Buying and Selling Real Estate Under COVID-19 Quarantine
The current state of emergency has literally changed the way that we do business. Real estate is considered an essential business so yes, we are open! However, buyers and sellers alike have wondered about the state of affairs in real estate under the COVID-19 quarantine and what they should do. To that end I have […]
36 Oakland Park Families Have a Happy Easter Thanks To A Community Effort
Oakland Park is a small city of just over 45,000 residents, but it’s small size doesn’t prevent it from doing things in a big way. When it comes to helping one another Oakland Parkers always go big and they never go home until the deed is done. This spirit of caring and charity was especially […]
First Oakland Park Community Check-In Live Broadcast a Hit!
There is no doubt that the Coronavirus has forced us all to adapt to a situation that none of us had ever lived through. Some of us are coping with it better than others, but all of us are having to learn to cope somehow. Dr. Mitch Rosenwald, Oakland Park resident, and professor of social […]
Oakland Park Urges The Use of Face Masks
If you gone out to complete essential tasks like grocery shopping it is clear that not everyone is taking the threat of the coronavirus seriously. Many don’t wear face masks or gloves or take any type of precaution. Unfortunately many of those not taking precautions are personnel working in grocery stores and other essential businesses. […]
What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Mortgage Relief
“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because the world was different then” is a reality quite literally out of Alice in Wonderland. Three weeks ago the world went topsy turvy and many have found themselves either unemployed or with reduced pay. If you rent, your landlord will make the decision on forbearance, but if […]
COVID-19 Hits Close to Home
When we first heard about the Coronavirus it was infecting people in a Chinese city, Wuhan, a city most of us have probably never heard about. Then on January 19, 2020 the first case of the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, was confirmed in Seattle, Washington. After it touched down on the West Coast it quickly spread […]
Oakland Park Issues Safer at Home Emergency Order 2020-03
Today Oakland Park Mayor Matthew Sparks signed the Safer At Home Emergency Order 2020-03. The order states: As of today, the City of Oakland Park is aware of confirmed cases of COVID-19 within its jurisdictional boundaries. To limit the potential community spread of COVID-19, it is now necessary for the City of Oakland Park to […]
Beat Quarantine Cabin Fever With These Social Hangout Apps
It is a dream and a nightmare all at the same time. The entire country has mandatory vacation but we can’t socialize. And let’s face it, most of humans like to socialize and interact with others. We are gregarious by nature and social distancing is forcing us to awkwardly adjust to a new reality. Luckily, […]
Beating the COVID-19 Lockdown: 15 Things To Do While in Quarantine
In every challenge there is opportunity. So even while we sit in quarantine we can choose to worry, which won’t make a lick of difference or we can take this as an opportunity to explore our creativity and resiliency as humans. So here is a list of 15 things you can do while in quarantine. […]
How to Support Small Businesses in Oakland Park During COVID-19 Quarantine
 Yesterday on Facebook, Anthony Cicalese, owner of We Got the Beat Record Store, posted a heartfelt open letter to Oakland Park City officials. The letter read: Please keep in mind when you are carefully weighing what protocols to put into place in the interest of protecting everyone from COVID-19: Try to avoid one-size fits […]
