Comprised of the Mayors of Berkeley, Richmond, and Emeryville, as well as the Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the East Bay Green Technology Corridor Partnership is a cooperative effort to make the East Bay a center of environmental innovation, emerging green business industry, green jobs, and renewable energy.  The Partnership meets regularly (beginning January, 2008) and is focusing on marketing the region for green business attraction & green jobs creation.  The group is registering a website, seeking $3 million in federal appropriations for start-up funding for the jobs component, and developing a regional asset map to avoid creating redundancy among the cities.  They will also host a Green Corridor Summit in Fall 2008.

Champions: Mayors’ Office Staff from Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, & Emeryville, UC Berkeley & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Oakland Partnership staff