Buying a Home? Learn the Importance of a Pre-Approval
Buying a home can be a daunting task. For most of us, a home purchase represents the largest financial transaction we’ll ever undertake. And a house is not just a piece of areal estate – it is home, where we will live our daily lives and make special memories. Since most of us won’t pay […]
City Commissioner Tim Lonergan Explains How Oakland Park Can Benefit from 3Ps
Recently Oakland Park has researched the advantages of 3Ps and identified many positive opportunities. What is a 3P? It’s a Public-Private Partnership! 3Ps: How It Works It’s when a government entity, like Oakland Park, and a private business partner to provide a public service or develop a public facility in a manner that divides risk, […]
Oakland Parkers Peek Into The City’s Future
Plans to modernize the City of Oakland Park for its second century have been in the works for over a decade. Modernizing required additional funding so the City asked voters to approve a $40 million dollar bond. Seventy percent (70%) of residents approved the bond in November 2018. With this overwhelmingly majority approval, the City […]
Day of the Dead: Tradition and Celebrations
Most people hang up their spooky skulls the night of October 31st, but that’s when the fiesta is just beginning in Mexico. DÃa de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a holiday celebrated throughout Mexico to honor those who have passed on. Instead of being a somber experience, this Mexican tradition celebrates the […]
10 Exotic Plants to Grow in South Florida Right Now
Exotic plants do not necessarily mean exotic locations and care are needed. South Florida has an ideal tropical climate which allows us to be able to grow a myriad of exotics. Many exotic species thrive in our highly humid and mild winters. These 10 exotic plants are well suited for South Florida life. Tacca Chantrieri […]
Wreck It Ft Laudy Smashes Its Way Into Oakland Park
The once sleepy plaza on Oakland Park Boulevard between 6th Avenue and Dixie Highway is now becoming a local destination. With the recent addition of Wreck It Ft Laudy, located at 830 E Oakland Park Blvd, you can now have a safe space to wreck items. From themed rooms, to corporate events, to 20 minutes […]
5 Cool Places in Florida You Probably Didn’t Know About
In the heart of Oakland Park lives an Instagrammer who uses the handle @TravelingJones. As the name implies he does get around quite a lot! In his travels, he indulges in photography and shares the results with his 15K+ followers on Instagram. From the cats Leah and Carmen that he met in Royal Palm Park […]
DIY Outdoor Educational Toys: Sound Wall
We are music lovers in our house. My kids are always singing, dancing, or making their own instruments out of whatever they find! I decided to embrace the noise and take it outside where it’s more tolerable. Warning: this sound wall is a loud activity and is best played with outside! Music as a Learning […]
Oakland Park’s 2019 Trunk-or-Treat, A “Howling” Good Time!
Halloween is a holiday in which kids get to dress up as their favorite character and go trick-or-treating. It used to be that kids would go from house to house knocking on doors asking for treats. In recent times kids don’t trick or treat as much, instead they trunk-or-treat. But what is Trunk-or-Treating anyways?! Trunk-or-treating […]
How Much Do You Know About Halloween?
Halloween is American as apple pie. One of the most celebrated holidays in the United States it comes complete with its own set of traditions and symbols. But Halloween was not always so American. In fact, Halloween has been in the making for 1000s of years. Most people know that it comes from an ancient […]
