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Establishing a Pollinator Corridor
Establishing a Pollinator Corridor
Cultivating pollinator habitat can connect PHHP and neighborhood residents and schools with their surrounding ecology. Increased pollinator spaces also provide opportunities for youth engagement and education. With more plantings and programming on the street, 34th Avenue has the opportunity to become greener, more walkable, and more inviting.
Future collaboration with neighborhood residents and institutions will guide the design of future efforts to support pollinators. In this section, we identify potential opportunity sites along 34th Avenue (a low traffic street formerly designated by the City of Oakland as a 'slow street') and within Peralta Hacienda Historical Park that could create a pollinator 'corridor' within Oakland's Fruitvale District. These opportunities involve small interventions that together can enhance and expand community greenspace. Combined with educational programming, street murals, and park-based programs, these interventions can reinforce place keeping in the neighborhood and strengthen community ties.
Please visit our 34th Avenue Site Conditions and 34th Avenue Site Opportunities for more information.
Our aim is to identify and explore potential opportunity sites from an ecological and neighborhood perspective. Results can be communicated to park users, neighborhood residents, and nearby educational institutions, through site analysis with neighborhood maps that showcase key information. For purposes of this analysis, we use the area within the Census Block in which PHHP is located (see map and demographic information below).
This groundwork can inform future park projects and neighborhood engagement efforts, helping to zero in on opportunities of particular interest to the park and its neighbors.
Neighborhood Demographics
Neighborhood Demographics
This census block has a population of 1,878 people, with a majority Hispanic population. The median household income from 2019 was $30,521. In this neighborhood, 25% of households are owned and the other 75% are rented.
This census block has a population of 1,878 people, with a majority Hispanic population. The median household income from 2019 was $30,521. In this neighborhood, 25% of households are owned and the other 75% are rented.
The Peralta Hacienda Neighborhood in Oakland's Fruitvale, lies within Census Block Group 3 , Census Tract 4065.
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park is a six acre park in Fruitvale that provides historic preservation and education, cultural and community programming, and recreational space to the public. Introducing more pollinator friendly habitat can promote community stewardship by connecting neighborhood residents with their surrounding ecology. Pollinator plantings and programming can also provide opportunities for youth engagement and education.
34th Ave
34th Ave
The 34th Avenue connects Foothill Blvd to the Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, and has great potential as a pollinator corridor. This 0.3 mile stretch runs along single and multifamily residences as well as the back entrances of two schools.
Past and Present Park Design
Past and Present Park Design
The most recent Master Plan for the park was created in 2001, and updated in 2021. These plans were developed by Hood Design and PGA. Our site analysis relies on information, plans, and designs from these approved plans, and our pollinator analyses and opportunities are meant to compliment the Master Plan. Please visit our pages on PHHP Site Conditions and PHHP Site Opportunities for more information.
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