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TNDC’s People’s Garden Expands UP
Volunteers and TNDC’s Community Organizing staff find a creative way to increase garden production. In December 2012, TNDC volunteers and tenants completed the new vertical garden at the Tenderloin People’s Garden at the corner of Larkin and McAllister streets. The expansion will allow TNDC to produce 1,000 more pounds of food each year on the same size lot. The expansion project would not have been possible without the volunteer efforts of Geoffrey Barton, who led this community effort and donated more than 600 hours of his time planning,...
read moreTNDC residents help get out the vote in November election
This past November was an especially busy time for TNDC’s Community Organizing Department. With so much at stake in this last election, especially for the lowest-income members of our community, TNDC’s Community Organizing team set out to make the voices of the Tenderloin heard through a Get-Out-The-Vote campaign. The team began strategizing back in July on how to mobilize voters in District 6 (the Tenderloin and SOMA). It was important that the plan included voter registration and awareness of initiatives. Propositions C and E both...
read moreCurran House residents are growing their community
Each week, about twelve residents from TNDC’s Curran House volunteer their time working in the rooftop garden. This group works together, sharing the responsibilities of watering, pruning, and harvesting a wide variety of vegetables and herbs. While Curran House has always had planter boxes for resident families to grow herbs, flowers and plants, in May of 2012, TNDC’s Garden Expansion Project launched a renovation of the rooftop garden and installed twelve more planter boxes, and an irrigation system. We also invested in new edible...
read moreTNDC Planned Giving Spotlight: Suzanne Tucker
Carrying on a Mother’s Legacy Suzanne Tucker shares why she includes TNDC in her estate planning. A longtime supporter, Suzanne Tucker attended her first Celebrity Pool Toss with a friend and fell in love with the annual fundraiser. Over time, she took a closer look at TNDC and was won over by our mission as well. Recent events in her family prompted her to draw up estate plans, which would include provisions for charitable organizations she and her family believe in. “I look for programs to assist that are community-based, widely...
read moreMarch 26 – Grand Opening of Kelly Cullen Community
Please join us at the Grand Opening of the Kelly Cullen Community 172 units of supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) is proud to announce the completion of the historic rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of the Kelly Cullen Community. The building is formerly the Central YMCA, which now includes 172 units of supportive housing for the chronically homeless. This unique project partners housing, social work services and a primary care clinic operated by the Department of...
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