In the Works - Community Newsletter In the Works July 2017 | Page 29

Nearly 100 volunteers from
Adobe, Airbnb, Pinterest, Fitness
SF, TechCrunch, User Testing,
Room & Board and Engadget
traded in their computers and
keyboards for shovels and rakes
on July 20 to help spruce up the
neighborhood where they work.
Three groups of volunteers
broke off with our Bureau of
Urban Forestry crews to work
on landscaping projects along
medians and on sidewalks
surrounding their nearby offices.
The work included weeding and
spreading mulch on Berry and
Mission streets, cutting back
overgrown weeds next to the
freeway on-ramp on Brannan
and Sixth streets and filling in
tree basins at Brannan Street and
Boardman Place.
Meanwhile, additional teams
took to the streets to remove
micro-litter – mainly cigarette
butts. At the end of the day, 15
bags of bottles, cigarette butts,
paper bags and other detritus
were filled by volunteers and
properly disposed of by Public
Works crews.
Two days later, on July 22, North
Beach Neighbors began what
they expect will be a monthly
cleanup of their neighborhood.
The 15 volunteers picked up
litter, swept sidewalks and gutters
and tidied up tree wells. And
they had a lot of fun!
The SoMa and North Beach
volunteer workdays offered a
great opportunity for Public
Works to partner with residents
and businesses to foster positive
change in the neighborhoods and
bolster a sense of civic pride.
July 2017 - San Francisco Public Works Newsletter