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About
Rockridge Rockridge,
an Oakland Community “Cities
are dynamic places, and this is strikingly true of their successful
parts, which offer a fertile ground for the plans of thousands of
people.” This quote by Jane Jacobs, author of The
Death and Life of Great American Cities, describes the commuter
friendly north Oakland enclave called Rockridge. The
name Rockridge is derived from a 1911 land tract whose columns still
dominate its entrance on Broadway at Rockridge Boulevard. By the
1920’s, the main street, College Avenue, had its own women’s and
men’s clubs, a firehouse, a bank, a theater, a doctor’s office
and pharmacy, a middle school and a branch library. Today Rockridge
is a charming Oakland neighborhood, with BART (Bay Area Rapid
Transit) at its center, and a vibrant shopping and dining area along
College Avenue. The neighborhood of Rockridge generally is bounded
by 51st Street, Highway 13, the Berkeley border and
Telegraph Avenue. The Rockridge Community Planning Council
represents a described area within Rockridge and has prepared a map
showing the organization’s boundaries.
About
The Rockridge Community Planning Council The
Rockridge Community Planning Council
(RCPC) was incorporated in 1985 as a non-profit public-benefit organization
founded to:
RCPC
is a 14-member board of
directors representing the Rockridge community to the City of
Oakland. Its directors are elected by its members, the citizens of
Rockridge who live within its boundaries. The Board meets monthly
and its standing committees have their own schedule of meetings.
Click here for the current meeting
calendar. The 2008-2009 RCPC Board of
Directors is comprised of the following volunteer members: Elections
are held each spring,
generally in April. Any resident who lives within RCPC boundaries
and is 18 years of older is eligible to run for a seat on the RCPC
board and to vote in the election. These elections are held in the
evening at the Rockridge Branch Library at 5366 College Avenue and
are announced in the April issue of The Rockridge News. See
the link in the navigation bar for more information. The
Rockridge News is the RCPC newsletter published each month (except August). Articles
from The Rockridge News
are available online.
See
the link in the navigation bar for more information. RCPC
Projects. Several landmark projects had their genesis in the RCPC and their
partner committees remain under the fiscal umbrella of the RCPC.
These include the Friends of the Rockridge Library (FORL)
and the Friends of the Rockridge Temescal Greenbelt
(FROGpark). See
the link in the navigation bar for more information. RCPC
offers many opportunities to be involved in the community through
its standing committees. See
the Committees link in the navigation bar for more information. |
