Freelance Cafe » small business http://freelancecafe.org a support, networking, and resource center for freelancers, artists, contractors, and other independents Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:04:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 oakland workforce development http://freelancecafe.org/2006/11/13/oakland-workforce-development/ http://freelancecafe.org/2006/11/13/oakland-workforce-development/#comments Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:06:11 +0000 MiaLobel http://freelancecafe.wordpress.com/?p=36 Oakland Workforce Investment Board – a city organization helping employees and employers get matched up in Oakland. On the surface it sounds like a lot of dysfunctional city bureaucracy, but maybe there is something here. Need to look into it further.

]]> Oakland Workforce Investment Board – a city organization helping employees and employers get matched up in Oakland. On the surface it sounds like a lot of dysfunctional city bureaucracy, but maybe there is something here. Need to look into it further.

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From her campaign website:

Support Small and Local Businesses • Adopt a plan to attract retail that will include development of [...]]]> While it looks like Aimee Allison is not going to defeat Pat Kernighan in the District 2 City Council race, she still might be a helpful ally in developing a small business in Oakland.

From her campaign website:

Support Small and Local Businesses
• Adopt a plan to attract retail that will include development of key neighborhood business districts like the Grand Lake, Eastlake, Chinatown, and 23rd Avenue
• Encourage Oaklanders to develop independent businesses
• Provide marketing and promotions grant and loans to merchant associations
• Encourage successful, well run small businesses to open a second or third site in Oakland (e.g. coffee shops/restaurants)

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