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Today, the City of Oakland announced the appointment of Cristy Johnston Limón as the City’s new Deputy Director/Business Development Manager in the Department of Economic and Workforce Development. In …

The program evolves the COVID-19 shutdown-era pilot to facilitate permanent right-of-way support for local business, providing stability for merchants to invest in their parklets while ensuring safe access for everyone traveling in the City’s rights-of-way.

New Deadline January 13th for Submission of Applications!

Applications are now being accepted for the City of Oakland’s 2022-2023 Cultural Funding Program grants supporting organization programs and individual artist projects.

Grants now available to small businesses city-wide, with reduced matching requirements.

City, Visit Oakland and Oakland Metro Chamber encourage local shopping and dining this holiday season

From November 14 – 18, local dispensaries to offer special deals on cannabis products made by Oaklanders disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs

Federal grant supports new programs for two years. Today, the City of Oakland announced the launch of two new business support programs funded by a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Agency (EDA).

The City of Oakland announced that applications will be available on Monday, July 25, for the Creative Economies of Belonging: Jobs, Networks, Catalysts grant program. This one-time program will distribute grants to Oakland-based nonprofit organizations to restore teaching-artist jobs cut during the pandemic. The program guidelines and grant application will be posted at https://bit.ly/3P4dBUg on Monday, July 25, when the application portal opens. Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 22, 2022.

The City of Oakland was awarded a $5,896,000 #CaliforniansForAll Youth Jobs Corps grant from California Volunteers, Office of the Governor for its Oakland Forward program.