The
members of the RTA are currently working together as well
as collaborating with outside local organizations, including
the Mission Economic Development Association (MEDA) and
the San Francisco Labor Council, to explore the feasibility
of tenant ownership of the Redstone Building.
As
gentrification continues in the Mission District of
San Francisco, the number of places that support its
historic working class and immigrant culture are dwindling.
If the RTA can buy this building in a collective manner
as a community resource, diversity can be in at least
one place preserved.
Specific
Objectives:
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Promote the interests of the Redstone tenants;
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Explore and pursue all opportunities that would give
the RTA ownership or control of the Redstone Building;
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Maintain the diverse, creative, community-based profile
of the Redstone tenants;
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Preserve the Redstone Building, formerly the San Francisco
Labor Temple, as a local historic landmark;
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Serve the Mission community.
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