August 2018
 | - Celebrate Black Business Month in August
- Neighborhood Businesses Organize Block Parties for National Night Out on August 7
- Want to Grow Your Business? Apply for a State Tax Credit
- City of Oakland Releases First Equity Indicators Report
- Stephen Curry & Oakland Mayor Schaaf Talk Town Bizness
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July 2018
 | - Oakland’s Housing Boom and Increasing Resources for Affordability
- City Council Considers Proposals for How to Develop City-Owned Land
- July’s Art + Soul is a Homecoming for The Pointer Sisters
- Cultural
Development Plan: Belonging In Oakland - Oakland on the Big Screen
- East Oakland Neighborhoods Initiative Begins
- City Budget Prioritizes New Investments in Housing and Health
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June 2018
 | - Summer Arts Lineup
- Many Ways to Live and Breathe Sports for the Oakland Fan
- Pop-Ups to Shops: Learning from Old Oakland
- TechHire Oakland connects Regional Companies to Local Talent
- Hack the Hood Seeking 40 Small Businesses to Sign Up for a Free Starter Website
- 1500 Diverse Entrepreneurs Connect at Small Business Week
- Offer and Hire Summer Jobs through Earn & Learn
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May 2018
 | - City’s Largest Small Business Week Includes more than 75 Workshops in 8 Neighborhoods
- Oakland Celebrates Its Longtime Family-Owned Businesses
- Business Resource Spotlight: Diverse Communities Capital
- Call 311 to Talk to the City
- Summer Hiring: Click Here!
- AnewAmerica Honored in New Orleans
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April 2018
 | - Draft Cultural Plan Released for Public Feedback
- Unique Montclair Firehouse on the Market
- Leases Available at Brand New Foothill-Seminary Retail Center
- Business Owners: The Downtown Plan Wants to Hear from You
- Register for Small Business Week starting April 2
- Host an Oakland Intern this Summer
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March 2018
 | - KIVA Oakland Breaks Records
- New Restaurant/Market Chow Oakland a Case Study for Opening a Business in Oakland
- Oakland's Nominees Go Head to Head at the East Bay Innovation Awards
- BRT Update: Fruitvale Phase II Breaks Ground
- Civic Design Lab Launches in City Hall
- #WakandaForever - Blockbuster Movie The Black Panther Shines a Big Light on Oakland
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February 2018
 | - 1100 Broadway Breaks Ground!
- Downtown Specific Plan: Help Design Downtown’s Neighborhoods
- Oakland is Getting Safer
- New Bonus Incentive for Landlords to Create Affordable Housing
- Get Certified as a Local Business
- Time to Start Planning for Summer Employment
- Did You Catch Oakland at the Sundance Film Festival?
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January 2018
 | - Oakland’s Biotechnology Cluster Grows
- Cannabis Permit Update
- Oakland Restaurant Week is January 11-21
- Tool Kit Helps Restaurateurs Address Racial Disparities
- Get Help Hiring Local and Regional Talent
- Self-Employed? You can now claim the Earned Income Tax Credit and get Free Tax Preparation
- New Employment Laws took effect Jan. 1
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December 2017
 | - CAST Awards $350,000 to 14 Oakland Arts Organizations to Secure Affordable Space
- Oakland Shines During the Holidays
- New National Retailers open in Fruitvale
- Gridlock to Gliding: How Oakland Employers Can Improve the Daily Commute
- Passenger Volume up 6% at Oakland International Airport (OAK)
- ‘Tis the Season to Share...your Work Space?
- Shared Prosperity, Employment Gains key to Oakland’s Economic Development Strategy
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November 2017
 | - Shop Oakland on Plaid Friday Weekend Nov. 24-26
- West Elm Hotel in Uptown to Partner with Local Businesses to Showcase Oakland
- Oak Knoll Recommended at Planning Commission, would include 918 homes, Retail, $20 Million for Affordable Housing
- Manufacturing Events: Nov. 2 Manufacturing Day, Nov. 9 Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Initiative Summit
- BRT series: Design that Pops on International Boulevard
- Eight Oakland Companies Make Inner City 100 List
- Oakland Startup Network Profile: Third Space Media
- Nonprofits! Take our Real Estate Survey
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October 2017
 | - Proposed Economic Development Strategy Available for Feedback
- Oakland Loves Entrepreneurs: New Apps to Help Small Businesses Get Permits, Launch, Grow
- New High-Tech Co-Working Facility for Hardware Startups Opens at Airport Business Park
- New Public Plaza Opens at Foothill/Seminary
- New Equitable Transit-Oriented Development at Coliseum Station
- ProActive Business Solutions, Stride Center Partner to Give Oakland Adults an Entry Into Tech Careers
- Meet Over 1,000 Job Seekers at the BAYEP Career Pathway Summit
Ten Oakland Companies Named “Best for the World” - Chamber Business Survey Shows Oakland’s Optimism
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September 2017
 | - Oakland Launches Citywide Cultural Plan
- Spotlight on Small Business Resources: Oakland Grown
- Join the Plaid Friday Weekend Promotion
- Downtown and Lake Merritt Uptown Community Benefit Districts Seeking Feedback
- Unique Restaurant Openings in New Neighborhoods
- Oakland Nonprofit Goes Solar By Crowdfunding
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August 2017
| - Goapele, Angie Stone, Los Rakas, and Local Artists Headline Art + Soul August 19-20
- Local Vs. Online Retailing: What’s Happening in Oakland?
- Sustainable Clothing, Locally Manufactured
- Celebrate Black Business Month in August
- Oakland’s Real Estate Development Opportunities are Online at OppSites
- Measuring the Impact of Telegraph Avenue’s New Street Design
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June 2017
| - Get Support for Hiring a Summer Intern Through Earn & Learn East Bay
- Oakland Releases Medical Cannabis Permit Applications with Equity Criteria
- Congratulations 2017 Indie Awards Winners!
- Announcing The International Boulevard Corridor Series
- Engineering, Tech Dominate Largest Office Leases of 2016
- Tenants, Oakland Community Land Trust to Purchase Mixed-Use Space on 23rd Avenue
- Six Arts and Cultural Organizations Receive Assistance to Stay in Oakland
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May 2017
| 30th Issue Special
To celebrate our 30th issue of Oakland Economy Now, we’ve collected the most popular articles from the last three years - and added a 2017 update to let you know the latest since the original article appeared. Launched in 2014, our newsletter now reaches over 6,100 subscribers.
- Downtown's Office Market Fills Up – November 2015
- New Housing Is On the Way – June 2016
- City Launches Downtown Specific Plan – Aug/Sept 2015
- Beast Mode in Old Oakland - April 2016
- Sunset Magazine’s Oaktown Lowdown – April 2016
- Speak Up on Oakland’s Economic Development Strategy – March 2015
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April 2017
| - Will this Oakland Company Change the Way the World Eats?
- Local Startup Wins Big at SXSW; Bay Area Recognizes Oakland Business Leaders
- Sucession Planning: Is a Co-op in Your Future?
- Mobile Food Vending Expands with New Permit Process
- Startup in Residence Program Seeks FinTech stars to Boost Financial Empowerment
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March 2017
 | - Oakland Startup Puts Women and Entrepreneurs of Color at the Center of Oakland's Tech Ecosystem
- Oakland Announces Cultural Funding Program Awards
- Mosaic: A Local Solar Success Story
- ICA Fund Good Jobs Advances First Accelerator Cohort
- Major Office Leases put New Construction on the Horizon
- #OaklandSpotlight on Tourism
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February 2017
 | - Keeping Space – Oakland: New Anti-Displacement Program for Arts Organizations
- NewCo Festival Returns to Oakland, Bay Area to Highlight Businesses with a Positive Mission
- Made in Oakland Design Expo: Speed Dating for Oakland's Makers and Real Estate Developers
- Obama Legacy Program "My Brother’s Keeper" Continues in Oakland
- Port of Oakland Sees Record Flights, Container Cargo
- Oakland Tests Participatory Budgeting for CDBG Funds
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December 2016
 | - From Artisans to Zoolights: Oakland Holiday Events and Gifts
- ProLogis Opening New Class A Industrial Space at Oakland Global Trade & Logistics Center
- anufacturing on the Rise
- Walk this Way: The Broadway/Webster Underpass Project
- Seminary Point: A New Retail Anchor for East Oakland
- Making Business Better: Online Services & More
- Minimum Wage Increases January 1 - Resources and Workshops for Businesses
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November 2016
 | - We Won An Award! Actually, Two Awards
- East Oakland’s Creative Wood and KSI Win Export and Innovation Awards; Three Additional Oakland Companies Recognized
- Oakland's Fashion + Beauty Stars
- Code Next Opens in Fruitvale
- Stephen Baiter Appointed new Executive Director of Workforce Development Board
- Oakland Releases Innovative Resiliency Playbook
- State Awards Oakland $50 Million for Affordable Housing
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September/October 2016
 | - Welcome Roberto Bedoya, Oakland’s New Cultural Affairs Manager
- Instagram Star @weloveoakland Showcases Oakland
- Beauty, Local Businesses
- Made in Oakland Fall Food and Fashion Event
- Forage Kitchen Boosts Food Entrepreneurs
- Training Opportunities for Bay Area Construction Jobs
- Startup Weekend: Hacking Bias
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August 2016
 | - Art + Soul: Two Sensational Days of Music, Art, Food and Fun in Downtown
- Oakland Digital Offering Design and Marketing Help to Small Businesses
- BMOC Career Summit Yields 350 New Hires
- GoldieBlox, Oakland Maker of Engineering Toys for Girls, Creates Kids' Coding App
- Lake Merritt Affordable Housing Wins Design Award
- Latham Square Grand Opening a Big Success
- Interim Director Named for New Department of Transportation
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July 2016
 | - Downtown’s New Non-profit Anchors
- Latham Square Becomes Public Plaza
- My Brother’s Keeper Alliance to host Career Summit for Boys and Men of Color
- Proposed Transit-Oriented Development Taking Shape at West Oakland BART
- GreenBiz “30 Under 30” Features Oakland Environmental Leaders
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June 2016
 | - New Housing Is On the Way
- Impossible Foods Opens R&D Facility in East Oakland
- Congratulations Oakland Indie Award Winners!
- Visit Over 500 Artists at June's Pro Arts Open Studios
- Real Estate 101 for Arts Organizations in June
- Vator Splash Spring Features Oakland Tech Influencers and Startups
- LocoL Opens Uptown with $5 Burgers, Breakfasts
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May 2016
 | - Small Business Week May 1 – May 7 Packed with Free Workshops, Resources and Events
- Oakland is for Readers: Independent Bookstores Thriving
- People’s Community Market Purchases West Oakland Location
- Rainin Foundation Launches New Grant Program for Local Artists
- AECOM Bringing 600 Workers to Kaiser Center
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April 2016
 | - Sunset Magazine’s Oaktown Lowdown
- Mayvenn Marries Tech, African-American Hair Styling
- Beast Mode in Old Oakland
- Taproot Foundation Moves to Oakland
- Oakland at the Movies: the Oakland Film Office
- Small Business Week coming May 1 - 7
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March 2016
 | - Digital Media Cluster Growing at Oakstop
- Destination Fruitvale
- All-Produce Core Kitchen Opens in City Center
- Developers Continue to Bet Big on Oakland’s Residential Market
- Kiva City Launch – Apply Today for a Microloan!
- Out Now: Good Local Money Guide
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January/February 2016
 | - Independent Retail Stalwarts Move to Oakland
- Non-Profits: Get Real Estate Ready!
- Development Impact Fee Study Released
- City of Oakland Launching Startup in Residence Program
- West Oakland Jobs Resource Center Receives $850K Kellogg Foundation Grant
- Oakland Restaurant Week January 14-24
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December 2015
| - Celebrate Plaid Friday on November 27th
- Put a Ring On It! Bagels and Doughnuts Abound in Oakland
- OBDC Boosts Support for African-American Entrepreneurs, Veterans and East Oakland Businesses
- Hidden Genius Project, Kiva Oakland Win Google Impact Awards
- Better Ventures Commits $1M to Oakland Startups
- Minimum Wage Rising to $12.55 in January
- Suggest a BikeShare Station Location
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November 2015
 | - The City that Eats Together: Community Markets and Co-Working Kitchens Continue to Pop Up
- St. Joseph’s Campus Wins Award of Excellence
- Cultural Arts Grants Unleash Nearly $1M for Oakland Arts
- Eleven Oakland Firms Ranked in East Bay’s Fastest-Growing 50 Private Companies
- Downtown's Office Market Fills Up
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October 2015
 | - Meet 70+ of Oakland’s Most Inspiring Companies during NewCo Oakland
- Uber Invests in Downtown Oakland
- More Companies Moving to Oakland; Local Businesses Expanding
- Nordstrom's Rack Opening in West Oakland
- Hands-on Design Workshop and Open House for Plan Downtown
- Quarterly Economic Dashboard Available
- New Movie "Eastside Sushi," set in Oakland, tells a Small Business Story
- In Memoriam: Peter Van Kleef
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August/September 2015
 | - White House Recognizes Oakland for Inclusive Tech and Entrepreneurship
- Tech Grows in Downtown
- City Launches Downtown Specific Plan
- Outdoor Dining in Every Neighborhood
- City Enters into Exclusive Negotiating Agreement for Restoration of the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
- Conferences Galore this Fall in Oakland
- Free Walking Tours through October
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July 2015
 | - Oakland Celebrates Warriors’ Championship Victory
- Congratulations 2015 Oakland Indie Award Winners!
- New Companies Find Lots to Love in Oakland
- NY Developer L+M Partners with Unity Council on Fruitvale Phase II
- City Slicker Farms Purchases Land for West Oakland Farm and Park
- Getting to Zero Waste with New Recycling Services
- Art + Soul Lineup Celebrates Oakland’s Music Heritage, Dancers, and BBQ
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June 2015
 | - Sunset Magazine announced move to Oakland
- First Anniversary of the Broadway Valdez Plan
- Tech Talent Growing Throughout Oakland
- Oakland Workforce Investment Board offers Free Services, Training Funds for Local Businesses
- Scaling Up Worker Cooperatives
- The New Oakland Family Businesses
- Public Art Inside and Out at 19th Street BART
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May 2015
 | - Small Business Week
- West Oakland Business Gets a Facelift
- Coliseum Area Specific Plan and EIR Adopted
- New Online Tool for Permit Information, Code Enforcement and Plan Check
- Classrooms2Careers Initiative Underway
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April 2015
 | - Mark Sawicki Takes the Lead as Oakland’s Economic & Workforce Development Director
- B Corps are Booming
- Solar Hackathon Winner Sunible Acquired
- Vator Splash Returns to Oakland
- Free Broadway Shuttle Hours Extended; Streetcar Study Underway
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March 2015
 | - Speak Up on Oakland’s Economic Development Strategy
- SPUR Oakland Launches
- Oakland Businesses Nab Five Innovation Awards
- New Minimum Wage effective March 2nd
- OUSD, Highland Hospital share in $22 Million Healthcare Training Awards
- The Dimond District: An Urban Gateway to the Redwoods
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February 2015
 | - Civic Innovation in Oakland Surges
- A Sweet Factory Expansion in West Oakland
- New Retail Merchants Fill Ogawa Plaza
- Cole’s Hardware Comes to Oakland; Safeway Expands
- City Supports Growing Demand for Urban Agriculture
- New Downtown Housing Moving Forward
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December 2014/
January 2015
 | - Co-Working Booms in Oakland, Reinvents Work Culture
- City Unleashes $1M in Cultural Arts Grants
- Oakland Adopts Third Specific Plan this Year: Lake Merritt
- 2014's Office Market Ends with Largest Deal: New Investment in 2015
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November 2014
 | - Shop Local for the Holidays
- Parcel 4 RFP
- MacArthur BART TOD
- Oakland Companies Win Awards
- Goldiblox in Macy’s Parade
- WOJRC Welcomes New Director
- New Public Art in West Oakland
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October 2014
 | - Kaiser Convention Center RFP
- ArtPlace America Awards Grants
- Made in Oakland
- KivaZip
- APA’s “Great Places in America”
- Parsons Brinckerhoff
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September 2014
| - Gensler
- VSCO
- New Logistics Center
- Youth and Training Incentives
- Beer Gardens
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August 2014
 | - Makers
- Solar
- Sears Building Sold
- BRT Investment
- Plan Adoptions
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July 2014
 | - Vator Startup Competition
- Kiva Zip
- Downtown Retail
- Foothill Square
- The Hive
- Brooklyn Basin
- CVS Hiring Agreement
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