What’s in a name change? – a lot of unhappy neighbors

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Warren Hellman (center) is a key financial backer of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate Park. Courtesy of Portable Network Graphics.

Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park is set to become Hellman Meadow if the Recreation and Park Department approves the plan unanimously passed earlier this month by the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors. The name change would honor Warren Hellman, the financial and spiritual force behind the three-day free music fest known as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.

But festival neighbors see this motion as being out of tune with their concerns.

Read the complete story at Crosscurrents From KALW News.

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