CX3

Mandela Foods

OFC

Market Booths

Produce Distribution

Mission :  Mandela MarketPlace is a 501(c)3 small business incubator that provides economic and entrepreneurial opportunity to low-income residents and disadvantaged farmers.

Goal:  The Goal of MMP, as a small business incubator focused on growing businesses that meet specific needs of the broad community of Oakland, is to develop & implement a strategy wherein a network of small businesses serving the needs of low-income Oakland neighborhoods are incubated under the auspices of MMP.

MMPlace provides:

  • Training
  • Funding, technical assistance, research, education  and outreach
  • Direct investment in human capital
  • Direct investment in existing infrastructure
  • Alternative business start-up model
  • Linked sectors:  farm  consumer store
  • Youth empowerment and support
Our approach is based on a systems view of the relationships that tie together economic opportunity and community health and nutrition. The following diagram, a work in progress, explains how our projects are interconnected. Additional project information is available by clicking on the projects represented in the diagram.

1357 5th Street, Suite B : Oakland, CA  94607 T: 510.433.0993 F: 510.433.0659

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