City of Oakland Park Development

City Commission Approves Downtown Properties Sale And More

Jeff Barnes August 11, 2022

August 3rd Commission Meeting The City Commission meets to discuss City business on the first and third Wednesday each month generally. There are some exceptions during the year, so please refer to the City Calendar for upcoming meetings.  The City covers many different topics and items of City

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Residents Opine About the Sale of the Downtown Properties

Desiree Avila August 10, 2022

The path a city has to chart in order to develop itself, is laden with obstacles and hurdles. There are the obvious challenges such as planning the infrastructure and then there are the headier and more detailed tasks of elaborating designs, working within a budget, and planning for known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns. […]

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City Commission Votes on Preliminary 2022-2023 Budget and Downtown Properties Sale

Jeff Barnes July 29, 2022

Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Andrew Thompson, Director of Financial Services for the City of Oakland Park, gave a detailed presentation to the Commission on the Proposed FY 2022-2023 City Budget at the July 20th, 2022 City Commission Meeting. The City Budget, including the Millage Rate, is presented to the Commission for their consideration […]

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21 New Businesses in Oakland Park – June, 2022

Desiree Avila July 15, 2022

20 new businesses that opened in Oakland Park, Florida in June of 2022

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The City of Oakland Park Breaks Ground on the North Andrews Gardens Community Center

Desiree Avila July 14, 2022

On Tuesday July 14th the City of Oakland Park broke ground on the new North Andrews Gardens Community Center. This bond project will bring a brand new community center to the area, which will include a basketball court, playground, parking, and covered outdoor seating. This project is another one of the projects in the City’s […]

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BSO Bloodhound Ryley Makes A Pawsitive Through Service

Desiree Avila July 5, 2022

Dogs in general are special animals, but a K-9 is particularly exceptional because they are trained to help humans do things better. Bloodhound Ryley, a K-9, not only helps BSO find missing persons she also makes a pawsitive impact by comforting them and giving them emotional support. Trained to Find Missing Persons Ryley and her […]

City of Oakland Park Elections Politics

The Candidates For The Oakland Park City Commission 2022 Are….

Desiree Avila June 16, 2022

Two City Commission Seats Open Up The Oakland Park City Commission is made up of five members. All commission members represent the city at large and serve a term of four years. Commission members may serve up to two consecutive terms. If they have served two terms, they must abstain from running again for two […]

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21 New Businesses in Oakland Park – May, 2022

Desiree Avila June 15, 2022

Oakland Park is a small city but of great interest to business owners that are looking for a vibrant place in which to open their business. While it might not be readily obvious because we just don’t pay attention to it every day, Oakland Park has hundreds of business. Just last month 21 new business […]

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BSO Searches for Missing Oakland Park Teen

Desiree Avila June 13, 2022

This afternoon at 12:23 BSO’s Media Relations office sent an announcement about a missing Oakland Park teen, Aaliyah Joseph. BSO’s Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help in locating the missing girl. According to detectives, she was last seen on Monday, June 6, at around 6pm in the area of 2849 South Oakland […]

Brightline & Tri-Rail BSO

In Wake of Mounting Deaths on Railroad Tracks BSO and Brightline Launch Operation Crossing Guard

Desiree Avila June 9, 2022

Number Of Deaths In Train Collisions Mounts The number of deaths caused by collisions with trains in Broward County has been mounting steadily. It has become so frequent that it is almost a weekly occurrence. Just this week an 84 year old driver turned to head east on NE 62nd St from Dixie Highway. The […]