Q&A
Vacant storefronts and SBS engagement with Asian American Federation
2:12:46
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Council Member Oswald Feliz inquires about the Asian American Federation's work on addressing vacant storefronts and their engagement with SBS. Ahyoung Kim confirms that SBS has sought their expertise multiple times.
- The Asian American Federation has been involved in reducing storefront vacancies
- SBS has requested their input on several occasions
- A staff member participated in the recent neighborhood leadership guru program
Oswald Feliz
2:12:46
A quick question, and this one's for Asian American Federation.
2:12:50
Thank you for sharing all the information, all the about the work that you did on with those things.
2:12:54
Vacant the vacancies, the vacant storefronts, which is a big issue that we're seeing in many different corridors.
2:13:00
Just curious, in your past work with SBS and other city agencies, has the agency ever asked you to share these impacts with them or talk about different ways and approaches that you're able to successfully reduce those vacancies?
Ahyoung Kim
2:13:16
Thank you for your question, Cher.
2:13:18
SBS has indeed asked us multiple times to share our expertise.
2:13:22
One of our staff members, Yanjukeng, in the audience today, was also part of the most recent neighborhood leadership guru program, where she also worked with other organizations and shared her expertise about our work in Avenue Avenue YC program in Berlin.
