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By Morgan Cecil

Summer Market — A Celebration of Local Creativity by Morgan Cecil and Laura Burnett A If you are a Rockridge resident, you are likely obsessed with visions of what the vacant lot at Claremont and College could become. “A com- munity park,” say some, “affordable housing,” say others. In the Spring of 2024...

...d our own dream rather than someone else’s dream?” nside the warehouse on Claremont Avenue, cement floors stretch nearly 10,000 square feet beneath exposed wooden beams. A floral mural deco- rates the exterior. For years, Oakland residents Morgan Cecil and Laura Burnett have worked to turn the raw space into a welcoming community brimming with creativity, naturally allowing the building’s “internal flexibility to have lots of different identities,” said Burnett.

Devan Reiff Morgan Cecil Laura Burnett Leslie G. Moldow Malena Lopez-Maggi Will Sheldon Roberta Klugman Katie, Vince & Declan Blair The first issue of The Rockridge News, edited by Don Kinkaid, was a single sheet, front and back.