Mission Statement

OPDC is a community-based organization that engages in planning and development activities that contribute to the vitality of Oakland. It accomplishes this mission by:

• Encouraging reinvestment in and stabilization of the community through real estate development, commercial revitalization, home ownership, and meeting the needs of low-income households, the elderly, and the special needs population;

• Encouraging community resident participation in the planning process, fostering cooperation among the various constituencies in Oakland, and strengthening Oakland as a viable residential community;

• Helping people in Oakland and surrounding communities become better able to compete in the job market and assisting them with job placements.

 

Vision

OPDC strives to be the lead community development organization preserving and advancing Oakland’s status as a physically, socially, and ethnically diverse mixed residential/ commercial community.