There is a New Developer In Town For Oakland Park Square
Across from Jaco Pastorius Park are two City owned parcels known as the West Dixie Lots. These empty lots have been designated as brownfield land. Brownfield land is land that is potentially contaminated and hazardous. As a result of this designation the City has rehabilitated the site. Rehabilitation makes it clean, useful, productive and ultimately […]
Oakland Park Is Re-Opening!
Yesterday, May 11th, Palm Beach County opened with the blessing of Governor Ron DeSantis. When the announcement was made last week, rumors began that Broward and Miami-Dade would re-open soon after. The tentative date that was mentioned was Monday May 18th. On Saturday May 9th on Facebook, Oakland Park City Mayor, Matt Sparks, confirmed that […]
Oakland Park Plans For Gradual Re-Opening
On Friday May 8 Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced that Palm Beach County would be allowed to begin Phase 1 of re-opening. 64 other Florida counties had already received authorization to re-open leaving only Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Broward Counties closed. The decision to re-open came after Palm Beach Mayor, Dave Kerner, sent DeSantis a […]
Phone Buddy Program Helps Vulnerable Community
In a time of uncertainty and isolation, the city of Oakland Park and its volunteers have organized a community phone buddy program to connect volunteers with people, buddies, who may not have contact with anyone else. Bruce Garrison, Director of Oakland Park’s Volunteer Corps, came up with the idea. Garrison reached out to all of […]
Oakland Park Receives $250,000 Energy Grant
Local and county officials gathered for a ceremony Feb. 21 to highlight the upgraded lighting system at Wimberly Fields Park. The city of Oakland Park received a $250,000 grant from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Office of Energy. The grant was used to retrofit energy efficient LED lighting at Wimberly Fields Park. […]
Oakland Park Grows Itself From The Ground Up
On February 29th, Oakland Park had a tree giveaway at Wimberly Athletic Field, at 4000 NE 3rd Avenue. Twice a year, residents and business owners line up to receive free trees and shrubs given away by the city. What’s great about this is that only native (N) and Florida-friendly (FF) shrubs and trees are given […]
Dr. Carter G Woodson Park: A Park with a Name
To understand the namesake of Dr. Carter G Woodson Park, one must travel back in time. Starting in Oakland Park’s earliest days when settlers came to the area in search of fruitful land to grow crops. This brought many sharecroppers to the area such as R.J. McBride, an Irish settler who bought acreage in Oakland […]
Meet the Man Part 2: Interview with Matt Sparks
Last month we published an article in which we sat down with Mayor Matt Sparks and got to know the public side of his persona. In this, the second half of our interview with Mayor Sparks, we asked some in-depth questions in order to get to know the personal side of the man that is […]
City of Oakland Park Awarded $100K Grant
Oakland Park, a City on the Move, keeps on moving, and soon it will be moving in an entirely different way. This week, Mayor Matthew Sparks, Vice Mayor Jane Bolin and other City employees attended the United States Conference of Mayors. This non-partisan conference, held in Washington D.C. each January gives the mayors of cities […]
Neighborhood Coalition Meeting: Promoting a Safer Oakland Park
Oakland Park’s third neighborhood coalition meeting was held at Jaco Pastorius Park Community Center on January 13, 2020. The Oakland Park Neighborhood Coalition was formed by Oakland Park resident, Mitch Rosenwald who felt that in the time of Oakland Park’s growth, it was important for the various neighborhood associations and leaders to come together as […]
