• Study of successful community school programs across the country to look for ways to improve our school
  • Land acquisition for schools
  • Updating water system
  • Improve water quality - hardness
  • Infrastructure checked
  • Maintain infrastructure
  • Underground wiring
  • Maintain safety of all
  • Health awareness for elderly
  • Form a committee to look at the concerns of the elderly
  • Community outreach programs to target shut-ins and citizens with problems
  • Increase City services, addressing issues like litter
  • Theatre or playhouse for community
Housing and Residential Areas (14):
  • Stop development of Mead Estate for new homes (2)
  • Limit the number of rental properties - particularly on the south east
  • Limit opportunities to develop, subdivide large estates west of Far Hills
  • Architectural standards for new residential properties
  • Annual inspection of rental properties
  • Revitalize housing
  • Alternatives for senior and entry housing within Oakwood
  • Housing for the older residents
  • Affordable condos
  • Old house workshops for homeowners
  • Increase minimum lot size to 2 acres for new lot divisions
  • Help homeowners with home improvements
  • Neighborhood clean up
Recreation and Open Space (10):
  • New, centrally located recreational facility to serve all (3)
  • Improvement of recreational facilities
  • Recreational facilities for seniors
  • Study of adequacy in recreational facilities available to residents
  • Upgrade all existing parks
  • Plants that threaten our green space
  • Recreation
  • Gardner Pool - year round community center
Business District Issues (9):
  • Business district - perhaps a committee that would seek new businesses
  • Fill empty office space
  • Institute specific economic development initiatives to recruit and retain businesses
  • Comprehensive plan for the business district
  • Outdoor facilities for use in the central business district
  • A good, affordable, family type cafeteria
  • Have a town square in the downtown area
  • More focus on developing business diversity in business district
  • Encourage businesses to locate in Oakwood