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Incorporated in 1896, Emeryville is located at the geographic center of the Bay Area, between Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco. Historically an industrial city, Emeryville has seen a remarkable transformation in the past 20 years—from an industrial center with decaying buildings and contaminated sites, to a dynamic center for regional commerce, with global leaders in emerging technologies, and a growing residential community.

The new General Plan, adopted October 2009, seeks to guide the next era of Emeryville's development—as a livable, walkable, sustainable, urban community. The plan emphasizes mixed-use neighborhoods and walkability, with all residents within a five-minute walk of neighborhood commercial amenities and open space. The city will be knit together by new and "complete" streets, and a multi-modal transportation system.

The plan triples the amount of open space, identifying two new large parks, pocket parks, and plazas, and a system of greenways and green streets linking them. Emeryville will have the highest employment density of any Bay Area city (25,000 jobs per square mile), and overall population density (14,000 people per square mile) rivaling that of San Francisco.
In addition to the mandatory elements (Land Use, Transportation, Conservation, Open Space, Noise, and Safety) the plan includes optional Urban Design and Sustainability elements and a detailed Implementation Program. The Urban Design Element provides new streets and connections, guidance to transform shopping centers into high-intensity mixed-use districts, and policies to enhance the city's character and identity that address the public realm and building design. The Sustainability Element renews the City's commitment to brownfield remediation, storm water management, and mitigating climate change. The Implementation Program includes needed actions, responsibilities, and timeframes for every General Plan policy.

Plan preparation was accompanied by extensive community outreach, a 3-D computer model of the entire city, photo simulations for major transition areas to help envision possibilities for Emeryville's future, and GIS-based walkability analysis. Dyett & Bhatia also prepared the EIR on the plan. Dyett & Bhatia continues work on new zoning regulations and citywide design guidelines to implement the plan.

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