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The Board of Directors includes Alameda
business leaders, community leaders and prominent human services
executives. The Board is diverse in income, ethnicity, and
gender.
The Resident Council is comprised of seven
members two alternates, all APC residents. The Council conducts
community outreach and education, and participates in all
levels of decision-making.
APC Staff are diverse, energetic and skilled
in their jobs. Many of the staff are local Alameda residents,
and they bring with them a desire to make lasting improvements
in their own community.
The Community Garden Committee is made up
of residents, neighbors, APC staff, and representatives from
the Golden Gate Audubon Society and the BASE charter school.
Committee members set policy for the garden, allocate plots,
and organize work parties
The Ploughshares Nursery Advisory Board
is guiding APC on the development of a commercial native and
organic plant nursery. In 2003, the Advisory Board assisted
APC in the preparation of a business plan that was entered
in a national competition sponsored by the Yale School of
Management. The Ploughshares Nursery placed in the top 20
nationwide, out of more than 500 plans submitted.
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