San Francisco is one of America’s most dynamic and beloved cities, home to an unparalleled world of culture, history, architecture, and wonder. The conference venue is within easy walking distance to an exciting artistic enclave of museums, galleries, arts and entertainment destinations, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the African Diaspora, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Cartoon Art Museum, and the California Historical Society Gallery.

A Bay Area Bike Share station is located right outside the doors of the InterContinental, and the Powell Street BART station, cable car station, and Market Street MUNI lines are two blocks away, making it extremely convenient to get to attractions, activities, and eateries throughout the city. From the iconic and monumental Golden Gate Bridge to an artisan bean-to-bar chocolate factory or an independent bookstore that brought us the beat lit movement to the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco is home to the best cultural attractions and destinations.

To celebrate NACW’s return to the Bay Area, we asked a few of our colleagues to share their favorite spots in their neighborhoods. Check out their recommendations below!

	Some recommendations (all in Oakland): Favorite activities: Walk around Lake Merritt or hike in the Redwood Regional Park or Friday Nights @ OMCA Favorite food: Miss Ollies, Swan’s Market, Brown Sugar Kitchen – Alvaro Sanchez, Greenlining Institute
	For unbeatable California cuisine, try Green’s Restaurant which serves a vegetarian, locally-inspired menu at the Fort Mason Center. Take a day trip to Point Reyes National Seashore for some spectacular hikes. Visit the east bay (perhaps by ferry) and check out the hikes in the hills (Redwood Regional Park and Tilden are both great), eat some great food (the cooperatively-owned Cheeseboard serves excellent local pizza with imaginative flavors), or rent a bike and explore. Burma Superstar and Mandalay restaurants for fantastic Burmese food – Pacific Forest Trust team
	Burma Love (211 Valencia St.) – Emilie Mazzacurati, CEO, Four Twenty Seven
	I’d recommend 826 Valencia’s ‘pirate store,’ the Seward Street slides, and Glen Canyon Park. Food-wise, I recommend Zero Zero for fancy pizza and Mikkeller Bar for beer. – Debra Kahn, E&E News
	My favorite place to relax and reenergize is the Conservancy of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. Take a book, take a walk, take a picnic and enjoy a beautiful place. – Sara Kroopf, EDF

ACT Commodities, Inc.
Adelante Consulting
Afognak Native Corporation
Ag Methane Advisors
Air Quality Consultants
Alma Land
American Carbon Registry
American National Standards Institute
Analytical Environmental Services
Analytical Environmental Systems, Inc.
Anderson Law Firm
APX, Inc.
Argus Media
Assembly Speaker Emeritus Toni Atkins
Ayres Law Group LLP
Baker & McKenzie
Bangladesh Labour Federation-BLF(Affiliated with ITUC)
Bank of America / Merrill Lynch
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
BC Environmental Insurance Brokers, Inc.
Better World Group
Beveridge & Diamond, PC
Beveridge and Diamond
Bloomberg BNA
Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Blue Delta Energy, LLC
Boeing
BP
BP North America
Brightspot Climate
C6 Emissions Corp
CA Air Resources Board
CAL FIRE
CalEPA
California Air Resources Board
California Compost Coalition
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
California Farm Bureau Federation
California Governor’s Office
California Institute of Technology
California Natural Resources Agency
California State Parks
California State Treasurer’s Office
California Trout
California Trout/Inyo-Mono IRWM Program
CaliforniaCarbon.info
CALmatters
Camco
Cameron-Cole, LLC
Canadian Consulate Los Angeles
Capital Power Corporation
Carbon Pulse
Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX Global)
CarbonVerde, LLC
CE2 Carbon Capital
Center for the New Energy Economy
Centre de Suivi Ecologique
Charles River Associates
Chevron
Chevron Products Company
Chugach Alaska Corporation
City of Redding – Redding Electric Utility
Clean Energy Advantage Partners
Clean Harbors
Climate Action Campaign
Climate Action Reserve
Climate Connect
Climate Wedge LLC / Abatement Capital LLC
ClimeCo Corporation
Coalition on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (C-AGG)
Colorado College
Colorado State University
Consulate of Canada
Coop Carbone
Corn Refiners Association
CSA Group (Canadian Standards Association)
CU Denver
DeMarco Allan LLP
Dentons US LLP
Department of Forestry & Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
Disney
Diversified CPC
Diversified Pure Chem
DRW Commodities
Duke University’s Nicholas Institute
Ecosystem Marketplace
Edison Electric Institute
EKO Green Carbon Fund
Electric Power Research Institute
Embassy of Norway
Energy Foundation
Environment & Energy Publishing
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Services, Inc.
EOS Climate
Evolution Markets
First Environment, Inc.
Forest Carbon Partners
Forest Trends
Gaston County Solid Waste
GHD Limited
GHG Management Institute
Government of Ontario
Government of Quebec
Governor’s Office State of Washington
Green Assets, Inc.
Gulf Coast Environmental Systems
HGB & Associates, LLC
IAC
ICIS
IETA
InterEnvironment Institute
International Institute for Sustainable Development
ISU/BC Environmental Insurance
JP Morgan
Juliette P Bohn Consulting
Kaiser Permanente
Karbone Inc.
KCoe Isom
Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lockheed Martin
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Los Angeles World Airports
Ludovino Lopes Lawyers
M.J. Bradley & Associates, LLC
Macquarie Energy LLC
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
Manomet
Markit
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Michigan State University
Miller Trust
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Ontario
Molpus Woodlands Group
More Than Smart
National Forestry Commission, Mexico
Natural Capital Partners
Natural Resources Canada
NCRM, Inc.
NextEra Energy Resources Power Marketing, LLC
NextGen Climate America
NGX
North American Land Trust
NRDC
NRG Energy
NSF International
O.G.A. for Aid
Office of Governor Inslee, Washington State
Ontario’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
OPIS
Oregon Department of Energy
Oregon State Legislature
Origin Climate, Inc.
Ouzinkie Native Corporation
Oxbow Mining, LLC
Pacific Forest Trust
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Platinum Partners LP
Portland General Electric
Poseidon Water
Québec Government Office in Los Angeles
Rainforest Alliance
Redwood Forest Foundation/US Forest Capital
Regatta Solutions
Regulatory Assistance Project
Renewable Choice Energy
Royal Bank of Canada
Ruby Canyon Engineering
S&A Carbon, LLC
San Diego County Water Authority
SCB & Associates
SCS Global Services
SDG&E
Seattle City Light
SEI Fuels
SEMARNAT
Sempra Energy
Sempra Energy Utilities
SES, Inc.
Sierra Institute for Community and Environment
SMUD
South Pole Group
Southern California Assoc of Govt
Southern California Edison
Southwest Gas Corporation
Spectron Environmental
Statkraft
Stoel Rives LLP
Sustainable Energy Solutions
Sustainable Napa County
Terra-Gen, LLC
TFS Energy
The Climate Registry
The Climate Trust
The Conservation Fund
The Energy Foundation
The Greenlining Institute
The Nature Conservancy
The Regulatory Assistance Project
The Trust for Public Land
Thomson Reuters
Tradewater, LLC
Tradition Energy
Trakref
TransForm
Turlock Irrigation District
U.S. Forest Service
UC Davis
UC San Diego
UC Santa Cruz
UCLA
UMN
Union Gas Limited
US Environmental Protection Agency
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Utah Governor’s Office of Energy Development
Veolia
Verdeo
Verified Carbon Standard
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
Vessels Coal Gas, Inc.
Vitol, Inc.
Washington Department of Ecology
Winrock International
Woods Hole Research Center
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