'Nobody just walks to a Home Depot. You don't walk out carrying appliances.'
Several neighborhood groups in Oakland protested against the possibility of a Home Depot being built at an empty lot of a shopping center.Several neighborhood groups in North Oakland protested against the possibility of a Home Depot getting built at the Ridge Shopping Center.
They say the current land owner has a plan to work with a developer to build a chain of the home improvement store on a current vacant lot. The neighborhood groups at Friday's protest say they would rather it be turned into"We think it brings more people to neighborhood which brings more shoppers to our local businesses, bring safety to the streets," said Casey Farmer, who is with the Rockridge Community Planning Council.
"We know we are in a housing crisis, and we need to build more units," Farmer said. "We want to show and highlight that this is a huge eye sore and a vacant lot that has been vacant for a long time, but it is also a huge canvas of opportunity."
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