Jack London Improvement District

Marketing & economic development: the jack london improvement district promotes and supports equitable and inclusive economic development for its diverse businesses. These activities include but are not limited to: collaborative and independent marketing, communications, public relations, event production, business support and professional development resources driven by small local businesses, and community collaborations such as block parties and sponsored events. The district also coordinates with the city of oakland's economic and workforce development department to advance the city's economic development goals within the commercial district.

Advocacy & governance: through active community engagement, the district provides a voice to promote the interests of jack london through a diverse range of platforms and participation in long-range projects. The district represents its stakeholders regarding pertinent policy implementation, development efforts, and issues that impact connectivity, economic development and quality-of-life in the district. Current efforts include real estate development, land-use and transportation planning, resiliency, improvements to safe and accessible pedestrian, bike, public transit, and automobile mobility, as well as coordination with partner organizations such as oakland bid alliance, chamber of commerce, and agencies including the port of oakland, amtrak, weta, and caltrans.

Served as fiscal sponsor for city of oakland grant which was distributed to business serving organizations in 21 separate sub-grants to facilitate recovery and public safety efforts for local small businesses across oakland's diverse commercial districts.