The Noe Valley Voice
is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are notable highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered here on NVSF or other resources. Follow the NVV
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June 2017
Front Page: Noe Valley lawmaker
Mark Leno wants to be mayor; Noe Courts is
open; BofA security guard James Grant moonlights as a singer and appeared at the Town Square; local filmmaker Jeffrey Braverman will have a short film called
David in Brief at
Frameline, the SF LGBTQ Film Festival.
Letters: Letter from a neighbor lamenting the
loss of Good News newsstand on 24th St; a response to last month's Trump supporter; and a clarification on Karen Oliveto, pastor of Bethany United Methodist Church.
Features: RIP local filmmaker
Dan Halas; Julia Ready closing her local daycare business after 27 years.
Cost of Living in Noe: The average cost of a Noe Valley home in April was $2.4 million as more homes came to market; the most expensive sale was a $4.1 million home on the 4300 block of 25th St. which went for 4.7 percent below asking.
Short Takes: SummerFEST is on June 11 this year; the
free evening movies in Dolores Park this year are posted;
garbage rates are going to rise this year.
Store Trek: The Rabbit Hole Theater Company, 800 Diamond St
Rumors and Tidbits:
Urban Remedy, a local chain and purveyor of plant-based foods is taking over the old DavidsTea space and the grand opening is June 24;
Cotton Basics is opening up a new annex in the old Green 11 space next to just for fun which will specialize in posters and cotton logo wear.
Honeycomb Salon now offers 7AM hair cuts for regulars. The former Good News space is renting for $3,000 a month - owners of a barber, a store selling art stuff and a yogurt shop have so far expressed interest. Savor is undergoing a
change of ownership. La PanotiQ
abruptly closed last month.
Wise Sons Deli in the Mission is selling bread at Whole Foods.
Neighbor's Corner at 21st and Douglass has applied to be a restaurant so it can keep its seats. Neutraceutical is
being bought by a private equity firm and the Real Foods store is reportedly slated to be sold in the transaction (here's hoping).
[The Noe Valley Voice]
