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Mayor Lee Celebrates Arrival of Burning Man Project & Welcomes SF Camerawork & PianoFight Theater to Central Market
San Francisco, CA – Mayor Edwin M. Lee today celebrated The Burning Man Project’s launch in Central Market at a lively event in United Nations Plaza hosted by the new nonprofit organization. The theme, “Welcome Home,” is the greeting used at the entrance of the annual Burning Man event, and was chosen for this event to celebrate the organization’s new nonprofit orientation and its return to the center of Burning Man’s city of cultural origin, San Francisco. The organization will initially focus on its program of community-building and economic revitalization in Central Market District. Read more
Mayor Ed Lee links up with Burning Man
The minds behind Burning Man are melding with the minds behind City Hall as Mayor Ed Lee is helping the organizers of the annual gathering in the Nevada desert launch a new nonprofit today. Read more
Burning Man’s Burning Desire
The founder of Burning Man has big plans to light a fire in the heart of San Francisco. NBC Bay Area’s Jean Elle explains. Go to Video
Social Entrepreneurship in the Era of Burning Man
The most interesting story about innovation and social entrepreneurship I found at West Coast Green was not in a scheduled program, but a side conversation with James Hanusa of Burning Man. Read more