San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development

Built World

Supports local manufacturing revival

SFMade had run temporary pop-up markets before. On Nov. 10, the nonprofit opened a permanent storefront at 373 Geary St. in Union Square, giving more than 100 Bay Area makers a downtown place to sell without running their own shop.

Updated Yesterday

Money Moves

Runs the Storefront Opportunity Grant program

Three years after San Francisco began handing cash to merchants to fill empty storefronts, most of the first businesses are still there. Of the 70 in the program's first round, 55 remain at their original addresses, Mission Local reported in October.

Updated Oct 25

Built World

Administers the Storefront Opportunity Grant program

Mission: Comics & Art opened its Excelsior shop at 5196 Mission Street on Aug. 31 with help from a $50,000 city Storefront Opportunity Grant. The store held its grand opening party on Oct. 10 with a ribbon cutting, a DJ and free comics.

Updated Oct 23

Money Moves

Supported the Uniqlo opening as part of downtown recovery efforts

Uniqlo opened a two-story, 20,000-square-foot flagship at 801 Market Street on October 9. It is the company's largest store on the West Coast and its first in San Francisco since 2021. Hundreds lined up for the street-festival opening, with queues running past the locked San Francisco Centre mall toward 5th Street.

Updated Oct 14