A tech company has launched a community space in downtown Auckland.

OAKLAND – A tech company has launched a nonprofit community space where hundreds of people can gather in a historic office building in downtown Oakland.

Block, formerly known as Square, has developed a community space on the ground floor of an Uptown Station office building currently leased by a financial technology company.

The financial technology company launched what it calls Square Community Space in 1955 Broadway in the Uptown Station complex in downtown Oakland.

Designed to be a community resource, the space is available free of charge to 501c3 non-profit organizations wishing to host facilities for their meetings and activities.

The first such meeting was held on Saturday, August 20, in preparation for the Art Clash being organized by the Bay Area Mural Project.

The annual Art Clash is a five-hour event where artists compete against each other in front of a live audience that votes to select a winner.

The winning artist won $1,000, and smaller prizes were awarded to the second and third place finishers in the competition.

Saturday’s Art Clash mixer was a way for artists to get a feel for what it takes to compete and win the annual competition.

“Taste the conflict in three 20-minute battles,” he posted on the Bay Area Mural Project’s website.

The mixer will feature panel discussions about community art and fundraising auctions.

The Bay Area Mural Project hopes that Mixer can help people learn about the organization’s work in the region’s community.

“Our vision is to transform stripped walls into artistic gateways into the community,” the Bay Area Mural Project says on its website.