The Oakland Partnership aims to create an enduring, strategic, public-private collaborative approach to economic development which enhances civic participation and demonstrates that Oakland is a unified community working collaboratively to achieve a shared vision.

• Retain and create jobs in healthcare, logistics, retail, and other sectors;
• Grow new businesses in industries like: life sciences; Green Industry ; arts, design, and digital media; retail; and specialty food – on the basis of Oakland’s existing strengths.
• Increase the participation of all of Oakland’s workforce in the economy by creating state-of-the art educational and workforce training programs in collaboration with industry to ensure market-relevant skills, placement, and career advancement.
• Create a land-use framework that maximizes productivity and quality of life in Oakland and allows for the most effective and efficient use of land by industrial, commercial, residential, and open space users.

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