1. Healthy Neighborhoods Approach
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation’s
Healthy Neighborhoods Approach
June 11th, 2014
Joshua Simon, Executive Director

2. EAST BAY ASIAN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Our Mission
… EBALDC works with and for all the diverse populations of the East Bay to build healthy, vibrant and safe neighborhoods through community development.
Changing demographics of EBALDC population.
Altenheim Decision – Chose not to do projects that were perceived as not serving significant Asian population.
Took on Coliseum Garden because it had largest Asian population of all OHA properties, but they did not return after renovation.

3. East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation

4. Healthy Neighborhoods Approach as a Lens
For this reason, EBALDC has identified 12 social factors that we believe will have the greatest impact on creating healthy neighborhoods and affecting that statistic in a positive way.
Some of these factors include access to education, access to food, recreation, transportation and arts and culture
Healthy Neighborhoods Approach as a Lens
Mapping our Current Work to Neighborhood Factors Affecting Health

5. Healthy Neighborhoods Approach as a Lens
We know we can’t do it alone
traditionally EBALDC has been an affordable housing developer, we have realized that building affordable housing was just one small part of creating a healthy and vibrant neighborhoods
In order to affect the other factors that we were not directly involved with was to leverage our expertise in real estate and finance to create partnerships with those professionals to develop their real estate.
The success of these partnerships is in large part due to the availability of tax credits
Some examples of these partnerships include:
develop healthcare facilities, education facilities, healthy food establishments, youth centers, more recently working with an operator to develop a grocery stores in west Oakland
Healthy Neighborhoods Approach as a Lens
Mapping our Current Work to Neighborhood Factors Affecting Health

6. What is a Healthy Neighborhood?
Principals of Collective Impact
John Kania & Mark Kramer, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2011

7. Community Hubs vs. Age Friendly Neighborhoods
San Pablo Hotel
144 single rooms for ages 55+
CEI Downtown Oakland PACE Center located on ground floor

8. Building on Existing Partnerships
San Pablo Avenue Corridor

9. Existing Partnerships Lifelong Medical Care
Alameda County Public Health
People’s Grocery
Allowed us to create housing enriched with onsite offices for medical and health services
Provide urban agriculture and fresh food as a prescription for hypertension
Micro-projects to combat blight through the arts and placemaking
Resident organizing that resulted in changing the timing of traffic signals to allow seniors more time to cross the street

10. Allowed us to create housing enriched with onsite offices for medical and health services
Provide urban agriculture and fresh food as a prescription for hypertension
Micro-projects to combat blight through the arts and placemaking
Resident organizing that resulted in changing the timing of traffic signals to allow seniors more time to cross the street

11. EBALDC – PARTNERS IN PROGRESS
San Pablo Avenue Corridor
2014 Demographics
8,000 residents
83% people of color
Median income $35,148
Poverty rate 31.4%
Unemployment 12.6%
75% rent their homes
78% have HS diploma or more
31% have AA degree or more

12. EBALDC - PARTNERS IN PROGRESS
San Pablo Avenue Corridor
Backbone or “Quarterback” model: Build coalitions across sectors and stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
Finding the ounce of prevention that saves a pound of cure.

13. EBALDC – PARTNERS IN PROGRESS
San Pablo Avenue Corridor
Social Determinants of Health Priorities
Health and wellness
Hypertension is the #1 reason for ER visits and hospitalizations
Safety and community
Homicide is the #3 leading cause of death
Jobs and income
1 in 3 residents live in poverty
Affordable housing
Of all occupied housing units, only 17% are affordable.

14. EAST BAY ASIAN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Who is supporting this work?
Community Hubs / Transit Oriented Development
2012 – Age Friendly Neighborhoods
2013 – Partners in Progress – Backbone/Quarterback
2014 – Placemaking Initiatives
2015 – BUILD Health Challenge
(Bold Upstream Innovative Local Data-driven)

15. EAST BAY ASIAN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Contact Us
Joshua Simon, Executive Director
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC)
1825 San Pablo Avenue, Suite 200
Oakland, CA
P: (510) F: (510)