• Town feeling
  • Personal pride in schools and community
  • People who live here are enlightened and interesting
  • Involvement and views of citizens
  • Number of citizens who truly care about this community
  • Personal pride
  • People aware of what is happening in their community
  • Close knit community, you know your neighbors and stores
  • Good neighborhoods
Housing and Neighborhoods (28)
  • Architectural diversity (6)
  • Wonderful housing stock/ Mix of properties-price, rentals (4)
  • Friendly neighborhoods (4)
  • Quality of properties (3)
  • Porches (2)
  • Livability of neighborhoods (2)
  • Housing scale
  • Community ambiance
  • Family friendly
  • Diversity of housing
  • Good houses and neighborhoods
  • Classic neighborhoods
  • Rear garages
City Government (25)
  • Sound government (12)
  • Openness of City officials; they listen, responsive through committees (3)
  • Good management and staff (3)
  • Soon to be new administration building
  • Financially sound
  • A reputation for not wasting money
  • Access to officials
  • Generosity of leadership
  • Respected throughout the county
  • Responsive City officials
Excellent Schools (22)
  • Very strong schools (17)
  • Cooperation between City and schools (2)
  • Schools are A+
  • Personal pride in schools
  • Cooperation between City and schools
Location (17)
  • Location (9)
  • Convenient (2)
  • Proximity to downtown (2)
  • Good geographic size
  • Good location-near airport
  • Access
  • Closeness to downtown
Pedestrian Oriented Community (11)
  • Walk-ability of neighborhoods (4)
Final Report: Oakwood Comprehensive Plan Update Page 95