About CHN

CHN was founded in 2004 in order to serve the Corona Heights Neighborhood. See the map on the Membership page to see our physical boundaries. Our Board of Directors is elected annually by paid members, and we partner with the San Francisco Parks Alliance to ensure financial transparency and accountability.

What have we done recently? Just in the past 3-4 years:
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• CHN significantly improved Ord Triangle Park at 17th.
• CHN is in the process of substantially improving the park at Merritt/Danvers/Market.  Already, we removed dead plants and then recently added tons of gravel to the pathways.  Soon, a number of new draught resistant plants will be added to beautify the park.  This will ultimately cost thousands of dollars but the result will be a beautiful neighborhood park.
• CHN has spent thousands of dollars to prune trees, remove trash, and otherwise help to maintain the “Corbett Slope Community Park” across from Mars Street at Corbett. And, after much advocacy and support from our Supervisor, we persuaded the City to complete the fence on the Market Street side.
• At great expense but with the support of neighbors, we re-established and improved “Al’s Park” adjacent to 369 Corbett, slightly below Clayton.
• We successfully opposed over almost three years, at two Planning Commission hearings, one hearing at the Board of Appeals, and with neighborhood advocacy, a proposed neighborhood development that failed to comply with the Planning Code in numerous respects.
• We Alerted neighbors and worked with SFPD Park Station and the District Attorney when one of our neighbors was physically assaulted near Ord Park.
• We have held community meetings with prominent speakers such as, just before the pandemic, with all four candidates for District Attorney.
• CHN implored our Supervisor, indeed all Supervisors, to do more to tackle the street crisis city-wide and increasingly in our general neighborhood.
• And we work with other neighborhood groups on issues of common concern.
• We maintain working relationships with city agencies such as SFPD, our Supervisor, and DPW among others.

​We have much more to do! Please learn more about us on this website. We hope you will join us! Thank you.

CHN's goals are to:

1. Beautify, maintain & improve the character of the neighborhood
2. Protect historic architectural resources
3. Ensure that new construction/development is compatible with the neighborhood
4. Maintain its 11 Parks
5. Increase security
6. Provide community outreach and an educational forum
7. Encourage friendly association among the neighbors

CHN Board of Directors

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President
William Holtzman

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Secretary
​Paul Allen

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Vice President
​Maryann Dresner

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Board Members
Joseph Accordino
Maria Chambers Hutchins
Casey Rando
​Daniel Strickland

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Treasurer
Leslie Koelsch

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