Oakland Park Residents Weigh in on the Pros and Cons of Airbnbs
In 2007, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia decided to rent out air mattresses in their San Francisco apartment to conference attendees after all hotel rooms in the area were booked. They called the air mattress rental service “Air Bed and Breakfast.” Just a year later, the two men founded Airbnb, an online marketplace that acts […]
Passing the Torch: Celebrating Major McNeal’s Promotion and Introducing Her Successor at Oakland Park BSO
After being with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office for nearly 20 years and serving as the Oakland Park BSO Captain for almost three, Tammy McNeal’s accomplishments and exemplary service to the community have earned her a promotion to Major. She will lead the Preparedness and Response Training Division for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. In […]
Oakland Park Reaps the Benefits of Sought Out Tax Credits
The City of Oakland Park has been very successful in securing Voluntary Cleanup Tax Credits (VCTC) from the State of Florida to improve City owned properties. In 1998 the State created the VCTC to encourage cities to conduct voluntary cleanup of certain dry-cleaning solvent contaminations and sites designated as brownfield areas. Brownfield Remediation Some years […]
City of Oakland Park Breaks Ground on Fire Station 9
The City of Oakland Park held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for a new Fire Rescue Station 9. This brand-new facility will replace the existing Fire Station 9, completed in 1967 on Park Lane/NE 38th Street and 3rd Avenue. The new station will be built three blocks east, at 599 Park Lane/NE 38th Street and NE […]
Mission Parkour Academy Brings the First Parkour Gym to Oakland Park
Whether you have kids who are on YouTube or you watch videos there yourself, you’ve probably seen those thrilling videos of skilled individuals jumping from one rooftop to the next. This popular sport is called Parkour, but Parkour isn’t just designed for thrill-seekers. According to Gabe Sage, one of the owners at Mission Parkour Academy, […]
8 New Businesses in Oakland Park – October, 2022
8 new businesses that opened in Oakland Park, Florida in October of 2022
12 New Businesses in Oakland Park – September, 2022
12 new businesses that opened in Oakland Park, Florida in September of 2022
Oakland Park Celebrates Good Neighbor Day by Completing Several Good Works Throughout the Community
In the age of information technology in which we are living, 24 hours a day sometimes seems to be insufficient to do everything we have to do in such a short space of time. Absorbed in our thoughts – or rather, in the screens of our smartphones – we don’t realize that interpersonal relationships are […]
2023 Tentative Millage Rate and City Budget Clear First Reading
Oakland Park City Commissioners voted in a 5-0 vote, on first reading, to approve the tentative FY 2023 Millage Rate and OP City Budget at the September 7th meeting. This was the second of a 3-step process involving three separate meetings and votes: Proposed, Tentative, and then Final Millage Rate. There was a subsequent special […]
17 New Businesses in Oakland Park – August, 2022
18 new businesses that opened in Oakland Park, Florida in July of 2022
