EAG receives a Community Challenge Grant!

Community Challenge Grant Funds help Excelsior Community realize project proposed in 2010

The Excelsior Action Group is happy to announce that it has received Community Challenge Grant funding for its Excelsior Art and Greening Gallery project!

“This Community Challenge Grant will enable the Excelsior Action Group and SF Clean City Coalition to 
realize a greening and art project that community members have been calling for since the 2010 Excelsior Art 
Summit,” said Excelsior Action Executive Director Group Nicole Agbayani. “The Excelsior Art and Greening 
Gallery will have a tremendous positive impact on the neighborhood, especially the shopping district. Most 
importantly, it helps to demonstrate that ideas formed through grassroots community processes are valuable and 
actionable in San Francisco.” 

The 28 Community Challenge Grant recipients were announced on July 5th by Mayor Edwin M. Lee and City Administrator Naomi Kelly. "'Community Challenge Grants allow the City to partner with our diverse communities to make immediate  improvements to our public spaces,' said Mayor Lee. 'We are inspired by these twenty-eight innovative  projects that will bring neighbors together to keep the City beautiful and make real, long-term investments in our neighborhoods.'" 

You can read the full length announcement from the city by following this link: http://www.sfgsa.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentID=8993