Imagine a Vital Downtown

Vacant to Vibrant transforms downtown vacancies into vibrant communities, shaped by local participation. 

If you’re a small business, artist, or organization that knows San Francisco and its people, we want to hear your ideas for pop-ups downtown.

You bring the ideas

Our team works with the city and local property owners to secure storefronts, permits, and grants to fund your pop-up — and make the process as easy as possible.

We handle logistics

We can bring vibrancy back downtown together. With your support, we can transform storefront vacancies into vibrant communities, shaped by local participation.

Together, we re-energize downtown

It Takes a Village

When it comes to “reimagining downtown,” our approach isn’t prescriptive. Instead we look to the community — its small business owners, artists, entrepreneurs, and property owners — to share their ideas. Then we provide the resources to support them.

A joint endeavor

Our programming is made possible by local organizations, corporate partners, and city agencies committed to creating community change.

A Program by SF New Deal


Vacant to Vibrant is a program by SF New Deal and the City of San Francisco. We help small businesses collaborate with local property owners to create engaging pop-up experiences and community spaces in downtown San Francisco.

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