The Oakland Merchants’ Leadership Forum
829 27th Ave.
Oakland, CA 94601
phone: (510) 239-3625  (239-3OAK)
info@omlf.org

The Oakland Merchants’ Leadership Forum was created in 1991 to provide a cohesive voice for the now 40+ Neighborhood Business Districts in Oakland. Comprised exclusively of volunteers throughout the city’s business community, OMLF promotes neighborhood business districts as a key element of the City’s economic development strategy.

By providing a coordinated and consistent voice, OMLF has enjoyed a long history of working with the Mayor, City Council, City Manager and City staff to address issues important to neighborhood business districts. Specifically, OMLF has partnered with the City, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and others to provide leadership in the areas of marketing, business improvement districts, business attraction and retention strategies, promotional events, financing, community partnerships, and developing merchants associations. Although most widely known for co-leading the annual Shop Oakland Holiday Shopping Campaign, OMLF has recently secured generous initial financial support from the City of Oakland to deepen its efforts to strengthen neighborhood business districts and has created the Oakland Grown Movement.

See www.Oaklandgrown.org for more information on the Oakland Grown movement and the expansion of this program beyond the holiday season. See the News section for more information on OMLF’s partnership with the City to strengthen neighborhood commercial districts.

Our Mission

OMLF’s mission is to improve the quality of life for Oakland’s residents and small business owners by strengthening and unifying their neighborhood business districts. By bringing together the efforts of Oakland’s many small business associations to develop policies and strategies that benefit neighborhood business districts, OMLF strives to increase economic development, community pride and civic participation.

Our People

Staff

Board

Stu Sweetow
Audio Visual Consultants, Grand Ave.
Board Director

Shari Godinez
Board Director

Erin Kilmer Neel
Board Director

Aziz Khatri
Realator, Piedmont Ave.
Board Director

Karen King
Owner, Karen’s Flowers
Board Director

Feleciai Favroth
Owner, Skincare by Feleciai
Board Director

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