Over a period of seven years, we leased the space to CounterPulse while renovations were completed and they fundraised to acquire the building themselves. CounterPulse pioneered a new pathway to ownership with CAST when we purchased a run-down former adult theater in the Tenderloin. Moy Eng: CounterPulse is the culmination of CAST’s original vision: a successful completion of a lease-to-own model with a contemporary arts organization.

We had the pleasure of asking Moy Eng about CAST’s current and future projects…Īlong with being a CEO, Moy is also a poet, vocalist, and songwriter.īAS: Why is Counterpulse such a success story for local arts? Under her leadership CAST has helped to protect SF’s legendary Luggage Store Gallery in Mid-Market and the Geneva Car Barn & Powerhouse in Excelsior, and the future is even more ambitious.ĬAST’s models for creating permanent, affordable spaces for artists were so innovative and effective that they’re being used in other cities to protect the arts all over the world. CAST’s fearless leader and CEO, Moy Eng has worked as a grantmaker and senior executive in arts and culture for more than 3 decades, and leading CAST since 2014. The 5M park is nestled right next to 447 Minna.ĬAST has a simple mission, to create stable physical spaces for arts and cultural organizations to facilitate equitable urban transformation, but in areas as expensive as the Bay this mission has a complicated road to success. Park at Minna and Mary Street, which is a POPOS (privately owned public space) managed and owned by Brookfield Properties.

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