If you’d like to hear more or want to express an opinion, please join the pre-application meeting at 3 pm, Monday, 7/24, in-person, at the Planning Department, 49 South Van Ness, 14th Floor, Room 1411. Planners will be available to answer any questions and take your comments. You can find the pre-application documents at this link.

You can also participate in this meeting via Microsoft Teams:

Meeting ID: 293 646 065 490, Passcode: r4aGYt

Video conference link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OWY3OGRmYzktYzQ3Zi00N2M5LWFmZGQtNGIxNWM1MzJiMzlm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2222d5c2cf-ce3e-443d-9a7f-dfcc0231f73f%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2240d9c357-c2ea-48ab-9e78-c160db5b3ac2%22%7d

Call-in option: +1 415-906-4659

Phone Conference ID: 171 032 436#

This information came from Chris Stokes, Project Manager at Willilam Duff Architects, cstokes@wdarch.com.

A message from our friends at the Japantown Community Benefit District: Summertime Pin Rally! Come to San Francisco’s Japantown on Saturdays in July (7/15, 7/22, 7/2) and spend $50 or more at retail stores only (no restaurants) to receive a commemorative JapantownSF pin and entry into a raffle! Pins and raffle tickets will be redeemable at the Heart of Jtown Gift Shop in the Kinokuniya building until 6 PM on the selected dates. The raffle winner will be notified after July 29, 2023. Winners need not be present. This is a program of @japantowncbd with support from @sfoewd.

SAVE THE DATE!

Japantenna is back! Japantenna Ehime is coming on Saturday, 7/29-Sunday, 7/30, for one weekend only. Come cycle virtually on the famed Shimanami Kaido bicycle route that crosses several bridges connecting scenic islands. Win door prizes, lots of free stickers, and purchase Ehime products. Come to the Japantown Cultural District Visitor Center, located in the Japan Center East Mall, 2nd Floor, next to Sasa Restaurant. Say hello to the Japantenna volunteers and Youth Navigators staffing the exhibit. Volunteer sign-ups are available by contacting info@japantenna.org.

The 49th Annual Nihonmachi Street Fair is just around the corner! Follow the Nihonmachi Street Fair on Instagram to see the latest performance schedule for the two-day celebration, 8/5-8/6, and other exciting announcements! IG @nihonmachisf.

The Committee Against Nihonmachi Eviction is celebration its 50th Anniversary on 8/19 at The Center, 1840 Sutter. Reserve your (free) space today! Details and tickets available here.

AUGUST JTF MEETINGS (the full board and many committees are in recess): For agendas and Zoom links, go to the JTF website.　　　

• JTF各委員会の8月定例ミーティングの開催日と時間のお知らせです。議題内容やZoomリンク等は、JTF website からどうぞ。

• Mon, 8/7/23: Cultural Heritage Sustainability Committee

• Thurs, 8/10/23: Land Use & Transportation Committee

• Wed, 8/16/23: Board of Directors Meeting

• Thurs, 8/22/23: Peace Plaza Committee

Photo credits: Official event, organization websites, social media sites, Mark Shigenaga for the Nihonmachi Street Fair photos.