East Bay EDA

😋 The East Bay EDA team took a quick break to celebrate Oakland Restaurant Week at Cenadura Elvira in their new Jack London Square location! Learn more about participating restaurants and events happening through March 22 from Visit Oakland: ow.ly/Mx3p50YwZSu

The 2026 East Bay Innovation Awards returns to Oakland next week at the newly renovated Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts. We look forward to celebrating in this beautiful location. Get your tickets before sales end on Friday, 3/20 🔗 bit.ly/iawards26 #eastbayeda

The East Bay's very own DJSHELLHEART will be providing entertainment for the 2026 East Bay Innovation Awards! DJSHELLHEART is a Richmond, California native who has built a strong fan base in the Hip-Hop and LGBTQ community. Get your tickets by 3/20! 🔗 bit.ly/iawards26

East Bay EDA is excited to have Joy Ofodu join us again as a Host and Announcer for the 2026 East Bay Innovation Awards. Enjoyment Endeavor was also announced as an Awardee for Arts & Culture this year! Get your tickets by Friday, 3/20! 🔗 bit.ly/iawards26 #eastbayiawards

East Bay EDA is thrilled to welcome back Emmy Award-winning journalist, NBC Bay Area news anchor and reporter, Gia Vang, as event host for the 2026 East Bay Innovation Awards. Get your tickets by Friday, 3/20! 🔗 bit.ly/iawards26 #eastbayiawards #eastbayeda

There's still time to grab tickets for the 2026 #EastBayiAwards before sales end on 3/20. Don't miss your chance to join the East Bay's premier celebration for #innovation in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. 🔗 bit.ly/iawards26 #eastbayeda #alamedacounty #contracosta

Ticket sales for the 2026 East Bay Innovation Awards end next week on 3/20 at 5 p.m. This is your chance to join us in honoring trailblazers driving innovation across diverse sectors. Join us for the award ceremony on Thursday, March 26th! bit.ly/iawards26 #EastBayiAwards

On March 6, #EastBayEDA joined the New California Coalition’s District Legislative Visit to Senator Jesse Arreguin’s office in Oakland. It was a productive meeting, with a focus on housing, homelessness, energy, water, and middle-income jobs.

Join East Bay EDA and the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association next week on Wednesday, March 11th, from 12-1 pm, for a webinar exploring the current landscape of goods movement in our region, challenges, opportunties and more. Register today! bit.ly/goods26

BART is being honored as the #Legacy Awardee for the 2026 East Bay Innovation Awards! 🚅 Read the announcement at eastbayeda.org/2026-bart-lega… and get your tickets for the awards ceremony on March 26th at bit.ly/iawards26. @SFBART

We’re excited to announce Kitchen@812 as a #Catalyst Awardee for the 2026 East Bay Innovation Awards! Located in #Pinole, Kitchen@812 is a food business incubator. Learn more at kitchen812.org and get your tickets here: bit.ly/iawards26. #EastBayiAwards

Bio-Rad is a #LifeSciences Awardee for the 2026 East Bay Innovation Awards! Learn more at bio-rad.com and join us for the awards ceremony on March 26th at bit.ly/iawards26! #EastBayiAwards #Hercules

Congratulations to the City of San Pablo for their #BuiltEnvironment Award for the 2026 #EastBayiAwards! The Rumrill Boulevard Complete Streets Project exemplifies how strategic infrastructure investment can catalyze economic development. Learn more at sanpabloca.gov/2590/Rumrill-B…

Viridi is a #Catalyst Awardee for the 2026 #EastBayiAwards! Operating in #Richmond, California, Viridi makes fail-safe lithium-ion battery systems for use in industrial, medical, commercial, municipal, and residential buildings. Learn more at viridiparente.com

NIAD Art Center is being honored as an #Arts & #Culture Awardee for the 2026 #EastBayiAwards on March 26th! Based in #Richmond, NIAD is a progressive art studio for adult artists with developmental disabilities. Learn more about their innovative work at niadart.org

Sunset Development is a #BuiltEnvironment Awardee for the 2026 East Bay Innovation Awards! Sunset Development in #SanRamon is a visionary real estate firm transforming Bishop Ranch into a dynamic, mixed-use community. Learn more at bishopranch.com #EastBayiAwards

Congratulations to Enjoyment Endeavor in #SanRamon for earning the #Arts & #Culture Award for the 2026 #EastBayiAwards! Enjoyment Endeavor is a visionary, Bay Area-based entertainment company rooted in comedy and dedicated to healing through humor. enjoymentendeavor.com

Livermore Institute for Fusion Technology (LIFT) is being honored as a #Catalyst Awardee for the 2026 East Bay Innovation Awards. Learn more about LIFT at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory at lift.llnl.gov #EastBayiAwards #Livermore

Inertia is a #Technology Awardee for the 2026 #EastBayiAwards! Inertia is the commercial fusion energy company leading laser-based fusion, the only category of fusion energy based on proven physics. Learn more about their innovative work at inertia.com #Livermore

Snowflake in #Dublin, California, is a #Technology Awardee for the 2026 #EastBayiAwards! Snowflake delivers the AI Data Cloud — a global network where thousands of organizations mobilize data with near-unlimited scale, concurrency, and performance. Visit snowflake.com