SHADETREE

Artisan Live/Work community

It was through efforts to buy and preserve this affordable artisan-based residential community that the idea of using the Opportunity Zone model first arose as a financing option. This campaign led to the founding of CIF.

“Shadetree is now an important model for other communities of artists trying to find the wherewithal to buy their building in Oakland.”

–Kelley Kahn / City of Oakland policy director for art spaces