By Natalie Dolce
October 25, 2023 at 03:40 PM

Tidewater has tremendous confidence in the long-term prospects of the Bay Area.

SAN FRANCISCO—Tidewater Capital, a San Francisco-based real estate investor and developer focused on the Bay Area, has exceeded its initial target of $200 million in equity commitments for its third discretionary fund with a diverse pool of limited partners, including university endowments, charitable foundations, and family offices, participating in a vehicle with a $250 million cap.

“We have tremendous confidence in the long-term prospects of the Bay Area,” said Tidewater Managing Principal Craig Young. “While capital markets broadly have been deeply challenging, both our returning and our new investment partners have placed a great deal of confidence in our ability to navigate a rapidly evolving market to capitalize on a Bay Area rebound.”

Tidewater will pursue investments across multiple property types and the firm will execute renovation and repositioning business plans, as well as select entitlement and ground-up development opportunities.

“With TC Fund III, we look forward to continuing to invest in our core product types of residential, industrial, and office, while also exploring select opportunities across niche asset classes as we’ve done historically,” said Tidewater Principal Ross Stackhouse, in a prepared release. “We will target value-add returns while exploring core plus opportunities with unique avenues to upside and select development opportunities with strong downside protection.”

Tidewater’s previous investment vehicles have capitalized an array of projects across the Bay Area, including in San Francisco, the East Bay, and the North Bay. Notable prior investments include 1028 Market Street, a 193-unit mixed-use apartment building in the Mid-Market neighborhood of San Francisco which began its life as an innovative Food Hall; and 888 Post Street, a 30,000 square foot commercial asset which Tidewater converted to a Navigation Center for Transitional-Aged Youth experiencing homelessness. Tidewater’s most recent fund also acquired Eastmont Town Center at 7200 Bancroft Avenue in Oakland, a 540,000-square-foot commercial asset housing an assortment of government and healthcare related tenants.

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Port of San Francisco and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are planning on raising the iconic, historic Ferry Building by as much as seven feet.

The daring plan is an attempt to combat the impacts of sea level rise and extreme weather, both triggered by the climate change, and our warming planet.

How the SF Ferry Building will be raised

“We’re already seeing flooding on the Embarcadero. We know that the Bay is rising; we know that it will continue to rise”, explained Port of San Francisco Director Elaine Forbes.

Earlier this year, according to the United Nation-backed International Panel of Climate Change or IPCC for short, the planet is rapidly approaching a catastrophic threshold of heating. NOAA is tracking the melting of glaciers and ice sheets, as well as the rising ocean waters.

“Humanity is on thin ice, and that ice is melting fast,” said Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres in a recent address.

Port of San Francisco officials have held a series of public meetings with stakeholders along the 7.5 miles of bay coastline under the Port’s control. One neighborhood includes the Ferry Building.

The feedback was clear: those who work and/or live along the Embarcadero waterfront want to see the landmark Ferry Building remain on site and functioning. Currently, it is home to six ferry piers, used by millions of commuters and tourists each year. The Ferry Building also houses 44 different shops and restaurants as well as a world-famous Farmer’s Market.

And less known, it’s 2nd and 3rd floors have 190,000 square feet of offices and meeting spaces.

Port Engineer and member of the Water Resilience Team Steve Reel joined Juliette Goodrich in the CBS News Bay Area Virtual Set and in an exclusive report, demonstrated on how the Port and the U.S. Corps of Engineers are planning on raising the huge landmark.

The project will break ground in about a decade. The U.S. Corps will pick up 65% of the cost.

San Francisco’s Prop A — which was passed by 82.7% of voters in 2018 — authorized $425 million general obligation bonds that will partially fund the Waterfront Resilience Program. That includes funding improvements for earthquake safety of the three-mile long Embarcadero Seawall, near-term flood protection improvements, and planning for other long-term resilience.  

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SANTEE, Calif. — Jessa Smith is trying to figure out where her husband may have contracted Legionnaires’ disease after the death of the father of three.

“No one knows exactly where they got it from. They assume it’s coming from (his work), like plumbing, because we didn’t have it at our house and he was going to work and home most of the time,” Smith said.

Smith’s husband Benjamin, 42, died March 1 after spending weeks in intensive care. The plumber was hospitalized on February 16 with a high fever, fatigue and shortness of breath.

His death came just days before a beloved San Diego State University professor died of Legionella pneumonia.

Benjamin’s death certificate listed legionella pneumonia, severe sepsis, and COVID-19 pneumonia as the causes of death.

His wife said he was immunocompromised and had overcome COVID a few months earlier but was otherwise doing well before contracting Legionella.

According to the CDC, people can contract it if they breathe in small droplets of water or accidentally swallow water that contains legionella bacteria.

San Diego County says it has 15 known cases of the disease and three deaths so far this year. On Monday, a state building in Mission Valley was closed out of “extreme caution” after it was reported that someone associated with the building had Legionnaires’ disease.

Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UC San Francisco, said it was important that patients were treated early.

“If you treat too late, the body’s immune system is already active and just like with COVID, it may be too late for the drugs to take effect.”

Chin-Hong said patients usually have signs of phenomena such as fever, cough and shortness of breath.

He said the bacteria can be found in cooling towers, water supply systems, fountains, hot tubs, supermarkets and smoke machines.

Chin-Hong said the public should not panic about the legionnaires. It doesn’t spread from person to person and he stressed that most patients can be treated if caught early.

However, he said people with weakened immune systems, people over 50 and smokers were at an increased risk of contracting the disease.

Smith tries to stay strong for her children, spreading the word about the disease while cherishing the memory of her late husband.

“He just put a smile on everyone’s face, he was a big prankster, a big prankster and everyone loved him.”

A GoFundMe was set up to support Smith, who is now raising her children alone.

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SANTEE, Calif. — Jessa Smith is trying to figure out where her husband may have contracted Legionnaires’ disease after the death of the father of three.

“No one knows exactly where they got it from. They assume it’s coming from (his work), like plumbing, because we didn’t have it at our house and he was going to work and home most of the time,” Smith said.

Smith’s husband Benjamin, 42, died March 1 after spending weeks in intensive care. The plumber was hospitalized on February 16 with a high fever, fatigue and shortness of breath.

His death came just days before a beloved San Diego State University professor died of Legionella pneumonia.

Benjamin’s death certificate listed legionella pneumonia, severe sepsis, and COVID-19 pneumonia as the causes of death.

His wife said he was immunocompromised and had overcome COVID a few months earlier but was otherwise doing well before contracting Legionella.

According to the CDC, people can contract it if they breathe in small droplets of water or accidentally swallow water that contains legionella bacteria.

San Diego County says it has 15 known cases of the disease and three deaths so far this year. On Monday, a state building in Mission Valley was closed out of “extreme caution” after it was reported that someone associated with the building had Legionnaires’ disease.

Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UC San Francisco, said it was important that patients were treated early.

“If you treat too late, the body’s immune system is already active and just like with COVID, it may be too late for the drugs to take effect.”

Chin-Hong said patients usually have signs of phenomena such as fever, cough and shortness of breath.

He said the bacteria can be found in cooling towers, water supply systems, fountains, hot tubs, supermarkets and smoke machines.

Chin-Hong said the public should not panic about the legionnaires. It doesn’t spread from person to person and he stressed that most patients can be treated if caught early.

However, he said people with weakened immune systems, people over 50 and smokers were at an increased risk of contracting the disease.

Smith tries to stay strong for her children, spreading the word about the disease while cherishing the memory of her late husband.

“He just put a smile on everyone’s face, he was a big prankster, a big prankster and everyone loved him.”

A GoFundMe was set up to support Smith, who is now raising her children alone.

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Photo courtesy of Janice Tam.

We’ve all been through that. A well-meaning friend/family member/colleague knows what is best for you, for your future children, and for your life. They have advice and you want to take it seriously because they have children! What do you know?

That’s where I found myself in 2008. I had just gotten the job that allowed us – me and my then-boyfriend, now husband, Markus – to move from San Jose to the city.

“We’re going to be in town forever,” I protested over my microwave lunch.

“But you want a room and a backyard for each child. You need space for an au pair and storage space for all the children’s things,” my colleague replied. “Once you have kids, you’ll want to move back to the suburbs.”

I looked at my colleague; a mother of two elementary school-age children, former Noe Valley resident, currently residing in San Mateo.

“You’ll change your mind once you have kids,” she said. “You see.”

“No, I don’t think so,” I replied, a little more uncertain this time.

Markus and I packed up and moved into a one bedroom in Mission Bay. We left the car and started taking Caltrain to jobs on the Peninsula. We finally made it into town.

In 2012 we had a baby girl, Heike, and were determined not to return to the suburbs. In a city that reportedly has more dogs than children, we expected San Francisco to have little to offer our growing family.

We traded event calendars for the Golden Gate Mother’s Group. We dived into a world of playgrounds, museums and spreadsheets for preschoolers. We knew when Teacher Jim was leading the reading session in the main library. We had a strategy for the San Francisco Unified School District lottery. We have found our people.

Heike learned to walk on the Mission Creek Promenade in front of a backdrop of houseboats. When that got too tight, we ventured on to the Embarcadero. We used car sharing when we wanted to explore the larger Bay Area.

In 2014 we welcomed our second daughter Saskia and moved to Potrero Hill. Our world now revolved around Recess, Jackson and the Arkansas Rec Center playgrounds and the Potrero Hill library. All within a two block radius of our house. Muni routes connected us to everything. A walk down the hill brings us to Crane Cove Park. A beach! Half a mile away!

Both children now attend Daniel Webster Elementary. We are fully embedded in the community. The children growing up in the city are exposed to the realities of humanity that lead us as parents to model empathy and teach safety on the streets.

Parenting is never easy, but parenting in San Francisco is both a challenge and a joy. Thinking back to those newborn days of where we are now, I know we made the right decision to stay. Ten years after becoming parents, we wouldn’t trade any of that for a third bedroom in the suburbs.

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South San Francisco city employees, including 911 dispatchers, park workers, preschool teachers, librarians and others, reached a settlement deal with the city to avoid a potential strike that includes raises of 11% to 15% for the next two years.

The tentative two-year agreement calls for a cost of living increase of 6% in 2022 and 4% in 2023, plus market equity wage increases of up to 5% depending upon the employee classification. The agreement provides for enhancements to tuition reimbursement, professional development, incentive pay for skills-based certifications, night shift premium pay, and additional pay for dispatchers who work on holidays, according to a city press release.

More than 95% of members working for the city had signed commitments to go on strike if necessary. A city worker strike could have affected parks, libraries, preschools, 911 call centers, building permits, and other essential services, according to a press release from People for a Fair South City, which is affiliated with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, 829, a union that represents public employees. Employees will vote on the deal Wednesday.

“With the rise of inflation, a livable wage has become a necessity. Many of us can’t afford to live in the city where we work,” Kristin Pierotti, a South San Francisco preschool teacher said in the AFSCME 829 release. “This historic pay increase will help South City retain, and attract the best preschool teachers, 911 dispatchers, and other essential workers we all rely on to make South City a great place to live.”

The agreement includes a new paid family leave benefit and adds Juneteenth as a city-observed holiday. The new contract wage and benefit increases are in addition to a one-time bonus of $4,800 paid to all employees in July 2022. Collectively, the wage and benefit increases represent one of the largest investments in its employees in the city’s history, according to the city’s release.

“Great cities are built and maintained by great city employees. And great city employees need and deserve great support from the city they serve. We highly value and respect our city employees, and this new contract is a tangible representation of that value and respect. This new labor contract is a win-win for our residents, city employees, and everyone involved in the process,” South San Francisco City Manager Mike Futrell said in the release.

Previously, the workers said they were demanding raises to align with pay offered in neighboring cities, where employees make 12% more, according to People For A Fair South City. More than 95% of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 829 members working for South San Francisco have signed commitments to go on strike if necessary, according to the group.

The move also comes after the City Council approved $4,800 bonuses to be given to its workforce, nearly 450 employees, in June after fruit negotiations with the same union.

Along with the bonuses for city employees in June, the City Council also approved $4,800 bonuses for executive management and public safety managers, including the city manager, department heads and high-ranking fire and police department members — employees left out of the first round of bonuses.

Also approved with the council’s action were across-the-board raises of 6% in the first year and 3% increases in both the second and third years for the group.

With an agreement with AFSCME, all of the City’s labor contracts are in place until at least July 1, 2024.

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After two years of participating in mostly virtual events due to the pandemic, UC San Francisco is rallying its community to come together in Golden Gate Park for AIDS Walk San Francisco on July 17 to raise funds for programs and services that benefit people of the Bay Area .

As an institution dedicated exclusively to health, UCSF has participated in AIDS Walk San Francisco since it started in 1987 as part of its longstanding commitment to the health and wellbeing of the community.

Proceeds raised in the annual 10K fundraising trek this year will go toward the POP-UP program (Positive-health Onsite Program for Unstably Housed Populations). Image by Noah Berger

For the past 35 years, members of the UCSF community have joined thousands of Bay Area residents who have walked, donated funds, and volunteered in AIDS Walk San Francisco in the ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS, raising more than $90 million for organizations across seven Bay Area counties.

This year, Francesca Vega, vice chancellor of Community & Government Relations, is leading the charge for the UCSF coalition of teams that has set a fundraising goal of $50,000.

“As a world leader in providing pioneering patient-centered care and ongoing research to find a cure, we understand the importance of raising funds that support these efforts in the community we call home,” Vega says. “I encourage faculty, staff, students and their friends and families to join our UCSF team in AIDS Walk San Francisco.”

At UCSF, about a half a dozen teams have formed that are raising money in a friendly competition to see which team brings in the most money. The team with the highest total of donations wins the coveted AIDS Walk Trophy presented by UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood.

Helping Those Living With HIV

Proceeds raised in the annual 10K fundraising trek this year will go toward the POP-UP program at Ward 86 – one of the nation’s first dedicated HIV outpatient clinics – at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and UCSF 360 Wellness Center, which has offered cutting-edge care since 1984, among other Bay Area AIDS-related programs and services.

Launched in 2019, POP-UP (Positive-health Onsite Program for Unstably Housed Populations) aims to reduce health disparities among homeless and unstably housed individuals living with HIV in San Francisco.

AIDS Walk San Francisco funding will be instrumental to assisting Ward 86 achieve its goals of helping patients with HIV and homelessness become healthier and receive tailored HIV care.

Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH

“We are honored here at Ward 86 to be a recipient of AIDS Walk San Francisco funding,” says Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and medical director of Ward 86. “Funds raised will be applied to those living with HIV and homelessness, especially to offer long-acting antiretroviral therapy (ART) to these patients.

“POP-UP has enrolled over 150 of our most vulnerable patients and our low-barrier drop-in care program has managed to increase virologic suppression rates in this population from 0% to 50%, but we still have a way to go to help this population. AIDS Walk San Francisco funding will be instrumental to assisting Ward 86 achieve its goals of helping patients with HIV and homelessness become healthier and receive tailored HIV care.”

Establishing a Model of HIV Care

UCSF’s legacy of leadership in AIDS over the past 40 years began with the emergence of the unknown virus in the early 1980s when San Francisco was the epicenter of the epidemic. At that time, UCSF physicians and allied health professionals and staff rose to the challenge of this public health crisis by working with the partners and patients in the San Francisco community to develop a standard of practice that became known as “the San Francisco Model” of care .

This model of interdisciplinary collaboration among doctors, nurses, social workers, case managers, psychiatrists, addiction specialists, nutritionists and others has yielded innovations in HIV and infectious disease care and served as a model for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, UCSF’s HIV-focused practices and programs, continue to build on the innovative research and clinical care that furthers understanding of the disease and enables HIV-positive patients to thrive.

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100 years ago this month, San Francisco’s historic Castro Theater opened to great fanfare, and of course, an organ accompaniment for its silent film offerings. Over the next 10 decades, movies began to talk but the Castro organs continued to play. The famed “Mighty Wurlitzer” was removed by its private owner in 2015. Now, a landmark fundraising effort on Monday, June 13 by CODA – The Castro Organ Devotees Association (www.castroorgan.org) aims to complete the purchase of a new custom -made instrument that when installed will be the most up-to-date theatrical organ in existence. Tickets may be purchased online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/castro-organ-vip-reception-screening-tickets-343229287037

“The Castro Theater wouldn’t be the Castro Theater without the Castro organ,” said Mary Conde, Vice President for Another Planet who is in charge of the overall Castro Theater Project. “Since the 1970s, David Hegarty has been serenading Castro audiences including his now iconic rendition of ‘San Francisco.’ This benefit will ensure that this tradition continues.”

The June 13th event, timed to coincide with the Theatre’s 100th Anniversary, aims to complete fundraising for the $300,000 balance required. Beginning at 5:00pm, the evening includes a VIP reception followed by a special screening of the award-winning movie, Test, which tells the story of a male dance troupe in 1985 San Francisco, as they come to grips with the emerging AIDS pandemic . This special screening will be followed by an exclusive Q&A featuring Director Chris Mason Johnson, star Scott Marlowe, and Executive Producer Elisabeth Pang Fullerton.

“The Castro Theatre’s operators, Another Planet Entertainment, have a long history of supporting music education and music therapy,” said Hegarty. “They have been completely supportive of the Castro Organ project especially its use as a teaching instrument for students of the San Francisco Unified School District.”

Planning for the Castro Symphonic Theater Organ began in 2013 when it became known that the Wurlitzer was going to be removed. Since then a smaller temporary Allen organ has been on loan to the Theatre: the personal property of Hegarty. Over a period of three years, a group of internationally renowned organ designers have collaborated in building the world’s largest hybrid theatre/classical concert organ, with seven keyboards and the capacity to replicate any musical sound.

After the Castro Symphonic Theater Organ design was completed, fundraising for the $1.1 million required began in 2016, but was put on hold from 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. At that point, more than $800,000 had been raised. Among the distinguished donors are Dede Wilsey ($200,000), Bernard Osher ($100,000), the Morris & Alma Schapiro Fund ($95,000), the Dolby Family ($50,000), the Bob A. Ross Foundation ($35,000), the Herbst Foundation ($25,000) , the Hirst/Rodman Family Trust ($25,000), the Miner-Anderson Family Foundation ($10,000), Sakurako & Bill Fisher ($10,000), the Ira & Leonore Gershwin Trusts ($5,000), and Joe Schuman Silver ($5,000).

Ms. Fullerton is serving as Chair of this fundraising event, and has announced a $100,000 Elisabeth Pang Fullerton Challenge, to encourage others to donate generously and complete the fundraising campaign on a successful note.

“Once the balance of funds are raised, the already-completed organ console can be finalized, then shipped to San Francisco,” notes Hegarty who looks forward to being at the new state-of-the-art console. “Fingers crossed, it will be installed in the Castro Theater later this year.”

Taking over management of the LGBT and film landmark Castro Theater earlier this year, Another Planet has quickly put in place a series of signature events, including the annual Frameline Festival, returning to the Castro for the first time since the onset of the COVID pandemic, June 13 – 26. On May 22, Another Planet sponsored the annual screening of the Academy Award winning documentary “The Times of Harvey Milk” and the debut of “The Ruth Brinker Story” chronicling the life and legacy of the Project Open Hand founder. On May 15, Another Planet returned another community favorite, “The Sound of Music Sing-a-Long” to the venue, with future sing-a-longs to part of the schedule. June 3 – 12 brings a special celebration of films from each of the Castro Theater’s 10 decades. June 14 commemorates the 100th birthday of Judy Garland with a special musical celebration on stage featuring Debbie Wileman. Later in the year, community favorites such as Peaches Christ and the annual “Home for the Holidays” Concert with Donna Sachet and the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus are planned.

Another Planet Entertainment is partnering with Bay Properties, Inc., owners of the Castro Theater, on an evolution and preservation of San Francisco’s world-renowned entertainment and LGBTQ community landmark. With a long-standing history of working to preserve and improve historic buildings such as the Fox Theater in Oakland, the Greek Theater in Berkeley and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Another Planet seeks to enhance the Castro Theater by implementing significant improvements to the sound, lighting, production, HVAC and the theatre’s trademark marquee, among other facets of the building: all of this, always, with an eye to honoring its unique place in the lives of the Castro and celebrating its communities and residents.

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Property taxes will be going up in the Town of Greeneville next fiscal year.

The Greeneville Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted Tuesday to pay for a Greeneville City Schools HVAC and Lighting project by raising taxes by an amount to be determined at a later date.

The measure passed on a vote of 4-1.

Alderwoman Kristin Girton voted no on the proposal.

The tax increase will not occur immediately. It will have to be voted on at a future meeting.

Greeneville City Schools’ Superintendent Steve Starnes and Assistant Director of Schools for Administration Beverly Miller presented the HVAC project to the board.

The first phase of the project will cost $7.7 million in total.

Greeneville City Schools will contribute $4.6 million, while the Town of Greenville will contribute $3.3 million.

The town’s contribution will take the form of a $1 million cash contribution and $2.3 million in debt service

The replacement of the HVAC system at Greeneville Middle School was emphasized by Miller as the most pressing part of the project.

“If we aren’t able to do something at GMS we are going to find ourselves in dire straits,” Miller said. “It is not a matter of if, but when. When will we get a call one morning that the system has failed and we can’t have school.”

Town board members agreed the HVAC system is an immediate need.

“It seems like our politicians have kicked stuff down the road for so long that we have to deal with them now, locally and at the state level,” Aldermen Cal Doty said.

The aldermen that agreed to the tax increase did not do so enthusiastically.

“Nobody wants to pay more taxes. I don’t want to pay more taxes, but it’s something we may have to do,” Aldermen Scott Bullington said. “You can’t have school if you don’t have heat and you don’t have light.”

“This is sort of a situation where you’re danged if you do and danged if you don’t. It is not a good situation but we have this project that has to be done,” Mayor WT Daniels said.

Daniels said that he believed that the last time taxes were raised was in 2016, also to help fund GCS.

Cuts to town employees’ pay or cutting out employee positions were raised as possibilities to fund the project by City Administrator Todd Smith, but were not received well by the board.

“I will not support cutting any employees, or cutting anyone’s pay,” Aldermen Tim Teague said.

The property tax rate increase could happen at any point before July 1 according to Smith.

The tax increase could come before the board when it approves its budget for the next fiscal year in the summer, or it could occur before then in the form of a standalone item.

Either way, the increase will have to have to come before the board twice for two readings and a public hearing.

A request by GCS for an additional $275,000 to help pay for half of the cost to replace the Greeneville High School football field turf was denied by the board.

Teague moved that the board approve the funding allocation, but no other board member seconded the motion. Therefore, the request did not come to a full vote.

Miller said that the turf had a 10-year warranty and it was 12 years old, having been installed in 2010.

GHS Head Football Coach Eddie Spradlen told the board the field is becoming unsafe and overly compacted, making the surface hard.

“It’s almost like playing on concrete in spots,” Spradlen said.

Some members of the board said they felt GCS should have budgeted for replacing the field over the years since system officials knew it had a 10 year warranty.

Starnes said that could be looked at in the future and that GCS does something similar to that for scheduled bus purchases.

Girton also pointed out that she wanted the request to go through the annual budget-making process.

Bullington noted the town is currently in the process of coming up with funding for the insurance benefits of its employees.

“Unfortunately, your timing is just bad. The insurance for our employees has to be worked out first, before we allocate money to any other requests,” Bullington said. “We have hundreds of employees hanging on, waiting to see what their insurance ends up looking like. We have to deal with that first. That’s the bottom line.”

OTHER BUSINESS

The board approved a resolution that encourages the Tennessee Department of Transportation to build a four-lane road on the current site of the Newport Highway instead of a super two-lane road.

“Hopefully this resolution will get someone’s attention in Nashville,” Daniels said.

The board tabled consideration of selling approximately 35 acres of town-owned land at Hardin Industrial Park to an adjacent property owner. Baord members said they want to ensure the the land could not be an asset to the town before they commit to selling the property.

The board also gave final approval after a second reading and public hearing to a request to rezone property along West Vann Road.

The property was split-zoned, with part of the property being zoned low-density residential and part medium-density residential. The property will now be zoned medium-density residential.

The property owner has plans to develop a 16-lot subdivision, according to Greeneville Planning Director Randy Davenport.

The board also celebrated the retirement of Kenny Carter from the Greeneville Police Department.

Carter served the department for 22 years.

“Kenny has done anything and everything you could ask. He has taken care of this community for years. We will miss him very much,” Greeneville Police Chief Tim Ward said.

Daniels also announced the town had been awarded a $944,000 grant to fund the replacement and additions of sidewalks on Main Street.

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Raise your glass and sing a song of celebration! It’s time for a toast. We asked Atlas Obscura readers to send us their funniest, most heartfelt, most memorable drinking salutes, and our cup runneth over.

We received hundreds of submissions. They include old-country sayings passed down through multiple generations, goofy toasts heard at the local bar, and (unprintable) blue rhymes your embarrassing grandpa trots out on holidays. Many celebrate togetherness, or triumphing over a world that’s trying to keep you down, but nearly all of them are unforgettable.

Fill your glass and check out some of our favorite submissions below. You might just pick up a few new ways to salute your crew. But either way, just for reading, here’s to you!

To Your Health

May your beautiful lips never blister!

“It was my dad’s favorite toast and he was the BEST! Every holiday and party started with that toast and still does, only now the second toast is, ‘here’s to dad!’” — Hedy Schmidtchen, Frederica, Delaware

May you live for as long as you want, and never want for as long as you live!

“This was a toast I’ve seen Bud Abbott (of Abbott and Costello) use many times.” — Greg Firestone, Louisville, Kentucky

Strike hands with me. The glass is brim. The dew is on the heather. And love is good, and life is long, and friends are best together.

“A Scottish toast used in a Quaich Ceremony, for newlyweds. There is another verse after the one above, for the couple. I did not include it here.” — Abbie Jenks, Pelham, Massachusetts

To absent friends, and to ourselves, as no one is likely to concern themselves with our welfare.

“It is a combination of two classic Royal Navy toasts; the former customarily given on Sundays and the latter on Wednesdays. We always toast seated, as is the naval custom.” — lycanthropejeff, Savannah, Georgia

Health to those I love, wealth to those who love me.

— Kitty, United States

I drink to myself and another and may that other be he who drinks to himself and another and may that other be me!

“I have fond memories of my mother often lifting her glass with this toast, many moons ago. I don’t know where or when it originated.” — Gini Kuhn, Denver, Colorado

You’re born in pain, you live in fear, you die alone, Merry Christmas.

“Heard it at a holiday concert of Scottish musicians. So, so Scottish. And you don’t need to wait for Christmas.” — Bob Hicks, Florida

To the Poets, Philosophers, and Wise Men and Women

We lit the candle from both ends, it wouldn’t last the night, but ah my fellows and my friends, the flame it burned so bright.

— Robert Baker, Santa Ynez, California

May the best of the past be the worst of the future.

“Got it from an old friend of mine.” — Roger Steinbrink, New Orleans, Louisiana

To high winds and mermaids!

“It says so much but one might have to think about it for a second to catch its drift. I don’t remember who first shared it with me but it is one I come back to frequently and when I do, my companions often nod their heads in agreement.” — Dorothy Granger, Bloomington, Indiana

Rejoice, and be of good cheer! For THEY are out there, and WE are in here!

“One of Hugh Hefner’s friends announced his arrival at a quiet party with this joyful declaration. I like the idea of old drinking buddies having a close enclave, where knaves are not welcome.” — Scott Myers, Rochester, New York

May our children have wealthy parents.

“Years ago, but as for who or whom… no clue. Seems pretty universal in terms of appeal (which I’ve tested in a number of countries and cultures) and ALWAYS bring out smiles and heads nodding in approval.” — John Fogg, North Garden, Virginia

Here’s to it, and from it, and to it again, and if you don’t do it when you get to it, you may never get to it to do it again!

“I learned it when I was in my 20s, and a ski bum at a resort in Utah called Alta. We called it the ‘Alta Toast.’ It was fun to try to say when inebriated.” — Leah Sanford, West Valley City, Utah

May the roof above these friends never fall in, and may the friends beneath this roof never fall out.

“I can’t remember when or where I first heard it, but it became a tradition at an annual Christmas party that my late husband and I had each year for friends and family. Many of them are gone now, so the toast is dear to my heart.” — Shirley Outen, Plant City, Florida

I’ll drink to those who do, I’ll drink to those who don’t, but never the ones who say they will and later decide they won’t. But the ones I’ll toast from the break of day to the wee hours of the night, are the ones who say, “I never have, but just for you I might.”

“I think I first heard this from my sister’s third husband, but I’m not positive!” — Diana Dunkley, Kansas

It matters not if the wine glass is half empty or half full, clearly there’s room for more!

“Saw it on a sign, somewhere.” — David Pue, Jacksonville, Florida

Here’s to it, down to it, damn the man that can’t do it, shovel it over to me cause I’m used to it!

“From my dad and his drinking days.”— Frank, Colorado

Here’s to roses and lilies in bloom, and you in my arms, and me in your room. A door that is locked, a key that is lost, a bird and a bottle and a bed that is tossed. And a night that is 50 years long.

“This was the favorite toast of the late Herb Caen, longtime San Francisco Chronicle columnist and man about town.” — Keith Dawson, St. Paul, Minnesota

You’re a gentleman and a scholar and a good judge of bad liquor.

“My grandpa had all sorts of great sayings. This is one of them.” — Caryl Heard, Hoboken, New Jersey

We’re only here for a short time, let’s make it a good time!

“It was introduced in the early 2000s in Scotland. After our first round of golf, we went to the local pub and a local toasted us with that quote. It’s something I try to do every day. ‘I’m only here for a short time, make it a good time.’” — Bob Burdt, El Dorado Hills, California

Life is short, but sweet.

“The more popular form of cheers in Tanzania is ‘maisha marefu,’ which is Swahili for ‘long life.’ But once when I said this to someone, he responded, ‘maisha ni mafupi, lakini ni matamu,’ ‘life is short, but sweet.’” — Jess Littman, Arusha, Tanzania

The wonderful love of a beautiful maid, and the love of a staunch true man, and the love of a baby unafraid, have existed since life began. But the greatest love, the love of love, even greater than that of a mother, is the tender, passionate, infinite love of one drunken sod for another.

“This poetic toast is painted into a very old and wonderful earthenware goblet that I have that was made in England. It makes me smile each time I read it.” — Glen Cabbage, Boston, Massachusetts

To the Liars and Cheats

Here’s to cheating, stealing, and drinking. May you cheat death, steal hearts, and always drink with me.

“My grandparents had all kinds of plaques with sayings and toasts on them. They were all over the walls of their basement bar (complete with a slightly out of tune piano for singalongs) and that was one of my favorites.” — Kristen, New Hampshire

May you always lie, cheat, and steal. Lie beside the one you love, cheat the devil, and steal away from bad company.

“This toast was proposed by my wife’s elderly uncle during our wedding reception. I’ve used it many times since then.” — Hugh Smith, Diamondhead, Mississippi

May we never go to hell but always be on our way.

“I read it somewhere when I was in college and it has always stuck as a favorite “ — Marie Albrecht, Canandaigua, New York

To Travelers and Those Far from Home

À nos amours!

“It means ‘to what we love.’ Learned it from a French friend.” — Sebastian, Berlin

Por un buen principio y un buen final!

“I’m from the south of Mexico and we clink the upper part of the beer bottle (for a good beginning) then clink the lower part of the bottle (and a good end). Salud!” — Edgar Santos, Mexico

Ullas!

“This is our Bengali version of cheers!” — Prasadranjan Ray, Kolkata, India

Por ti, por mi, y por lo bueno que vamos a pasar.

“I was in college and a friend from Colombia taught me this toast from his country (if not the region he was from). It’s done with two people (I think) but you touch the rims of the cups together when you say ’Por ti,’ touch the bottoms of the cups when you say ’por mi,’ and rub the sides together on ’y por lo bueno que vamos a pasar.’ For you, for me, and for the good times that’ll happen between us. Something like that.” — Ananda Walker, Maryland

Lang may yer lum reek.

“It means ‘Long may your chimney smoke.’ In other words may you have a roof over your heads and fuel to keep you and your family warm. It’s something which was traditionally said at Hogmanay in Scotland but it’s also used at any family get together when the whiskey is passed around.” — Chris Dunn, Edinburgh, Scotland

Na krásu našich koní a rychlost našich žen.

“This is a cheeky toast often used amongst historical fencers here in Bohemia. It started a long time ago as ‘I toast to speed of our horses and beauty of our women.’ But it was later twisted into a word play that translates as ‘I toast to the beauty of our horses and speed of our women.’” — Vojtěch Ptáček, Pardubice, Czech Republic

Por lo que ayer dolió y hoy ya no importa, salud!

“Translation, ‘Here’s a toast for what hurt yesterday and today doesn’t matter anymore!’ I learned it from my grandmother, she had it as a child and also went through a hard divorce, but she managed to go on. That’s why she toasted with this quite often. Preferably mezcal.” — Antuan F., Guadalajara, Mexico

Aan do!

“This phrase is in ‘Haryanvi,’ a dialect of Hindi from the State of Haryana in northern India, and loosely translates as ‘bring it on.’ While this isn’t a traditional toast (at all!) my friends and I have been using it since early undergrad days as a tribute to this state that borders New Delhi, especially because those were years of binge drinking and when bars shut for the night in Delhi, the best way to access more alcohol was with liquor shops across the border in Haryana! So, “aan do” ;)” — Aakanksha Batra, India

Будь здарова как карова и богата как земля

“In Russian, ‘Be as healthy as a cow and as rich as the earth! ‘This toast is considered vulgar/funny, usually happens when the party has had a few too many toasts already. Enjoy!” — Elena Rynkevic, Los Angeles, California

Up to it. Down to it. We do it ‘cause we’re used to it. Bermuda!

“I learned this cheers in Bermuda. I’m not originally from there, but it will always remind me of my time living there. A warm and inviting toast that celebrates individuals doing things their own way. Just like Bermudians.” — Brittney Woodrum, Bermuda

Here’s chamor in your atchk!

“I had an uncle whose first language was Armenian. He didn’t teach his children to speak it, but he made my aunt promise to teach the family this toast, which means, here’s mud in your eye! I use it often as it brings back such a joyous memory of him. And it’s so fun to say!” — Jamie Hunnicutt, Columbia, Missouri

Sto lat!

“My father left Poland after WWII for Canada and taught me to love and respect my heritage. ‘Sto lat’ literally translates to ‘100 years,’ which is the life expectancy you wish someone you like as you raise a fine glass of Polish vodka.” — Marie-Louise, Canada

Ichi-go ichi-e.

“I had a friend from Japan who used to say this often, especially at special events. It roughly translates to ‘for this time only.’ Even if that group were to get together in the same place at another time, all of the nuances would never be quite the same. I always appreciated that reminder to enjoy the people you were with in that moment and space.” — Morgan Miller, California

Zwischen leber und milz, passt immer ein pils!

“It roughly translates as, ‘between the liver and spleen there is always room for beer.’ It’s the first German I ever learned, I even have it on a t-shirt.” — Brad, Germany

Arriba! Abajo! Al centro! Adentro! [Accompanied by raising the glass in the appropriate direction, “Up! Down! To the center!” And then drinking: “Inside!”]

“I learned it in Chile, although I understand that it’s common in other Spanish-speaking countries as well. Our Chilean guide, Victor, taught it to our tour group, and we shared many mealtime toasts this way.” — Mark Schaeffer, Oakland, California

Gezuar!

“This is a toast used in Albania. It literally means, ‘I’m glad!’ I served in the Peace Corps there and would toast with the locals at weddings, birthdays, or even just regular evenings. Now that I live back in the United States I still use it. It reminds me of my service.” — Kate, Las Vegas, Nevada

To the Funny and the Clever

Here’s to friends and family who know us well, but love us just the same.

“I learned it about 20 years ago. We use it often within the family. We’re all a bunch of goody two-shoes, so it’s meant as a bit tongue in cheek.” — Sally Edmonds, California

Let us drink to bread, for without bread, there would be no toast.

— Sean, Seattle, Washington

May all your ups and downs be under the covers!

“My father was infamous for toasting this at many a family wedding.” — Kevin McCarthy, Santa Monica, California

Success to temperance!

“My father-in-law always used this toast.” — Kris Riordan, Brisbane, Australia

Here’s to Dame Fortune; may she smile upon you. May you never meet her daughter, Miss Fortune.

“It was my uncle’s favorite toast. I love the play on words.” — Mary Devine, Eagan, Minnesota

God in goodness sent us grapes to cheer both great and small. Little fools drink too much, and great fools not at all!

“It always makes people smile.” — Dianne Gardner, Florida

The past is history, the future is a mystery, but today is a gift, because it’s the present.

“Dave Cremin, a 30+ year bartender at the most excellent Irish pub in Astoria, Cronin & Phelan. Great guy, and a literal magician with a wry sense of humor. Local treasure who never disappoints.” — Matt, Queens, New York

Remembering good St. Patrick, who by strategy and stealth, drove all the snakes from Ireland. Here’s a toasting to your health. But not too many toastings, lest you lose yourself, and then forget about good Patrick, and see all those snakes again.

— Rev. Carl Bowers, Wurtsboro, New York

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if it weren’t for our ass, our belly would bust!

“A favorite of my gruff, crusty paternal grandfather, Frank Arbter. I must have been about five years old when I first heard him use it.” — William “Arbie” Arbter, Styrgeon Bay, Wisconsin

If the ocean was beer and I was a duck, I’d swim to the bottom and drink my way up. But the ocean’s not beer, and I’m not a duck. So raise up your glasses and shut the fuck up.

“I learned this toast when I was in the U.S. Marine Corps. I have been out of the Corps for 10 years and now live in Riga, Latvia. I still use this toast and my Latvian friends still get a kick out of it. Also ‘Priekā!’ is the traditional Latvian toast, so I usually throw that in on the end.” — Maikl Stark, Riga, Latvia

Here’s to being single, drinking doubles, and seeing triple.

— Lauren Mulcahy, Cape Town, South Africa

IwlIj jachjaj!

“Okay, this is Klingon, the constructed language from Star Trek. It means, ‘May your blood scream!’ I am a fan but the language has a special place for me. They have websites, international meetings, books, plays, an opera. All this for a race and culture that doesn’t exist.” — Tim Haggerty, California

Over the teeth, over the gums, look out stomach here it comes.

“When I was a kid taking medicine. Then I discovered that it could cover just about anything you drank.” — Bob Cantrell, Arkansas

Here’s to the men we love, here’s to the men that love us, but the men we love aren’t the men we love, so fuck the men and here’s to us!

“Usually done at a girl’s night out! Obviously! Don’t remember where I heard it, a very long time ago though.” — Kim Mueller, Huntingtown, Maryland

Here’s to you and here’s to me, and if by chance we disagree, to hell with you! And here’s to me!

“It’s a toast I learned from my grandfather (to my mother’s chagrin) while growing up in Vermont. It always made us laugh though.” — Conrad, Romania

The rest in your hair!

“Said with shot of Acquivit in hand. After tossing it back, the shot glass is inverted above one’s head, insuring that all present drain their glass. Learned at a glorious Midsommär in Sweden when you would think I was old enough to know better.” — Brian Wertheimer, Seattle

Here’s to your nose, here’s to your chin, here’s to the hole, in-between it goes in!

“This was one my wife’s grandmother used. I drank sherry with her like shots!” — Captain Chris, The Beach on Cape Cod

Here’s to those that love us! And for those that do not love us, may God turn their hearts. And if he cannot turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles; so that we may know them, by their limping.

— Joe Regan, Long Beach, California

Here’s to the bird that flew so high, I hope it never loses a feather. If I don’t marry the gal I love, I’ll drink this stuff for ever!

“My son came back from preschool with this toast when he was five.” — Greg Curry, Lubbock, Texas

Here’s to it and from it and to it again, if you don’t do it when you get to it, you’ll never get to it to do it again.

“I learned this from a very astute, self-made man the family called Grand Dad Cain. He emigrated for England at a very young age worked hard and became very, very successful. He said the toast was all you needed to succeed.” — Ian Donald, Burlington, Ontario

To History and Victory

To the confusion of our enemies!

“I don’t remember where I first heard, or read, about it. It has special meaning for me because I am a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp (1944-45) and of exile by the Stalinist regime to a small Hungarian village (1951-52). — Thomas T. Schweitzer, Toronto, Canada

To the regiment! [Group replies] I wish I was there!

“When I lived in Beijing, a group of my British and Irish mates there used to use this as a toast. One of the English guys just started saying it and it caught on. I didn’t know what it meant, or where he got it from, and we never discussed it. (I’ve just Googled it, and it actually comes from a British sitcom called Early Doors, which takes place in a pub. Even on the show, it was just a toast that some of the characters used, it was never explained.) I just liked the sound of it. It was kind of ridiculous, but fun to say, and it sounded like something a grizzled, stiff upper-lipped British World War II officer might say. There was a camaraderie to it, which chimed in a way with what you experience when you live abroad. In my group, hardly any of us had family with us. Your friends became your family. So I guess—and we would have ridiculed each other for suggesting this—a little toast like this boosted that sense of being in it together. Beijing is a transient city, people are always coming and going. So one by one, those friends moved on, and now we’re all in different places. I haven’t said it for years, and I don’t think I would try it in a new group. It’s all about that place, Beijing, that bar, Paddy O’ Shea’s, those times and that group of friends. And though life is great, there are times when, yes, I wish I was there.” — Iain Shaw, St. Louis, Missouri

Here’s to the Council of Trent! [All repeat.] For putting the ban on the meat [All repeat.], and not on the drink! [All repeat.]

“From Avram Davidson, who said it was an ‘authentic Irish toast.’” — Michael Gushue, Washington D.C.

Up a long ladder, down a stiff rope, here’s to King Billy, to hell with the pope!

“Learned this in Canada 100 years ago.” — Blue Robinson, Maui, Hawaii

Poison all around.

“Friends in France say it. It’s a throwback to the idea that toasting was to cause a mix of fluids to make sure if one glass contained poison, they all now did.” — Jason Nadler, Long Island, New York

Fish, tin, and copper!

“This is a traditional toast from Cornwall, in the U.K. The toast refers to the historical industries of Cornwall, fishing and mining for tin and copper in which my Cornish ancestors were engaged. If I needed a toast, apart from ‘The Queen’ I would use ‘Fish, tin and copper.’” — Gael Phillips, Australia

To Those Making It Up as They Go Along

Nice driveway!

“It was the custom in my Polish/Slovak family to toast with na zdravie, which is Slovak for “(to) your health!” A sister-in-law, not yet familiar with this phrase, politely asked why everyone was wishing each other “nice driveway.” It became a favorite family joke.” — Leslie, Texas

To crime, punishment, and the interpretation thereof.

“I work on the Alcatraz Night Tour. Those of us who do research and give tours are called ‘historical interpreters,’ and what we do is called ‘historical interpretation.’ This is our toast.” — Sharlene Baker, San Francisco

Up yours!

“For many years, I worked overseas in the oil industry, in small towns and camps in 10 or 15 different countries. I was often the only American in my company housing. We bachelors were usually housed in shared accommodation, so I was often sitting around in the evening with people of several different nationalities. The after-dinner recreation often turned to drinking and the conversation sometimes turned to ‘What’s the common toast in your country?’ As the answers went around the room, the Frenchman saying “A votre Santé,” the Finn saying “Kippis”, the Irishman saying “Sláinte,” the Brit saying “Cheers,” I did not want to admit that we Americans just copied the Brits and said “Cheers.” After all, I’m not just the only American in the room. I’m a Texan. So when the conversation came round to me, I raised my glass and said “I’m from Texas, and in Texas, we say ‘Up yours!’” — Don Pollock, Austin, Texas

Here’s to not pissing yourself!

“It just occurred to me, during one session, that dry pants are worth celebrating.” — Thirston Quarthammer IV, Massachusetts

First one today!

“My father-in-law John Sadowski, long retired, was a hard working man. He liked to unwind at the end of his work day by sitting in front of his garage and drinking beer. Welcoming all to join him in his relaxation routine, when asked how many had he had, his answer was always the same, ‘First one today!’ When I married into the family, it was a rite of passage to learn this traditional Sadowski toast. When we travel, we make an effort to learn how say these three words in other languages (ie: Erste Heute, Le Premier du jour, Primo per Oggi). Ultimately, it is a reminder of the love of family and friends, celebrating together, around the world!” — Wally Walsh, Long Island, New York

May the wind at your back be from the cabbage at lunch.

“Made it up as I was tired of hearing trite toasts.” — Reverend Max, Wenatchee, Washington

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