Portola Neighborhood Association Projects
The PNA has been building, beautifying, and advocating for the Portola for decades. Here's what we're focused on now, and a look back at what we've already done together.
What we're working on now
Growing San Francisco's Garden District
The Portola has always been one of the greenest corners of the city. We're working to deepen that identity through public green space, corridor beautification, and activating the places that make San Bruno Avenue worth spending time on. The Green Between is our flagship project — a park we built from an overgrown easement, and one we're still expanding.
→ Explore the Green Between
A Cleaner Portola
We don't just pick up trash — we track where it's coming from and push for solutions at the source. Our Clean Portola campaign runs regular cleanups, drives our 311 activation campaign, and works with DPW and city agencies to address illegal dumping and keep our streets looking the way they should.
Supporting San Bruno Avenue Merchants
San Francisco has resources most businesses don't know exist. We connect corridor merchants to facade improvement grants, ADA funding, and city programs that help small businesses thrive.
→ Resources for merchants
What we’ve built
String lighting & new murals on San Bruno Avenue
Through funding from Avenue Greenlight and the Civic Joy Fund, we installed nine blocks of string lighting between Silver and Mansell, and commissioned a new mural by Neil G. Ballard next to Breakfast at Tiffany's.
→ Portola Lighting Project
Multi-Mural Community Art Project
A neighborhood-wide public art initiative that brought new murals to San Bruno Avenue — including work commissioned with the Grocery Outlet, Youth Art Exchange, and Breakfast at Tiffany's.
→ See the murals
Felton Parking Lot Mosaic Benches
Through a community vote, neighbors chose Portola Petals of Growth by Dana Albany as the design for new tiled mosaic benches — community art that became a neighborhood landmark.
→ Felton Mosaic Bench project
Alemany Island Beautification
Funded by an SF Community Challenge Grant, PNA volunteers installed the SF Garter Snake mural, the Portoloteria panels, and a native plants garden — and have maintained it ever since
Portola Garden Club & Green Spaces
The Portola Garden Club gives neighbors a hands-on way to engage in greening the neighborhood — advocating for and creating public green spaces across the district.