Today our Bayview community faces enormous challenges. Once a rich neighborhood shaped by its strong working class identity, industrial power and civil rights activism, the Bayview Hunter’s Point District now sits without agency, without identity. With the exodus of major industry, the lack of preparing communities that heavily relied upon industrial work, and the historically inequitable practice of redlining communities like the Bayview, San Francisco has created what seems to be an insurmountable wealth gap that continues to grow by the day. Matt understands firsthand growing up in the San Francisco public school system and as a former teacher in San Francisco. Utilizing his formal education, experience and deep knowledge in Basketball, Baseball, Football, Track, Self Defense and fitness, Matt’s vision is for The View Community Fitness Center to heal our community through an equitable social emotional lens. Creating healthy relationships between fitness, mental health and nutrition. Our vision and story create positive community owned infrastructure aimed at our success.

Our Story

Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders, Today

Today’s Need for Tomorrow’s Success:

Limited access to indoor physical spaces for our youth within San Francisco has created a vacuum effect within our underserved and historically disadvantaged communities. Causing a strain on our most vulnerable communities and businesses to look elsewhere for adequate means to facilitate youth and adult fitness and expression. We have struggled to find a sustainable and adequate space to offer services for our sessions and events due to the lack of availability and access to private and public spaces. Science driven data has directly correlated our physical, social and emotional health to youth and adult academic, financial and socioeconomic growth. This is all made possible through access to adequate facilities and equipment, which have been scarce in these historically disadvantaged communities.

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Our Vision:

Our long-term goal is to transform and restore our underserved communities and neighborhoods throughout the Bay Area to their fullest potential. Empowering youth/adult leadership within these communities that will create lasting and sustainable generational impact.

With full access to our facility we will offer youth and adult athletic programing, coaches training sessions, group and personal training sessions. We will host sporting events for local teams/schools that struggle to find access to gym space. Our space will ease the struggle of many of our local schools that cannot find adequate space for their students to enjoy physical activity. Our space will be a hub for our community to gather and support one another through physical fitness.

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  • "Working with Coach Matt has helped me become more confident and motivated on and off the court. I'm thankful for his encouragement where everyone has the opportunity to grow."

    — Former Student-Athlete

  • "We're Grateful for Coach Matt's support and dedication . He created a positive environment for our daughter to learn and grow as an athlete and a person."

    — Parent of Former Student-Athlete

  • "He's so incredibly encouraging. When you're tired and feel like you can't finish, Coach Matt is right there motivating you to keep going. Hearing him say, "You've got this," makes you believe you really can do it. Over time, that doesn't just make you stronger physically, it builds self-confidence, mental toughness, and the determination to push through challenges."

    — Current Student-Athlete

Our Founder

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Matt Thomas “Coach Matt”

Founder & President

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do. As a former Middle School and Elementary School physical education teacher in San Francisco Matt has a deeply rooted connection to the city in which he was born and raised. Understanding the challenges that face our historically disadvantaged communities, Matt looks to bring focus back to those communities and instill agency in the process.

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Real Impact

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Driven by curiosity and built on a foundation of transformative relationships, this is where bold thinking meets thoughtful execution. Let’s build something meaningful together.

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