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Citywide Zoning Update

Meeting Date and Location:
JULY 22, 2009
Wednesday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 4 (2nd fl)
1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, at 12th Street BART

Please join us at a workshop to discuss zoning issues in the City’s commercial corridors and districts. The meeting will be held following the Oakland Merchants’ Leadership Forum.

The City of Oakland is updating its zoning regulations, which govern the physical development of land. Zoning regulations affect many people doing business and shopping in Oakland.

Here is your chance to learn how the zoning update process might help your business!

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Zoning Update Website
www.oaklandnet.com/zoningupdate

Zoning Update Telephone Message Line
(510) 238-7299

Zoning Update Email
zoningupdate@oaklandnet.com
Click here for flyer.

Please alert other merchants in your district.

Entertainment Lineup
June 18, 2009 from 5-10 p.m.
 

Uptown Oakland, CA
 

Free Admission
 

Uptown Stage Telegraph Avenue near 20th Street
Sponsored by The Uptown Apartments
5:00 - 5:20 Youth Movement Records (Various Genres)
5:20 - 5:40 Nu Dekades (Hip Hop)
5:40 - 6:00 Do Dat (Hip Hop)
6:05 - 6:25 Jimmie Reign Featuring the Live Band Z-Ro (R&B)
6:30 - 6:40 Ericka Nelani (Singer/Songwriter YMR)
6:50 - 7:35 Sekhou Senegal (World/African)
7:35 - 7:55 Ro Sham Bo (a cappella)
7:55 - 8:15 Los Rakas (Latin Hip Hop)
8:15 - 9:05 Fito Reinoso y Ritmo y Armonia (World/Cuban)
9:15 - 10:00 The Kev Choice Ensemble (R&B/Jazz/Hip Hop) with Special
Guest Appearance by Zumbi of Zion I
 
Van Kleef Stage Telegraph Avenue near 16th Street
Sponsored by Oaksterdam University
5:00 - 5:40 Annie Sampson (Blues)
5:50 - 6:30 Blue Bone Express (New Orleans Jazz)
6:50 - 7:15 Damon & The Heathens (Oakland Punk/Soul)
7:20 - 7:35 Fogo Na Roupa (Brazilian Carnival Drum and Dance)
7:35 - 8:00 Damon & The Heathens (Oakland Punk/Soul)
8:20 - 8:35 Hot Pink Feathers Parade Core and The All-Star Marching
Band (World Cabaret/Samba Burlesque)
8:35 - 9:05 The Funkanauts (Oakland Funk)
9:15 - 10:00 Materialized featuring Steve Adams and Dan Lebowitz
of ALO (Rock)
 

Fox Square Stage 19th Street between Telegraph and San Pablo avenues
Sponsored by the Friends of the Oakland Fox/California Capital Group
5:30 - 5:45 Destiny Arts
5:55 - 6:15 Oakland Public Conservatory of Music
6:20 - 6:45 Pop Lyfe
6:55 - 7:15 Miko Marks
7:20 - 7:50 Birth of the Cool
8:00 - 9:00 John Santos 
 

 

 

 
 

Learn More about Oakland Downtown Safety Improvements

What:    Learn about Downtown public safety improvements, meet your police officers and area commander, learn safety tips, and watch self-defense demonstration.

Speakers:    Acting Police Chief Howard Jordan,
Police Captain Anthony Toribio,
Mayor’s Public Safety Coordinator Dorlista Reed

When:    Thursday, June 11, 11:45 am to 1 pm
Program starts promptly at noon
Q&A after the Program

Where:    Oakland Convention Center at Marriott, Room 208, 2/F, 1001 Broadway

Cost:     FREE.  Bring your own lunch, light refreshments provided.
Click here for the Flyer

 

 

Opening July 2009!

Starting this July, doing business in Oakland will be easier than ever with the opening of the City of Oakland’s first one-stop Business Assistance Center. http://www.oaklandbusinesscenter.com/
Questions? Contact Michael McPherson, City of Oakland, 510-238-4727
To view The Business Assisstance Center Flyer Click the link below.
business-assistance-center.pdf
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Click Here to take survey and find out if your business is Oakland Grown. If your business is Oakland Grown, we will contact you and let you know about some of the benefits and opportunities there are for your business.

Sustaining and Investing in the district 6 Heartlands Community

Key Note Speaker: Joseph J. Haraburda, Chief Executive Officer, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.

Time: 8:30 am until 10:00 am

Place: Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd. in the Faculty Lounge

Hosted by: Oakland City Councilwoman Desley A. Brooks & OCCUR

To view flyer click here.

Mayor Ronald V. Dellums” 3rd Annual Oakland Partnership

Economic Summit.

Oakland on the road to economic recovery: key projects and investments to get our region moving again.

Join us as we explore:

• Best practices for accessing capital and surviving the downturn
• The impact of current international and national trends on our local economy.
• The inside track on the federal stimulus package and related state, regional and local initiatives
• Oakland Partnership economic development strategy - year in review.

Friday, May 1, 2009
Oakland Marriott City Center
1001 Broadway, Oakland
7:30 am - 12:30 pm
Click here to download flyer.