GREENBELT 50TH ANNIVERSARY SERVED UP A TASTE OF GREENBELT LOCAL VINTNERS – FARMERS TEAMED UP WITH TOP-NOTCH CHEFS
17 September 2008 
Kathryn Kennedy wines were available
for attendees to taste as Director of Sales Eric Fountain poured
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
THE GREENING OF SAN FRANCISCO
As fog flowed over the San Francisco Bay and surrounding golden hills,more than 350 guests celebrated a half-century of Bay Area land conservation Greenbelt Alliance 50th Anniversary CelebratioN
Cafe Rouge’s owner Marsha McBride
and Chef Rick DeBeaord prepared
a sour-dough baguette toasted with oil and salt,
topped with housemade liverwurst and pickled chiogga beets
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
The legacy of one of the region’s oldest conservation groups, whose grassroots activism and regional thinking have helped shape the way the Bay Area looks today, celebrated its half-century of achievements at Herbst International Exhibition Hall in the San Francisco Presidio.
Fresh organic beets on display
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
“It was an amazing evening,” Greenbelt Alliance Executive Director Jeremy Madsen said of the event last Wednesday.
Greenbelt Alliance President Jean McCown mingles with the crowd
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
“We appreciate all the people who came out on our behalf to celebrate our fifty years of success. That support and enthusiasm carries us forward, as we begin the next era of our work to make the Bay Area a model for fair and sustainable living.”
Greenbelt Alliance’s big-picture approach promotes sustainable urban development — smart growth—as well as land conservation. This unique approach is more important than ever in a time of high gas prices and a changing climate.
Greenbelt Alliance has been the Bay Area’s advocate
for open spaces for the past 50 years
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
Mark Leno presented a resolution
for Greenbelt Alliance as the Bay Area’s advocate
for open spaces for the past 50 years
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
350 people attended the 50th Anniversary
of Greenbelt Alliance which was held
at the Herbst International Exhibition Hall in the Presidio
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
Organic produce was available to munch
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
One of the original Greenbelt Alliance
founders Bill Evers takes a moment from the party
to surround himself with his two sons Will,
current board member and Elliot
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
Tom Steinbach, former Executive Director
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
John Erskine
Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery © 2008
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Jason Steinberg
San Francisco Photojournalist
Jason Steinberg is a San Francisco based photographer whose photojournalistic style (San Francisco Sate University- B.A. Journalism-photo emphasis) documents the Bay Area scene while capturing those fleeting moments of grand emotion that last. Jason has a sense of ease that transforms his clients’ apprehensions and anxieties about having their image made. Additionally, his personality enables him to move amongst the crowd, to capture hidden moments. Visit Bay Area events at Steinberg Imagery’s Galleries. For a complete selection of photos, click here. Email the photographer at: jason@steinbergimagery.com.
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