THE "MECHANICS OF COMMUNITY ECONOMICS" |
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Community Economics is a life or death challenge for Black American communities as “Community” and community economics is new to Black Americans (More Detail)
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THE "MECHANICS OF COMMUNITY ECONOMICS" |
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Community Economics is a life or death challenge for Black American communities as “Community” and community economics is new to Black Americans (More Detail)
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Dedication
This website is dedicated to the memory of my beloved aunt, Mrs. Pinkie Orr
who migrated to Oakland from Louisiana in the 1940's. She attained a management level position at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital and became a multiple property owner in East Oakland and contributed to the growth and well being of her beloved Oakland for many years.
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PLANNED SELF FINANCING COMMUNITY BUILDIING-COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VENTURES.
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PLAN POINT #2 (b)- THE "CITYEAST" COMMUNITY DIRECTORY |
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The "CityEast" Community Directory will provide a source of inexpensive advertising to for the community’s businesses. In addition it will provide the community’s residents with valuable community services access information (More Detail) |
THE KINTE CENTER TARGETS
OAKLAND BLACK BUSINESSES |
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A community will not be successful if its community based businesses do not meet the community’s consumer and employment needs
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PLAN POINT #2 (c) - THE "CITYEAST" NEWS |
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The "CityEast" News will provide inexpensive advertising for the community’s businesses. In addition, it will provide the community residents with community centered news along with regional and citywide news.(More Detail) |
ARTISTIC IMAGERY |
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COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS |
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 Seminary Commercial District, A Southerly View |
“An artist rendering of a revitalized Seminary Commercial District at Seminary Ave. & Foothill Blvd. To view this image”. (Click Here) |
 (Click to Enlarge) Seminary Commercial District, a Westerly View |
In the absence of a Native language, it is important that streetscapes and business facades (optional) in commercial areas and along thoroughfares in majority Black communities reflect a Majority of African decent (More Detail) |
CULTURAL EXPRESSION IN STREETSCAPES AND BUSINESS FACADES |
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 (Click to Enlarge) A Proposed Heritage Plaza at International Boulevard and Hegenberger Road |
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SEEKING "POSSIBILITY THINKING" VOLUNTEERS | |
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Among other skills, the Kinte Center is currently seeking "Like Minded" volunteers to work on Semiautonomous study groups to develop investment portfolios to gain financing for expanded local ownership of major retail. |
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To implement our "Youth Employment/Youth employment Development Program, we have developed a List of Job Creating Projects from the List of existing annual consumer expenditures for our targeted. These projects will create an estimated 2, 479 new jobs with 970 of these new jobs set aside for youth employment. The latest available U. S. Census Bureau unemployment data shows that there 961 area unemployed youth 16 – 21 years of age in our targeted area.
TO VIEW:
(1). LIST OF JOB CREATING PROJECTS(click here)
(2). YOUTH EMPLOYMENT/YOUTH EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (click here)
(3). ESTIMATED ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD CONSUMER EXPENDITURE LIST (click here)
(4). COMMENTRY on jobs centered Youth Employment (click here)
