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    • Hub Happenings: FAQ

      Dogpatch Hub @ Crane Cove CALL to ACTION 11/18

      + WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW? The SF Port is releasing an RFP for the buildings at Crane Cove. This means that FoDH will be competing for the Kneass building with any other entity that applies.

       

      + HOW CAN I HELP? Join the Port Southern Advisory Committee ZOOM call this coming Wednesday, Nov 18, 7:30pm-8pm, to advocate for turning the Kneass building into the Dogpatch Hub.

       

      + WHAT DO I SAY? First, introduce yourself with your full name and say where you live, then name your favorite Hub feature (see below) -- and tell the Port why the Hub is important to you (and your family).

       

      + THEN WHAT HAPPENS? Port Staff will add your feedback to the RFP to reflect what the community wants and ensure RFP respondents (like FoDH) address the needs of all stakeholders.


      + WHEN WILL THE HUB BE BUILT? If our proposal for the Dogpatch Community Hub wins, then we will negotiate our Kneass lease exclusively with the Port and build the Hub by 2023.

    • THE HUB MISSION

      Dogpatch neighbors need a communal space with no barriers to entry. A place without any particular creed, that embraces all our cultures. Some space to meet, to talk, to sing, to be quiet, to debate, to laugh, to perform, to get to know one another, to listen.

      We call this place the Dogpatch Hub

    • the Hub Concept

      The Hub is a "third place"--it will be built with the intention to foster community engagement, civic encounters and the connection and intersection of population sectors traditionally unlikely to interact. The Hub will offer opportunities for healthy debate as well as educational and informative programming and services for all segments of our population.

    • About

      FAQ and More

      What is the Hub?

      Essentially it's a new community living room...

      The Dogpatch Hub will be the first ever community-serving, publicly accessible neighborhood facility in Dogpatch. The Central Waterfront lacks community serving spaces, and the most rapid population growth since WWII only makes this need more acute.

      Where will the Hub be built?

      In the Kneass building, an unused boatshed on Illinois Street

      We are working on a response to the RFP from the Port of San Francisco to lease the building, and will then adapt the site for community use.

      Who is working on the Hub project?

      Dogpatch & Potrero community leaders and resident volunteers

      Friends of Dogpatch Hub, a nonprofit public charity, formed in 2016 in response to the growing challenges affecting the Dogpatch community in the face of the extraordinary development boom. Our goal is to bring necessary and lacking public amenities to our neighborhood by working with the City, local developers and our community.

      What's happening to the Old Potrero Police Station?

      The SFPD is keeping the station and will adapt it for offices.

      Our advocacy and relationship with SFPD has born fruit. The buildings are now protected and we have found an alternate site for the Hub...a better one.

      When will the Hub be built?

      We hope to open by 2023...

      We have raised $9.6+MM dollars and are working to secure the Kneass site and complete our fundraising. Many hands make light work. Join our effort and make a donation today.

      What can I do to help?

      Community support comes in many shapes, sizes and colors!

      All forms of help are welcome! From writing letters of support to attending workshops to donating time and resources. To Donate, click here, to volunteer please email us, for workshops and letters of support requests, join our mailing list below.

    • Connect

      We can't wait to hear from you! Be a part of the Dogpatch Hub project in a small way, or a BIG one.

      Volunteer

      All are Welcome

      The FoDH Board of Directors is made up of Dogpatch and Potrero community leaders and residents all donating their time and expertise to bring the Hub to fruition. We welcome your ideas and your input.

      To volunteer just send us an email!

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      Hub Goals:

      By building the Hub we can:

      + Offer critical neighborhood services and much-needed programming to a community that has been historically under-served despite the benefits promised in the 2008 Eastern Neighborhood rezoning.

       

      + Bring together an increasingly diverse community that is on track to quintuple its population by 2025, to weave together a new community fabric.

       

      + Stabilize our neighborhood by supporting working families with local, quality youth programming, and in so doing help to keep them in San Francisco–a city with the lowest rate of children per capita in the U.S.

       

      + Transform and activate a neglected Port asset in the heart of the new Crane Cove Park into a vibrant, inviting site that will serve our community and beyond.

      Donate

      Give the Gift of Community

      It will take everyone's support to transform the Kneass Building into a thriving neighborhood hub. Every dollar counts and demonstrates our community’s collective commitment towards this project. Donations are securely processed by Paypal.

    • Join our Mailing List TODAY

      Building soon. We'll keep you up to date on progress.

      651 Illinois Street, San Francisco, CA
      mailing address: 904 22nd St SF CA 94107
      415.713.4561
      415.713.4561
      dogpatchhub@gmail.com
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    Friends of Dogpatch Hub is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization as defined by the IRS code section 501(c)(3). Non-profit number: 81-4278710. © 2019

    Crane Cove Park images courtesy of the SF Port and AECOM

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