Join us for the Announcement of the Oakport Campus

Oct 2, 2026 • 10:00 AM PST

You are invited to join us for the Oakport Project Kickoff on Friday, October 2 at 10:00 a.m. at the future Oakport site near 66th Avenue and Oakport Street in Oakland.

After years of planning, partnership and community engagement, Oakport is moving forward. With key approvals secured, a 65-year ground lease in place, and Phase 1 construction permits submitted, we are beginning the transformation of approximately 100 acres into a nationally significant community campus designed to serve Oakland, the Bay Area and communities across California.

Oakport will bring together:

• A 160,000-square-foot nonprofit center where nonprofits and allied public agencies can call home with highly affordable, fixed rents for up to 65 years.
• Infrastructure improvements including rebuilt streets and utilities, EBMUD facilities for job training and emergency repairs, SupplyBank.org’s new distribution center, and improved public access to the shoreline.
• The largest voluntary shoreline restoration project in Oakland’s history, helping address longstanding disparities in public and philanthropic investment between the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline and more affluent areas of the Bay Area shoreline.
• Restoration of more than one mile of shoreline habitat, along with improved public access and supporting infrastructure for renovated youth sports fields.
• A 120,000-square-foot shared center supporting SupplyBank.org’s statewide essential-supply, diaper bank and disaster-response programs and EBMUD’s emergency preparedness and water-resiliency operations.

The result will be something unusual: a place where nonprofit and public-serving organizations can build long-term stability while working beside restored shoreline, expansive public open spaces and community-serving infrastructure.

This is more than a groundbreaking or project announcement. It is an invitation to imagine—and help create—a new future for Oakport and our shoreline. A place where organizations can grow, young people have better recreational opportunities, habitat is restored, and our region is better prepared for emergencies and climate-related challenges. Community engagement will continue to guide our path forward as the campus, shoreline and public spaces take shape.

Expected and invited guests include Mayor Barbara Lee, Assemblymember Mia Bonta, State Senator Jesse Arrequin, Alameda County Supervisor Lena Tam, EBMUD representatives, CBO executive directors and CEOs, elected and community leaders, and project partners. The full program and speakers will be announced September 30. Light refreshments and appetizers provided.

We hope you will join us to celebrate what has been accomplished and what comes next.

Friday, October 2, 2026
10:00 a.m.
Oakport – Oakland, CA

Take a sneak peek of Oakport touring the 160,000 sq ft. nonprofit center and wood covered public lobby. Walk through to the Bay Trail and preview the largest shoreline restoration project in the City’s History, being co-led by several community based organizations. The full video will be released October 1.

To the north of the nonprofit campus and just east of the shoreline, modernized Oakport facilities will support EBMUD’s operations and maintenance, workforce training, and emergency response—strengthening water and wastewater service for nearly 1.5 million customers.