Tenderloin Economic Development Project
  • AboutThe opportunity to transform the TL into a livable and vibrant low and moderate income community has never been better than it is today. People who are active in the community, and particularly those who have worked here for many years, realize this NOMNIC was created in 1999 to start up and operate a sidewalk cleaning program. With grants from foundations, funds from DPW and voluntary contributions from property owners and businesses, NOMNIC operated the sidewalk cleaning program for 6 years. About 1/3 of all property owners contributed to its $250,000 annual budget. In 2005, NOMNIC sponsored a drive to create the TL CBD, an assessment district. NOMNIC obtained the support of 65% of the property owners by weighted average. Support was community wide; members of the Coalition on Homelessness participated in drafting the Plan.  St Anthony’s, Hastings, Hilton, Tenderloin Housing Clinic, most of the housing non profits, and many others, voted for the $850,000 annual assessment. The TL CBD is the largest assessment district in SF, and virtually no one in SF’s government expected NOMNIC to be successful in obtaining the necessary votes. Following creation of the CBD, the sidewalk cleaning program was absorbed into the CBD and greatly expanded.…
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The Luggage Store Gallery

EXIT Theatre

Hospitality House Community Arts

San Francisco Recovery Theatre

Roaddawgz

Alonzo King Lines Ballet

Gray Area Gallery

Boxcar Theatre

Cutting Ball Theater

Vietnamese Youth Development Center

De Marillac Academy

San Francisco Clean City Coalition

UC Hastings College of the Law

Asian Art Museum

Uptown Tenderloin History Museum

Art in Storefronts

Ever Gold Gallery

Bay Area LISC

Foul Play Productions

American Conservatory Theater

farmerbrown

Shih Yu-Lang Central YMCA

Heart of the City Farmers Market

AF Evans Company

Hilton Hotel

TNDC

North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District

Cadillac Hotel

Warfield Theatre

Golden Gate Theatre

Orpheum Theatre

Soluna Cafe

San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development

Grants for the Arts

San Francisco Arts Commission

Central Market Partnership

Denia Dance

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