Thursday March 19, 2026 | 6-8pm

At the Tenderloin Museum | 398 Eddy St. SF, CA 94102

Free to attend with registration via Eventbrite

Join Mission Local for a community conversation on activating green spaces in the Tenderloin. Mission Local reporter Eleni Balakrishnan and a team of experts will dig into the mystery. Why does the Tenderloin have so few green spaces? Why do the neighborhood’s new public spaces keep disappearing? And what can we do about it? 

The conversation will bring together: 

• Aseel Fara, who was raised in the Tenderloin and now works for the Planning Department 

• Curtis Bradford, a community organizer for the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation, who was heavily involved in Tenderloin Community Action Plan to bring investments to the neighborhood

• Cyntia Salazar, who works with the Tenderloin Community Benefit District and once worked as a park captain coordinator for Macaulay Park. 

Artwork will be on display from the youth of the Boys & Girls Club’s Tenderloin Clubhouse in response to the prompt: What do you envision for your community parks and green spaces? 

Appetizers will be provided by Cantoo, a local Venezuelan-Chinese fusion restaurant. Come snack, mingle and share ideas with the staff of Mission Local.