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It was wonderful to connect with many of our Bay Area partners focused on affordable housing development, preservation, and community revitalization, especially during #AffordableHousingMonth! Thank you to Community Housing Capital, Inc. and NeighborWorks America for facilitating a great convening of organizations! Great to see and talk with our partners and cohorts! • Mutual Housing California • Community Housing Development Corporation • The Unity Council • TNDC • Mission Economic Development Agency • Chinatown Community Development Center • Housing Accelerator Fund #BayAreaHousing #AffordableHousing #AffordableHousingMonth2026 #CommunityBuilding #CommunitySupport

My staff attended Oakland Roots AAPI Heritage Night and a winning game, celebrating the cultures, histories, and contributions of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. The event brought people together through soccer, cultural celebration, and community pride while uplifting AAPI voices and organizations in Oakland. It was a meaningful reminder of the importance of representation, community connection, and shared moments of victory. @oaklandroots @ebaldc @apen4ej

EBALDC is excited to celebrate two back-to-back American Planning Association (APA) CA Northern wins for our TOD master plans! 1. Implementation Award - Lake Merritt BART Station Area Plan 2. Urban Design Award - North Berkeley BART TOD We’re thankful for the 50+ community partners, agencies, and consultants who made these legacy projects possible! APA’s recognition celebrates EBALDC’s deeply held values in community-centered design and the importance of connecting mixed-income neighborhoods to affordable homes, reliable transit, and community gathering spaces. -- For the Lake Merritt/Chinatown Station Area Plan, the award highlights the Oakland Chinatown neighborhood for its early and ongoing community engagement processes, with over $1 billion in community investment since the plan was adopted in 2014. Implementation leads include BART, City of Oakland, Oakland Housing Authority, Alameda County, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland Chinatown Coalition, private sector partners, and more! EBALDC’s involvement dates back to the specific planning process 18+ years ago and our BART station master plan with Strada. Special thanks to EBALDC’s team under construction now, led by PYATOK architecture + urban design, EinwillerKuehl Landscape Architecture, Cahill Contractors, and more. --- For the North Berkeley BART Station TOD, the award celebrates the community advocacy, objective design standards, City’s first-ever AB 2011 entitlements, and design team’s master plan. Agency initiatives were led by BART, City of Berkeley, Berkeley Housing Authority, North Berkeley Now!, and more, plus EBALDC’s development partnerships with Insight Housing, BRIDGE Housing Corporation, and AvalonBay Communities. Urban design leads include David Baker Architects, Yes Community Architects, Einwiller Kuehl Landscape Architects, Rhoades Planning Group, Raimi + Associates an Alta Company, Fehr & Peers, and more. #AffordableHousing #HousingDevelopment #CommunityBuilding #CommunityImpact

EBALDC is a proud NeighborWorks member and excited for the NeighborWorks Training Institute registration to be live! The NeighborWorks Training Institute is designed for: • Housing counselors • Community development professionals • Nonprofit leaders and staff • Government and public sector partners • Financial capability and lending professionals • Emerging leaders entering the field You do not have to be part of the NeighborWorks network to attend! Learn More & Register now: https://hubs.li/Q04cNJD70 #NeighborWorks #NeighborWorksPartner #AffordableHousing #CommunityDevelopment #CommunityBuilding

Mark your calendars for Friday, May 29th! We're excited to partner with @storefrontrecords for a Night Market in honor of the groundbreaking of 34SP, SPARC-It Place's former home! This night market will be next door at the California Hotel. There will be youth entrepreneurs, food, and live music performances--see you there! #CommunityBuilding #CommunityDevelopment #NightMarket #OaklandEvents

EBALDC celebrated Earth Day early at the City of Milpitas' Earth Day Festival last weekend! We joined over 25+ community organizations and City Departments, including our partners and tabling neighbors, VTA, for this event. Tabling included engagement around design feedback, and we had the opportunity to meet Planning Commissioner Dipak Awasthi, City Council Member Evelyn Chua, and staff from the City’s Public Works Department! Shoutout to EBALDC team (Linda, Olinda, and James!) for community building and our partners at Mithun (Anne & Kristen!) for a prolific engagement event. #EarthDay #CommunityDevelopment #CommunityFeedback #CommunityBuilding #Housing #HousingDevelopment #AffordableHousing

As part of the programming funded by California Natural Resources Agency's Youth Community Access grant, EBALDC recruited 4 youth in junior and high school to be Youth Outdoor Access Leadership Interns! Another community access project through the Natural Resources Agency to improve youth access to natural and cultural resources--they get to explore California cultural and natural resources such as Lawrence Hall of Science, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Sacramento River, California Academy Sciences, and Yosemite, while providing youth access to leadership opportunities through career readiness. They participate in on-going Learning Circles to engage in field trip planning, field trip debriefs, and leadership development. As part of the leadership development component, interns have completed Live Free’s “Youth Voice, Land & Liberation” curriculum, which integrates the topics of equity-centered storytelling, digital advocacy, and environmental justice. #YouthService #CommunityBuilding #YouthLeaders #Leadership #Residents #CommunitySupport #ResidentServices

We’re proud to celebrate the closing of construction financing for 34th & San Pablo - a new affordable housing community created through a partnership between EBALDC and @abodeorg Housing Development located at the gateway to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. 34th & San Pablo will bring 60 new affordable homes to West Oakland, including 30 homes for households at-risk of homelessness. This development features an outdoor landscaped courtyard, a secure bike room, and a large community room with a kitchen and space for resident events. Abode Services will serve as the services provider, offering adult education, health & wellness, and skill-building classes. Thank you to all of our financing partners who helped us reach this milestone! Hudson Housing Capital LLC First Citizens Bank City of Oakland Oakland Housing Authority California Department of Housing & Community Development National Housing Trust Fund/IIG/Homekey+ programs California Department of Social Services Thank you to our pre-development lenders, CSH, Low Income Investment Fund, and the San Francisco Foundation! In addition, we would like to thank our project partners: GUBB & BARSHAY LLP California Housing Partnership David Baker Architects Cahill Contractors And many more! Excited to celebrate our project team, Nithya Vemireddy, Adam Levine, Kuldeep Birdi, and Linda Chan at EBALDC, Cyrus Hoda at Abode, with support from department leads Liz Probst, Capri Roth, and Annie Ledbury at EBALDC, and Jon White at Abode. #Affordablehousing #AffordableHousingDevelopment #ConstructionFinance #CommunitySupport #CommunityBuilding #AffordableHomes

EBALDC's Resident Leadership Council had their kickoff meeting this week! 2026 is an exciting year for the RLC program, celebrating 15 years of action and community building! The first RLC meeting was inspired by resident leader, Lynetta Taylor, after attending the Community Leadership Institute. RLC has since been impactful with community-focused projects ranging from resident voter registration to clean park initiatives to helping with food distribution for neighbors. Stay up to date with RLC's 2026 priority projects and initiatives by following us on social media and signing up for our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gZTiiPM8 #ResidentLeaders #Residents #Leaders #AffordableHousing #CommunityBuilding #CommunityDevelopment

Last week, EBALDC partnered with @@sfbayarearapidtransit and Metropolitan Transportation Commission to co-host the AB 185 Spring Joint Meeting of CA HCD, CalSTA, and CARB leadership and staff, celebrating successful implementation of the state’s AHSC, TIRCP, and REAP 2.0 funding programs, as we toured construction progress at EBALDC’s Lake Merritt/Chinatown BART (Clara E. Chan Lee Residences) and East 12th Street (Sen Lake) TOD projects. These public private partnerships demonstrate the power of aligning housing, transit, and climate investments. At EBALDC, we’re proud to help drive these efforts from vision to reality! Thank you to organizers Gabriela B. Zayas del Rio (HCD), Lana W. (CARB), and Brigitte Driller (CTC), and featuree speakers Kasheica McKinney, Esq. (BART), Alix Bockelman and Darin Ranelletti (MTC), and Paul Carney, James Perez, and Liz Probst (EBALDC)! @california_hcd @air_resources California Transportation Commission (CTC) #AffordableHousing #Housing #TOD #TransitOrientedDevelopment #Partnership #Development #HousingDevelopment

East Bay Housing Organizations' Leadership Academy 2026 application is still open! Applications are due May 11th. EBHO's Leadership Academy is a free 8-week community organizing program on the essentials of affordable housing advocacy for affordable housing residents, staff members, and community members. Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/gmg2pEfD #EBHO #Housing #AffordableHousing #LeadershipAcademy #Communitybuilding #CommunityOrganizing #CommunityDevelopment

Welcome to our new commercial tenant, Bay Wellness! Bay Wellness is located on the first floor of EBALDC's San Pablo hotel. Bay Wellness has been serving the Bay Area since 2002 and is proud to continue its long-standing commitment to community wellness from its new home. Conveniently situated beneath a senior living community, Bay Wellness is pleased to support both its residents and the broader community with accessible, personalized care. With a philosophy centered on holistic healing and whole-person wellness, Bay Wellness strives to support the mind and body through thoughtful, individualized treatment. Our mission is to deliver compassionate, holistic care that helps people heal, move better, and live healthier lives while contributing positively to the community we proudly serve. Learn more: / #CommercialRealEstate #SanPablo #SanPabloHotel #CommunityBuilding #CommunitySupport