Mark Evanoff, Redevelopment Manager, Union City

Mark Evanoff, Redevelopment Manager, Union CityMark Evanoff has been the Redevelopment Agency Manager for the City of Union City for twelve years. During that time Mark oversaw the conversion of the Tropics Mobile Home Park to a non-profit housing organization that stabilized rents for 545 households and created a rental assistance fund for very low and extremely low income residents. Mark also managed the development of the Mission Gateway apartments with 120 affordable units, and the remediation and development of the former 60-acre Pacific States Steel Corporation property. Mark is currently managing the development of the Union City Station District that involved the purchase and remediation of a 30-acre former PG&E pipe yard, reconfiguration of the BART Station to make the station accessible to pedestrians and buses, the construction of 593 housing units, and the pending construction of 900 residential. Mark worked for ten years as the East Bay Field Director for Greenbelt Alliance where he was instrumental in getting Measure AA, an East Bay Regional Park District $225 million bond measure on the ballot in 1988.

Please listen to his presentation at the Bay Area Social Equity Caucus Quarterly Meeting, Preserving Affordable Housing and Preventing Displacement in the Current Budget Crisis.