6. PARKS and OPEN SPACE

A park and open space system that satisfies the recreational and leisure needs of Oakwood residents, and enhances the traditional image and character of the community.

1. Maintain existing parks and recreational facilities and preserve natural areas. Undertake improvement and replacement programs as required.
2. Develop and promote new recreational programs that respond to the needs and desires of Oakwood residents.
3. Continue landscape planting programs on public properties, pocket parks, and along roadways to further enhance the character of Oakwood.
4. Cooperate with Oakwood City Schools in the provision of recreational services.
5. Preserve and protect open space areas and environmental features throughout the City.
6. Work closely with local community groups and other voluntary organizations in the provision of recreational services within the City of Oakwood.

1. Study the desirability, feasibility and cost implications of constructing new indoor and/or outdoor recreational facilities within and around Oakwood; proceed with projects if supported by the community and if funding is available.
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

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.

1. Work with the Kettering Moraine Oakwood Chamber of Commerce to market and promote Oakwood on a regional level.

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.