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Community Innovation Lab

The Community Innovation Lab (we call it “The Lab”) is an innovative, mobile space that serves as a pop up resource center.

The Lab was first installed at India Basin Shoreline Park in 2023. Centered around a refurbished shipping container, The Lab includes seating, outdoor bean bags, a lending library, free wi-fi, and games when fully deployed. It serves as a place to build community and pilot free programming that will be a regular feature of the future India Basin Waterfront Park, which is under construction. Once that project is completed, The Lab will move to a new home, where it can continue serving its neighbors.

Timeline: Ongoing

Directions

Neighborhood

Bayview Hunters Point

Address

India Basin Shoreline Park, Galvez Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA

Contact

media@sfparksalliance.org

Supporting Equity

The creation of The Lab was outlined in the India Basin Waterfront Park project’s Equitable Development Plan, a first for San Francisco, which ensures that the waterfront park will benefit current Bayview-Hunters Point residents while preserving the culture and identity of the historic neighborhood. It provides a blueprint for delivering a park designed by and for the community while improving economic opportunity and environmental health for its residents.

  • The creation of the Community Innovation Lab was supported by the India Basin Waterfront Park project partners, including the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Trust for Public Land, and the Bayview-Hunters Point community.