Infrastructure

The new SF Public Utilities Commission Headquarters, located at 525 Golden Gate Avenue, is possibly the greenest office building in America. Applying evolving water and power technologies with new light management and computer controlled environment, the SFPUC has created a building which looks towards the future of environmental building construction, and reaches for the ultimate green engineering accolade, the LEED rating of “Platinum”.

LaToya Cantrell, President of the Broadmoor Improvement Association, on the anniversary of the levees flooding New Orleans in 2005, shares with NENtv an update on the process of restoring her community and the Andrew H. Wilson School. Specifically she thanks the City and County of San Francisco for all of its support in helping secure funds and resources for her neighborhood. See more images from the NEN’s trip(s) to New [...]

The NEN, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, the City Administrator and the Dept of Technology are proud to launch Citidex - the City’s online rolodex for neighborhood groups. What is Citidex? Citidex is on an online database that inventories neighborhood & merchant associations from all over San Francisco so that everyone can find the groups they want to join or communicate with. How does it work? Citidex is [...]

Join NEN Director Daniel Homsey and Laurence Kornfield on a visual tour of the Safe Enough to Stay Exhibit at San Francisco planning and Urban Research Association. Under the leadership of Laurence Kornfield, Program Manager for the Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety and the San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association (SPUR), Safe Enough to Stay was designed to advance the concept of “Sheltering in Place” after an earthquake [...]

Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced a number of Community Engagement events to get the public more involved in the budget process and educate residents about the Mayor’s budget principles as he builds a balanced two-year budget. The Mayor will co-host District Based Budget Town Halls with the Board of Supervisors and will also provide online forums to hear directly from San Franciscans about their budget priorities and ideas; and [...]

By Kristin Hogan, SF DEM Last week the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) opened Safe Enough to Stay, an exhibit for the public that teaches us what steps we should take to make San Francisco a Resilient City. Within the exhibit is a recreation of a San Francisco apartment, which allows visitors to experience what living in a retrofitted home after a major earthquake might be like, along with recommendations [...]

Join District 4  Supervisor Carmen Chu for a visual tour of the newly renovated Ortega Branch Library located in the heart of the Sunset District. After four years of planning, the newly finished library boasts LEED certification as well as a newly refurbished playground. Also featuring Michelle Jeffers, the San Francisco Public Library Public Relations Officer and Greg Syler of Friends of the West Sunset Playground.   The Ortega Branch [...]

Nicky Wagner on recovery in Christchurch from NENtv on Vimeo. Join National Member of Parliament Nicky Wagner as she discusses the recovery of Christchurch New Zealand after a series of devestating earthquakes.

                                                  Please use the arrows to navigate the slideshow. As construction of the new span of the Bay Bridge is well underway, we were able to get a visual tour of the progress and future outlines of what will become a new icon for the Bay [...]

Chinatown SRO Disaster training Graduation from NENtv on Vimeo.   On April 17th, dozens of families in San Francisco’s Chinatown were celebrated for their involvement in a multiweek long disaster preparedness program. The program was designed to extend disaster training to non English speakers and provide assistance to at risk residents. The training was conducted by the Department of Emergency Management. If you would like more information on how you [...]