Excelsior Action Group EAG

Some days I just feel so lucky to work and live here. On days like today when we celebrate National Women's Day and I think about all the incredible women entrepreneurs in the Excelsior and how important they are to our community. Thank you for all you do! Today I am grateful to know LaShondra, the talented and resourceful owners of Let's Get Cute Salon and Let's Get Cute Beauty Lounge. She just opened her second location in the Mission Terrace neighborhood and during one of the most challenging economic crisis of our time. www.let'sgetcute.com. Stop by and she will know exactly how to take care of your beauty needs.

Looking for something to celebrate this Friday! EAG and Excelsior Coffee are having a block party while keeping safety in mind! Join us from 5-9pm at the corner of Excelsior and Mission!

Hello District 11! The next round of vaccinations prioritizes restaurant workers and their staff. Sign up TODAY!s and be on the list to receive these vaccinations. LINK HERE: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSfmQx8trxu5MvjKHY/viewform Need help filing this out - please email [email protected] and I can help you out!

Here is a wonderful opportunity from a local business for local beautification. Please share this public art opportunity that Make it Mariko, is funding in partnership with Balay Kreative! I hope you can help spread the word to any Filipino artists in Excelsior that might be interested :) We especially want to see applications from youth 18 and under! "KAPWA IN EXCELSIOR" This program - sponsored by Make it Mariko events - is looking for projects that bring in colorful and j...oyful artwork that will bring energy and life to a busy corridor. Artist projects should reflect on the Filipino community experience in Excelsior, what the artist loves and feels personally connected to in Excelsior, and/or their love for the Filipino community in general. Artist stipend of $1200 is inclusive of materials and artist fee. Artworks will be displayed through window panels of an open storefront in Excelsior. THREE COMMISSIONS OF $1200 WILL BE AWARDED TO: Filipino artist that is currently an Excelsior resident Filipino youth artist (18 and under) with connection to Excelsior Filipino artist with connection to Excelsior Folks can apply here: https://balaykreative.com/publicart. See more

The City and County of San Francisco have adopted several new local labor laws, including the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, the San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Ordinance (SF PPLO) and the San Francisco Consideration of Salary History Ordinance. Join Small Business Majority, Legal Aid at Work and the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement to learn how these new laws affect small business owners, their workforce, and the various employer re...sponsibilities they require: Thursday, February 4 @ 4:00 pm. Topics of discussion include: The creation and distribution of appropriate policies Accommodations made for lactation and pay during parental leave Prohibitions regarding requesting prospective employees' salary histories Live on Facebook @SmallBusinessMajority: https://www.facebook.com/SmallBusinessMajority/ La Ciudad y el Condado de San Francisco han adoptado varias leyes laborales locales nuevas, que incluyen la Ordenanza sobre la Lactancia en el Lugar de Trabajo de San Francisco, la Ordenanza sobre la Licencia Parental Pagada de San Francisco (SF PPLO) y la Ordenanza sobre la Consideración del Historial de Trabajo de San Francisco. Únase a Small Business Majority, Legal Aid at Work y la Oficina de Aplicación de las Normas Laborales de San Francisco (Office of Labor Standards Enforcement) para saber de qué manera estas nuevas leyes afectan a los dueños de empresas pequeñas, su fuerza laboral y qué responsabilidades exigen a los empleadores: jueves 4 de febrero a las 4:00 pm. Los temas que se tratarán incluyen: La creación y distribución de las políticas adecuadas Las adaptaciones a realizarse para la lactancia y la paga durante la licencia parental La prohibición de preguntar a los solicitantes de empleo sobre su historial salarial Adónde acudir con preguntas sobre cómo acatar las nuevas leyes Live on Facebook @SmallBusinessMajority: https://www.facebook.com/SmallBusinessMajority/

Hello Excelsior! Thinking of ways of shopping safely - Keep It Local! Here are some great ideas of how to share the holiday spirit with our local businesses!

Hello District 11 Businesses. Here is some information to get informed on some new SF Ordinances Legal Aid at Work & @SmallBusinessMajority The City and County of San Francisco have adopted several new local labor laws, including the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, the San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Ordinance (SF PPLO) and the San Francisco Consideration of Salary History Ordinance. Join Small Business Majority, Legal Aid at Work and the San Francisc...o Office of Labor Standards Enforcement to learn how these new laws affect small business owners, their workforce, and the various employer responsibilities they require: Tuesday, December 15 @ 6:00 pm. Topics of discussion include: o The creation and distribution of appropriate policies o Accommodations made for lactation and pay during parental leave o Prohibitions regarding requesting prospective employees' salary histories o Where to go with questions about how to comply A brief question and answer period will follow. Go to https://app.livestorm.co/small-busine/2294132021636838-copy to register. La Ciudad y el Condado de San Francisco han adoptado varias leyes laborales locales nuevas, que incluyen la Ordenanza sobre la Lactancia en el Lugar de Trabajo de San Francisco, la Ordenanza sobre la Licencia Parental Pagada de San Francisco (SF PPLO) y la Ordenanza sobre la Consideración del Historial de Trabajo de San Francisco. Únase a Small Business Majority, Legal Aid at Work y la Oficina de Aplicación de las Normas Laborales de San Francisco (Office of Labor Standards Enforcement) para saber de qué manera estas nuevas leyes afectan a los dueños de empresas pequeñas, su fuerza laboral y qué responsabilidades exigen a los empleadores: Martes, Diciembre 15 @ 6:00 pm. Los temas que se tratarán incluyen: o La creación y distribución de las políticas adecuadas o Las adaptaciones a realizarse para la lactancia y la paga durante la licencia parental o La prohibición de preguntar a los solicitantes de empleo sobre su historial salarial o Adónde acudir con preguntas sobre cómo acatar las nuevas leyes Finalizará con un breve período de preguntas y respuestas. Para registrarse visite https://app.livestorm.co/small-busine/2294132021636838-copy.

For those of who can please consider. These holidays are tough - many of us missing our families and friends; our businesses are struggling as are our un and/or under-employed neighbors. Here ,in collaborative effort, some of our wonderful local organizations have organized to bring some holiday cheer. DONATE EXCELSIOR! WHERE? Merced Heights Clubhouse 801 Shields Street... San Francisco, CA 94132 Renard Monroe and his staff members can accept new unwrapped gifts between 9am-3pm Monday thru Friday.

Happening Soon. To all our Excelsior Businesses if you can please attend to get updates from the City!

December is here. Keep money local. Of every dollar spent at a locally owned business, about 70 cents stays local. Of every dollar spent at a national corporation, less than 40 cents stays local.

IT'S ON! Well, so far. It looks like the chance of rain is low, the air quality is clearing up, and it's time to lunch. Please stop by - we hope to see you there!

Due to the predicted poor air quality and low fire containment, we are postponing our Sunday Street Excelsior Festival Celebration. Be safe and we hope to see you the following week - October 11, 2020

Hello Excelsior Community! We are busy at the EAG - supporting our small businesses and need some extra help. Do you know anyone who is interested in promoting economic equity through entrepreneurship; making sure that our city always has a space for our less resourced business owners; knows about grant writing and has a successful track record. Please connect him/her/them to us! [email protected].

Celebrating our neighbor and community partner Youth Art Exchange. During our SIP finding ways to support expression through art is so important for our families. Buy a TICKET - support creativity in the Excelsior!! *************************************************************** On October 8, we're hosting our annual fundraising event online! ArtMart will showcase our high-impact programs for San Francisco public high school youth and raise vital funding to keep our programs... free. Please join us for this special virtual event, which will include a live art class and online auctionyou won't want to miss out on bidding on the incredible student artwork! Visit bit.ly/artmart2020 to purchase your tickets today!

It's arrived! Our offices are full of boxes and ready to protect you, your business, your employees and your clientele. Let's be safe District 11. We will be slowly delivering PPE care packages along our business corridors but if you need them sooner STOP BY!. We will be in the office (only 1 of us at a time so very safe) Tuesday - Thursday from 10:30am-12:30pm and again from 1:30-3:30pm. Please call when you are here - we don't have a door leading onto the street - (415) 769-5115. Can't make those hours - email us and we can figure out another time. [email protected].

Yes!! Correct! Come by tomorrow to celebrate the newest member of our business community, Balboa Ice Cream! How? Come by and get your FREE ice cream scoop. Limited supply!!

We know that these are tough times and your budgets are very tight. At the EAG we believe that a key factor to your business’ viability and success during this pandemic will be to bring your services and products online and/or outside. One way to do this is the Shared Space program but it may be difficult to imagine how to invest in it. EAG (Excelsior ) / So, in partnership wit...h OEWD and EOMM , we are launching our Excelsior Micro Grant program to support these efforts. These micro grants, of up to $500, will focus on the following areas: OEWDEOMMExcelsior The Shared Space Program PPE Safe Reopening Storefront Beautification - Businesses and nonprofits who have less than $2 million in sales and are along our Invest in Neighborhoods Commercial Corridors are eligible. You can apply for each individual grant and don’t have to open yet to do so. Also, are you interested in investing in a parklet? Please put that in the notes of your application - you could be eligible for up to $1000! 200 - $ 1000 So a little more about each category: The Shared Space option is to give you a small investment to help bring your business outside. Do you need some tables, benches, umbrellas and chairs, rolling racks or do you want to construct a parklet? We can help you source and invest PPE in the next few weeks we will be distributing PPE care packages but do you need to construct something to protect you and your clientele. Plexi barriers, automatic hand sanitizers dispenser at your entrance, signage on the floor, We can help you source and invest in this too - Plexi Lastly, we have Storefront Beautification did you have some damage that you want to repair? Add some lights, planters, a fresh coat of paint whatever you can do to make your storefront more welcoming to potential clients. We can help you source and invest in this too - Confused and need help with a plan please contact us Maribel Ramirez - [email protected] Mel Flores - [email protected] https://eagsf.formstack.com//covid_19_micro_grant_applicat

Join us for a Virtual Reception on Thursday, August 20th Excelsior Reopening with Art Initiative - An Extension of Excelsior Art Window Display & ArtWalk... - About this Event - ArtSpan’s Excelsior Reopening with Art Initiative program celebrates rich cultures, supports small businesses and local artists, and spotlights the vibrant creativity of one of San Francisco’s most diverse neighborhoods. The aim of Reopening with Art Initiative is for local artists and small businesses to creatively augment venues re-emerging from stay-at-home order and poised to welcome the public. Virtual Reception August 20th 6:30 - 8:00 pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-reception-for-excelsio Eventbrite link to RSVP The Exhibiting artists that will present their activation and the venues they adorned are the following: Alyssa Aviles [IG @alyssamariahaviles] installation @ Excelsior Works!, 5000 Mission St. [IG @excelsiorworksmcr] Shannon Brady [IG @shannon_studio] installation @ Daniels Pharmacy, 943 Geneva Ave. Miles Epstein [IG @realcorkdork] installation @ Cumaica, 4726 Mission St. [@cumaica] Charlie Ertola [IG @thatcharliboy] installation @ Little Joe’s Pizzeria, 5006 Mission St. [IG @pizzabar_littlejoe] Christine Innes [IG @christineinnes] installation @ Central Drug, 4494 Mission St. Stephanie Jucker [IG @stephaniejucker] installation @ Salad Place & Rotisserie, 5392 Mission St. Claire Rabkin [IG @crabkin] installation @ El Pollo Supremo, 5210 Misson St. [IG @elpollosupremosf] Francesco Stumpo [IG @studiostumpo] Zoom activation on the virtual reception day by the activation is part of a running series entitled #MoreLessProject - a conversation about migration, belonging and community through the collective study of physical (and psychological) bridges, links, borders and frontiers. Featured Photos by Rasta Dave [IG: @rastadave52 ] #Excelsior #artspansf #artspanartist #artspan #sfart #mysf #art #artist #callforart #artistopportunity #sanfrancisco #bayareaartists #investsf #SFOEWD

We hope that you will join us. Have ideas on how to support small businesses and our commercial corridors. Want more information on the launch of our new Micro Grants - join us on our monthly Zoom Merchant Meetings this Wednesday at 10:30am. Zoom Details: You are invited to a Zoom webinar.... When: Aug 12, 2020 10:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: Excelsior Merchants Meeting 8.12 Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/93557590467 One tap mobile +16699006833,,93557590467#

Some updates from us from Grants to our next Merchant Meeting!!! Let's continue to support our small businesses and our community! https://mailchi.mp/82/san-francisco-funding-support-4305370

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Calling Excelsior neighbors! During these challenging times these community driven steps are ways we can celebrate our home and support our local businesses. Please join us!