Excelsior Action Group always welcomes volunteers! Whether it's short-term, a one-time event or activity, a special project or as a long-term volunteer on one of our committees or joining our Board, we truly value you.  We have reconvened the monthly EAG Corridor Activation Program (CAP) * committee meetings where we have volunteer opportunities throughout the year. Our ongoing projects are EAG's Persia Triangle Town Square during the Excelsior Sunday Streets events,  Weeding & Cleaning days at both Kenny Alley and the Ever Upward Sculpture, a planned Hot Spot Survey project and the Community Corridor Clean Up.
* Formerly called the Vibrancy Committee

Commercial Vacancy Audit

The Excelsior Action Group is beginning to conduct a 2020 Commercial Vacancy Survey and we are looking for volunteers to help with surveying. The Commercial Vacancy Project is a way to identify buildings that are or appear to be long-standing empty buildings along the Excelsior, Outer Mission and Broad/Randolph commercial corridors. Empty buildings depress the vibrancy and economic health of the community and inviting needed business to operate in the neighborhood is a concern to EAG and its partners.  These surveys will help inform EAG of its business support work as well as provide current data on neighborhood vacancies. EAG plans to address these concerns in a written report and a walk with city officials, the police department, and other agencies, calling on them for action.

Volunteer Task

• Survey business facades to tally addresses that appear to have no active business operating in the space, note which facades have "For Lease" signs and which do not. Interview pedestrians, shoppers, residents and business owners along the Mission Street commercial corridor, from Trumbull to Templeton, along Geneva Avenue beginning at San Jose east to Carter Street at the Daly City Border, and along Broad Street from San Jose Avenue to 19th Avenue inquiring business information.
• Collect up to 20 surveys per day

Each week volunteers will conduct surveys along the Mission Street commercial corridor, Geneva Avenue corridor and the Broad/Randolph corridor and gather data on active and vacant businesses. The goal is to  You will gather about 300 Surveys for the whole month of March.

Dates:  Fridays March 8, March 15, March 22, March 29. 
Time: 12pm-3pm (3 hour commitment)
Location: 35 San Juan Avenue (Excelsior Action Group Office) 


Project #2
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Title: Mission Street Corridor Clean Up
Date: January 25th, Saturday
Time: 12pm-3pm
Location:  Meet outside at 5098 Mission Street at Geneva Avenue 

This is EAG Quarterly Clean Up event. We will mostly focus on trash pick up along Mission Street and report any illegal dumping. For this clean up, we will do some weeding in our site such as Ever Upward, Kenny Alley and the Norton parking lot. Our clean up event will be tied to the MLK Service Day.

Please contact Mel at mflores@eagsf.org or call 415-769-5115 to sign up.

Funded through the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, the Excelsior Collaborative Community Action Grants & Community Event Grants will award up to $5,000 for projects and up to $1,000 for events. 

Projects must start after September 1, 2019.

Events with proposed dates in 2019 or 2020 are eligible and must have occurred for 2 or more years in the Excelsior community.

The theme and focus of this grant cycle is RESILIENCY, how your project ties into the City's Resiliency Plan to prepare for natural disasters on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis. Resilency demonstrates how you'll cope with a crisis or to return to pre-crisis status quickly. These grants will put funds into the hands of community members to accomplish the following objectives:

• Quickly generate improvements in the quality of life within the Excelsior community
• Support Excelsior Collaborative areas of focus: Community Vitality / Celebrate Cultural Diversity; Economic Development & Jobs; Education & Youth; Health & Safety; Housing & Land Use
• Involve a diverse array of neighbors and community groups in improving life within the neighborhood

Some Previous Grants Awarded Are:  Cayuga Stairway Project Mosaic, Excelsior Science Workshop, Bike & Roll Safe Routes to School, Balboa Park Free Movie Night, Summer Gymnastics, Gateway to the Excelsior, School Leaders Brunch, Excelsior District Historic Street Sign Project, Beacon Print Shop, Excelsior Eco Festival Green Art Workshop, What is the Excelsior?

Important Dates:Join us in making a difference!

Attend an application information session on Monday, July 9, 2018 from 5:30-6:30 pm OR Monday, July 16, 2018 from 5:30-6:30 pm

Both sessions will be held at Mission YMCA | 4080 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94112
Please note that the deadline to apply for grants is Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 5:00 pm

The Excelsior Action Group is requesting proposals from responsible offerors for the prime contract of the Excelsior Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Tenant Improvement program provide upgrades that mitigate barriers to accessibility within the facilities of 4 commercial small businesses on Mission Street in the Excelsior District.  The work will be assigned by the Excelsior Action Group in a series of work orders during the performance period of this Contract, with a minimum guaranteed contract amount of $5,000.00.    The performance period of the contract is April 14, 2014 - August 30, 2014.

Proposal Due Date: March 28, 2014, may be submitted via US Mail or electronically
Excelsior Action Group
35 San Juan Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94112
Fax: (415) 585-0170
Email: gmackellen@eagsf.org


To request a copy of the Request for Proposal, please contact Nicole at nagbayani@eagsf.org

We are currently hiring a full time staff member.  The Safety Coordinator will work to support the Excelsior Action Group (EAG), a community-driven organization comprised of residents, merchants and community organizations actively developing & implementing a vision for the future of the Excelsior’s Mission Street commercial district and adjacent areas. EAG executes a dynamic program of commercial corridor revitalization that includes but is not limited to business support and attraction, neighborhood beautification, community event-planning, and the promotion of safety in the Excelsior. The Corridor Manager, a volunteer Advisory Board, and volunteer sub-committees collaborate to achieve EAG’s mission and program for corridor revitalization.  The Safety Coordinator will coordinate and implement EAG’s work around neighborhood safety. 

Please download the job description to learn more about the position.  Send resumes and cover letters via fax or e-mail to Nicole Agbayani, Corridor Manager (415) 585-0170 or nagbayani@eagsf.org (Subject: “Safety Coordinator Position”).   Call EAG’s office (415) 585-0110 for more information about the position.  All applications due by 5:00 PM Friday, August 2, 2013.  Late applications will not be considered.  Minorities and women are strongly encouraged to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer. 

The Project Coordinator (intern) works directly to support the Excelsior Action Group (EAG), a community-driven group comprised of residents, merchants and community organizations actively developing & implementing a vision for the future of the Excelsior’s Mission Street commercial district and adjacent areas. Goals of the EAG include increasing storefront and sidewalk cleanliness, recruiting businesses to fill vacant retail space, promoting the shopping district to neighborhood people and city wide, and developing community pride.  EAG plans several events like its annual street fair to promote the shopping district and bring together members of the diverse community among other events and special projects. The Intern would assist the corridor manager in coordinating and implementing a variety of hands-on projects in keeping with learning objectives of an internship in a dynamic non-profit organization.  We are committed to providing a substantive experience and will provide on-site supervision, a great work space and a summer to remember. 

.  All applications due by Friday, April 26, 2013.   

As a joint initiative between the Mayor's Office of Housing and the Office of Supervisor John Avalos, the Excelsior Community Action Grants will range in size from $500 to $5,000, with projects ideally to be completed by June 30, 2013. The grants will put funds into the hands of community members to accomplish the following objectives:

• To quickly generate improvements in the quality of life within the Excelsior community.
• To provide additional information and insights from the community that can feed into the current Excelsior Community Planning Process.
• To involve a diverse array of your fellow neighbors and community groups in improving life within the neighborhood.

For more information, contact: Valerie Coleman at valerie@rebuildingtogethersf.org or (415) 905-1611

There will be an Information Session on Tuesday, February 26, 6:00-8:00pm, Excelsior Community Center, 4468 Mission St.

Applications are due March 21, 2013 by 5pm 
(late applications will not be accepted).

Submit One Hard Copy to:
Rebuilding Together San Francisco
Atth: Valerie Coleman, Resource Development Manager
Pier 28, Suite 1
San Francisco, CA 94015

Telephone: (415) 905-1611

Position Overview:
The Excelsior Planning Collaborative seeks an intern to provide administrative support to the Collaborative’s Strategic Planning Consultant as the neighborhood undertakes a comprehensive strategic planning process.  This project will provide the intern with first-hand knowledge of a community-driven strategic planning process.  The intern will be needed for 8-10 hours per month for the period beginning in October 2012 and concluding in May 2013.  It is essential that the intern commit to the entire eight month process, attending one early evening meeting per month. 

Community Overview:
The Excelsior is historically a working class and immigrant neighborhood. The greatest assets of our community, which is within supervisorial District 11, are its ethnic, language and age diversity.  A consortium of community based non-profit organizations, schools and faith-based organizations in the Excelsior neighborhood of San Francisco are coming together to form the Excelsior Planning Collaborative, which will work on a grass-roots community strategic planning process.