i would like to allow deb to come up and talk about the services of the noe valley association. >> morning. thank you for being here. >> i am debra. we go from fisherman's wharf to little noe valley. it is amazing what cbd's can do for the community. i feel like i am here to do a little show and tell. supervisor mar: that is a great logo. >> thank you. if you improve public space, you have to activate it. we worked on a project for 18 months. we are good to go? do i use this one? ok. as lisa said, the thenva was a step -- the nva was established five years ago. i want to be able to look at the slide. i cannot. great. it was established five years ago. we had a tough time of it. we had to go 25 feet by 25 feet by 25 feet, which is the no small feat. reluctant property owners wondered why they should be paying for this. you had to explain to them that they were responsible for the maintenance of their sidewalks, which not all of them agreed to. let's go back to the other one. we will go to the next slide. the first thing that we did, once we got established, we had a community -- we hired ur