this corner, and when silvia and young decided ok, if we've got a little help with redevelopment, oewd, with our cultural district loan fund, all the positive things that are going on here, they made a long-term commitment to being here and they put forth a plan to open up their forth -- at least their third that they manage here right here at sixth and market, and we are embracing this opportunity because it complements show dogs, it complements all the other businesses that have benefited from the loan fund. it also complements and supports the wonderful arts organizations that have started all around here that have been the great catalysts. all the others that have been taking a little bit of risk but knowing there's going to be a big payoff. the payoff is the constant transition here. i want to thank zendesk for being here. mikhail, thank you for being here. the substation is going to be here. the burgers that will be here as well. but i want to thank just the acumen, the faith that people have about continuing the contribute to the positive changes on mid market. everybody wants t

this corner, and when silvia and young decided ok, if we've got a little help with redevelopment, oewd, with our cultural district loan fund, all the positive things that are going on here, they made a long-term commitment to being here

very patient working with us, working with our mid market, our cultural district lone fund with the oewd, with redevelopment and their funding. there were many months of that when gavin was mayor to put that all together. they had great faith. just like ralph lee does. because he's the owner of a nice hotel up there, the hotel, and he's known that this feeling of the transformation of mid market is really coming, and it's come with today's opening and a lot of people's hope continued to make sure that my office, working with the boozer, continue the positive transformation. so we have two announcements today and i want to get to them. thank you so much for being here. market and tenderloin, randy sharbg tenderloin housing. thank you for being here. we look forward to working with you on the grocery store and museum and everything else for the tenderloin. thank you very much. with that, i wanted to just brush with you alittle bit of the history here. as i said earlier, it began over a year, year and a half ago in 2010 to really look at this corner, and when silvia and young decided ok, if

very patient working with us, working with our mid market, our cultural district lone fund with the oewd, with redevelopment and their funding. there were many months of that when gavin was mayor to put that all together. they had great faith. just like ralph lee does. because he's the owner of a nice hotel up there, the hotel, and he's known that this feeling of the transformation of mid market is really coming, and it's come with today's opening and a lot of people's hope continued to make sure that my office, working with the boozer, continue the positive transformation. so we have two announcements today and i want to get to them.

meeting -- one and a half meetings, i will say, of what is called a city family working group that has oewd, the mayor's office of neighborhood services, and other important players in the city family to consider some of the proposals, whether it be local ownership, business enhancements, and things of this nature is to try and get some sort of -- i do not know, critical mass around those ideas to actually move those forward. and it was really through the help and initiative of him that we got that john started. i wanted to thank him abbottabad gives you a sense of some of the technical assistance we have provided. the next two speakers that i want to introduce our karen, who has been at the chair of the land use and build forum committee, and bob, who will speak consecutively to you on aspects and recommendations that these committees have come up with an vetted through their organizing committee and through this extensive community planning process, and they are here now to share those ideas with you. when they are finished, i would like to come back and share some ideas related to next s