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EAST BAY OUTREACH PROJECT (EBOP) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA at BERKELEY.
501 Faculty Wing, Haas School of Business, Berkeley 94720
Entrepreneurship training to economically disadvantaged residents of West/South Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond. Programs include Young Entrepreneurs at Berkeley (summer workshops for high school students, teaching the basics of starting and running a business, with yearlong mentoring program), BRIDGES (mentoring program at Willard Junior High), Fast Trac Program (business startup/planning courses for adult women and people of color). Cost: Free except Fast Trac. Contact: Roberta Joyner, Director 643-0923 [6/95]

WEST BERKELEY BUILDING ACQUISITION FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
2180 Milvia St. (at Allston Way), 94704
Oversees distribution of loans to West Berkeley small businesses seeking to buy their own building. Nine-member advisory commission to the City Council on loan applications. Members must be residents of or have a business in West Berkeley. Call for meeting or application information. Contact: Kate Squire, 705-8123 [7/94]

WEST BERKELEY PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE
Berkeley Redevelopment Agency
2180 Milvia St., 94704
Members appointed by City Council-members to represent citizen views for the West Berkeley Redevelopment Project Area around 4th. Street. Monthly meetings, 7-9pm, open to the public at the West Berkeley Senior Center, 6th. and Hearst. Contact: Bill Lambert, 705-8123