Shadetree Welcome to Shadetree MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS For more than 40 years Shadetree has been a unique cultural landmark in Oaklanda place where people can live affordably and work where they live in a culturally rich communal environment. From artists to carpenters costume designers to social workers activists and musicians this property has grown and evolved over generations thanks to this communitys spirit of collective ingenuity and perseverance. A New Era In 2005 the Shadetree property changed hands and in the fall of 2016 the new owners decided to sell. Faced with eviction and the loss of this cultural institution the residents18 of them at the timebanded together formed a nonprofit SHADE Shadetree Historical Artisan Development Engine and raised the money to purchase their home through a series of loansprimarily from individual citizens and fans of the property over the years.