IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY |
This Implementation Strategy will serve as a guide and offer bench
mark measurements for implementing the Kinte Center’s ten (10) point
Community Based-Community Economic Development Plan for the area bordered
by 55th avenue east to the Oakland-San Leandro border. This area
will hereinafter be referred to as the “CityEast” community (the targeted
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PHASE
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ACTIVITY
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STATUS
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Phase I
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Develop business, residential and |
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if necessary, business property owner |
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Databases for the CityEast community. |
Completed |
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Phase II
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Using the Business Database conduct a |
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preliminary, (via telephone) business |
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ownership survey of the businesses therein. |
Completed |
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Phase III
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Facilitate the development of a computerized, |
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system that enables niche market |
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shoppers to locate selected businesses that |
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offer the goods and services they week via |
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the internet i.e., Brown Pages Online. |
Completed |
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Phase IV
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Conduct a door-to-door etc. survey of businesses |
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in the CityEast community business database as |
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necessary to launch Brown Pages Online. |
Completed |
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Phase V
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Add businesses discovered during survey to |
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Brown
Pages Online as appropriate.
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Completed |
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| Phase VI |
Facilitate the promotion of |
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BrownPagesOnline.com (distribute 6,000 |
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promotional packets through the area's churches |
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& high traffic, Black owned businesses, through |
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a press release, TV ad etc.), and at the same |
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time begin to work to forge a reciprocal community |
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building relationship between community |
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residents and businesses. |
Completed |
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| Phase VII |
Work to establish alliances and seek broad |
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support for the Kinte Center's Community |
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Based Community Economic Development Plan. |
Not completed |
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VIII
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Seat the Study Groups to pursue the private |
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investment ventures to expand local ownership |
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of major retail as called for in Plan Point # 4 |
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(Grocery stores, Medical Center, Auto Care |
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centers, BrownPagesOnline.com). |
Not completed |
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Phase
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Publish the CityEast Community Business Directory |
Not completed |
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Phase X |
Publish the “CityEast” News paper. |
Not completed |
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Phase XI
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Consider expanding the Business Ownership
Survey
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citywide.
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Not completed
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Phase XII
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Develop and implement fundraising strategy and |
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raise funds to fund a community controlled |
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Community Economic Developement fund to provide |
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quick micro loans and grants to the area's |
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undercapitalized businesses. |
Not completed
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Phase XIII
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Develop lending and grant policies and provide
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operating capital to the area’s undercapitalized
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small locally owned businesses.
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Not completed |
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Phase XIV
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Plan and implement the proposed “Bridge
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Our Youth Over Crime” concept to steer our
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academically challenged youth and potential high |
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school dropouts to gainful employment to help them |
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avoid the
criminal justice system
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Not completed |
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Phase XV
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Work to have the City of Oakland officially adopt a |
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policy to display Kinte patterns in streetscapes for the |
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area in East Oakland bordered by 55th Avenue east to |
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the Oakland-San Leandro border and offer Black business |
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owners the option of using Kinte patterns in business |
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facades through the city’s business façade matching |
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grant program. |
Not completed
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