Who: Small Businesses • Restaurants • Cafes • Bars • Employers • Property Managers  • Property Owners  • Public Transit Agencies  • Government Employees  • Organizations  • Non-Profits • and Residents located in downtown Oakland (DTO).

What: Oakland Works Wednesdays (OWW) is one day each week when we all coordinate to make Oakland go off! Employers bring 100% of staff to work that day and encourage them to go out to shop, dine, and drink in Oakland stores, restaurants, and bars, that are open and ready for you with promos and special programming! It’s all happening on Wednesdays!

Where: Retail Stores • Restaurants • Cafes • Bars located in Downtown Oakland. Downtown Oakland has been struggling to return to pre-pandemic levels. OWW is one day a week (along with amazing things going on every day in DTO) where it’s all hands on deck: downtown businesses large and small are coordinating to have Oakland be alive, activated and bustling!