COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL

Get ready for a whole new major program that OCCUR/Eastmont Computing Center and a commited core of partnering organizations and implementing to breathe new life in the Digital Divide movement in the East Bay.

EBCTC (The East Bay Community Technology Catalyst) will create a hub-and-spoke architecture of learning centers serving community and residential stakeholders through a connected network of shared resources, best practices, key goals and vital objectives. The first phase of the project is being launched at the former Coliseum Gardens, infamously known as "6-9 Village" (the actual site that was the subject of the movie New Jack City) Now renamed  as Lion Creek Crossings lthis four phase complex of housing and community and resident services will become a national model for community growth and development. Just across tracks from the Oakland Coliseum and half a block from the Coliseum BART station Lion Creek's Neighborhood Networks Center will also serve as model for placing computer access and training in residental developments. ECC has been fortunate to collaborate and work with an excellent group of partners including EBALDC, OHA, One Economy Corp. We are also looking at recruiting  a host of additional local family service providers to utilize the lab and meeting space to provide a unique offering of support programs to Lion Creek residents initially and to the surrounding community secondarily. The official Grand Opening is planned for February 2008.