Making Dogpatch & Northwest Potrero Hill Greener"
January 1, 2016. Potrero View. "New Board Members of Green Benefits District Excited for 2016"
Oct 21, 2015. Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. "Public and Private Funding Strategies for Neighborhood Parks" (p. 25)
Aug 20, 2015. NextCity. "San Francisco Has a New Model to Improve Public Space"
August 20, 2015. Archinect. "San Francisco launches new "Green Benefit District" program to improve public spaces"
August 13, 2015. San Francisco Chronicle. "Feinstein officially backs anti-Airbnb measure, Lee opposes it"
August 3, 2015. The San Francisco Appeal. "Supes Votes To Create Nation’s First Green Benefit District"
Aug 3, 2015. SFBay.ca News. "Special tax will fund Dogpatch parks"
August 3, 2015. Hoodline. "SoMa CBD News: Rincon Hill CBD Approved; Yerba Buena CBD Renewed"
July 2015. The Potrero View. "Residents Voting on Green Benefit District"
June 2015. The Potrero View. "Dogpatch and Hill to Vote on Green Benefits District"
Apr 9, 2015. Hoodline. "Recapping Last Night's Washington Square Park Community Meeting"
Feb 10, 2015. The Knowledge Exchange blog. "Who pays for parks? Are 'green benefit districts' the answer?"
Sept 27, 2014. The Dirt. "Brilliant Idea: The Green Benefits District"
Feb 3, 2014. SF Gate. "In S.F.'s Dogpatch, innovative plan to pay for park upkeep"
Sept 2013. The Potrero View. "Potrero Boosters under New Leadership"
Aug 2013. The Potrero View. "Rapid Development Perceived as Good and Bad"
May 17, 2013. San Francisco Business Times. "San Francisco Residents look to derive benefits from development"
May 2013. The Potrero View. "More Development in Dogpatch; Anchor Brewing Goes Bayside"
Feb 2013. The Potrero View. "Community Advocates Call for a Green Benefit District"