the spirit of the church as well as as the generosity of the donors and you will hear next from peter gable who started this thing rolling so i won't steal his thunder but peter and others that created this farmers market transformed our community and what we tried to do in the process is continue that transformation and find a way for people to connect and come together and think how we can use public spaces in our highly dense neighborhoods like europe as real centers for the square, so we think this is exciting, not just for noe valley but the whole city of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. >> [calling speaker names] >> i am peter gable. i am a long time resident of noe valley and one of the organizers of the noe valley farmers market. about 10 years ago some of you may know that the real food health food 24 on 24th street closed under controversial circumstances and a group of us rose up in the neighborhood and came together and we actually held meetings at the noe valley ministry in the public space. 200 people per week came to the meetings and we developed a determination to pro