New plan aims to revitalize part of East Oakland shoreline – NBC Bay Area

A new plan aims to revitalize and develop a 100-acre stretch of the East Oakland shoreline.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee spoke Friday about the project at the Oakport Campus, a 100-acre property along the shoreline across Interstate 880 from the Coliseum.

“For too long, this stretch of East Oakland’s shoreline has been fenced off, overlooked, and disconnected from the surrounding community,” Lee said at a press conference.

The land is owned by the East Bay Municipal Utility District and was recently leased for 65 years to SupplyBank.org, an Oakland-based nonprofit that helps families with items including diapers, toiletries and school supplies.

The plan calls for rebuilding one mile of shoreline and developing a 120,000-square-foot center that will house EBMUD and a SupplyBank.org’s distribution center.

A second phase would eventually add another 160,000-square-foot center where other nonprofits could rent space at fixed, below-market rates.

NBC Bay Area Bob Redell’s has more in the video above.