Oakland’s technology scene is in flux.
Like other cities, its government, its residents, and its businesses are trying to evolve with new technologies. Schools are trying to incorporate them into their curriculums, parking lots are figuring out how best to accommodate the fast growing numbers of electric cars. Longtime residents and businesses are navigating their place in the new economy even as tech startups seeking cheaper rent move in.
Eleven Bay Area Bandwidth reporters hit the streets to observe tech spaces in Oakland.
Some have been lucky like the owner of Tertulia, who signed a lease for his new café just a few hours before Uber announced that it bought the iconic Sears building across the street. Others like the FabLab makerspace sits empty because they don’t have the funding to staff it.
We invite you to explore 11 tech spaces across the city and witness these changes firsthand.