Community Profile

Summary

Oakland Park was incorporated in 1929. Over the past 50 years it has changed from a rural community where cows and hogs roamed throughout the city's primitive roads to a modern, highly urbanized, but family-oriented city. Increasing the urban tree canopy is a big priority for the city and over one thousand trees have been planted in the past five years. The Community Wildlife Habitat project is being led by personnel from the city's Park and Leisure Services Department. The project has been named WOW-Welcome Our Wildlife.