2.
Identify opportunities for more fully utilizing selected existing park sites and recreational areas.
3.
Educate and encourage private property owners to preserve and protect open space areas and environmental features on their property.
7. MARKETING and PROMOTION
Goal:
A cooperative and coordinated approach to marketing and promotion that stresses Oakwood’s many assets and advantages, its high quality living and business environments, its convenient location, and its superior City services and facilities.
EXISTING OBJECTIVES:
1.
Work with the Kettering Moraine Oakwood Chamber of Commerce to market and promote Oakwood on a regional level.
NEW OBJECTIVES:
1.
Undertake a targeted marketing program that will help attract quality and appropriate new commercial and business uses within the existing commercial areas of the community; depict Oakwood as an easily accessible and viable location for new business development, with a cooperative and supportive City administration.
2.
Implement outreach programs that will make all new residents, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities, feel welcome and at home within the Oakwood community.
8. COMMUNICATION and COOPERATION
Goal:
A communication approach in which the City actively promotes cooperation and support among local residents and businesses, public agencies and organizations, nearby communities, and Dayton’s regional planning agencies.
EXISTING OBJECTIVES:
1.
Sponsor and promote programs, activities, events and celebrations that stimulate community involvement, foster a strong community spirit and identity, and bring together residents from various neighborhoods on a regular basis.
2.
Promote continued cooperation and collaboration between the various public agencies serving the City, including Oakwood City Schools and Wright Memorial Library.
3.
Continue Oakwood's effective support of community groups and other voluntary organizations in providing community services.
4.
Establish cooperative relationships between City government and Oakwood churches and synagogues to provide community services and programs.
5.
Work closely with the City of Dayton and the University of Dayton to improve roadway conditions, parking, neighborhood appearance issues, and housing conditions along the Irving Avenue corridor.
6.
Work with the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission and the greater Dayton Regional Transportation Authority on area-wide transportation issues and other regional issues that may influence or impact Oakwood.