Jack London Improvement 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' interests in improving public safety, connectivity, economic development and quality-of-life in the District. Current efforts include crime prevention, improved public safety, securing grant funding for local businesses, community enhancing real estate development, infrastructure Improvement, 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.

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 districts represents its stakeholders regarding pertinent policy implementation, ongoing development efforts 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.

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 sponsorships. 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.