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IN 2022, WOBO CONTINUED OPERATING FROM A HOME OFFICE, ENGAGING IN ADVOCACY EFFORTS REMOTELY, IMPLEMENTING OUTREACH UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF OAKLAND ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND REALIZING THE FIRST EVER OPEN (CAR-FREE) STREET EVENT IN DEEP EAST OAKLANDS 90TH AVENUE SCRAPER BIKE WAY. IN LATE 2021, WOBO PARTNERS, EMERGENT LABS AND THE HOOD PLANNER, MARQUITA PRICE, RESURRECTED PLANNING OF THE SHELVED OPEN STREETS EVENT IN EAST OAKLAND, CALLED EAST OAKLAND FUTURES FEST (EOFF). THE EAST OAKLAND FUTURES FEST CELEBRATES A COMMUNITY AS IT EXISTS TODAY AND ENVISIONING A THRIVING FUTURE FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY. ON JUNE 18, 2022, 90TH AVENUE, A.K.A. THE SCRAPER BIKE WAY PROGRAMED FREE ACTIVITIES ON CAR-FREE STREETS ACROSS EIGHT ZONES (EAST OAKLAND MOBILITY ACTION PLAN 2050, AFROFUTURES, BUILDING PROSPERITY, ARTS & CULTURE, HEALTHY EAST OAKLAND, EDUCATION, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, POWER IN PLACE). OVER 1000 ATTENDEES ENJOYED COMPLIMENTARY ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES. 40 VENDORS SOLD GOODS, PROVIDED RESOURCES, OR IDENTIFIED SUPPORT CHANNELS FOR FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS. THE FESTIVAL * GENERATED $4,000 IN REVENUE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ARTISTS, $9,000 IN REVENUE TO LOCAL ARTISTS AND PRACTITIONERS, $8,000 IN REVENUE TO OAKLAND-BASED SMALL BUSINESSES,* DISTRIBUTED 200 BAGS OF GROCERIES TO FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS.* DISTRIBUTED $1,000 IN TARGET GIFT CARDS.* OFFERED COMPLIMENTARY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS YOGA CLASSES AND SOUND BOWL HEALING,* DISTRIBUTED $2,000 OF COMPLIMENTARY MERCHANDISE AND RESOURCES.2022 ALSO MARKED WOBOS FIRST EVER CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF OAKLAND UNDER THE COMMUNITY-BASED ON-CALL CONTRACT PROCESS. WOBO CONDUCTED OUTREACH TO UNDER-REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, PRIMARILY IN FRUITVALE, GOLDEN GATE, AND EAST OAKLAND NEIGHBORHOODS TO INFORM THE CITYS BIENNIAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM INVESTMENTS. WOBOS BOARD PRESIDENT, CHRIS HWANG, LED THE CONTRACTED PROJECT TEAM, AND SUBCONTRACTED WITH BRYTANEE BROWN OF EMERGENT LABS (EL) AND TOM HOLUB OF TOTALLY DOABLE CONSULTING. OVER 200 INDIVIDUALS WERE REACHED DIRECTLY THROUGH THIS CIP PHASE. THE PROJECT TEAM SUBMITTED 27 PROJECTS BASED ON THIS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY. 14 PROJECTS WERE RE-ROUTED TO OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS OR PROCESSES SUCH AS 311 TO RESOLVE IMMEDIATELY.WOBO ALSO CONTINUED THE CITYS TRADITION OF CELEBRATING THE NO POLLUTE COMMUTE ON BIKE TO WORK DAY (BTWD), MAY 20, 2022. THIS YEARS BTWD CELEBRATION VILLAGE WAS REPEATED AT THE LAKE MERRITT PERGOLA SITE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE FESTIVAL ALSO FEATURED A GROUP RIDE WITH OAKLANDS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, RYAN RUSSO, AND NOTABLE COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM THE OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE BICYCLIST AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMISSION STARTING FROM THE 81ST AVENUE LIBRARY TO LAKE MERRITT.