The Town Center and Courtyards at Acorn is the result of four years of collaboration between HUD, The City of Oakland, BRIDGE, the Acorn Residents Council and the West Oakland community.  The revitalized property now includes a high-tech security system and a Town Center, with a recreational center, a community building, tot lots, a pool, a tumbling area, and three basketball courts.  The Acorn Apartments offer a new Computer Learning Center as well as a network connecting individual computers within each home.  Further, in a unique collaboration between BRIDGE and East Bay Habitat for Humanity, 12 single-family homes were built as the last phase of development. Recognizing the successful revitalization of the Acorn site, HUD honored the project with a 1999 Best Practices Award.