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WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: Oak Harbor has set funds aside to reinvigorate a 600-acre downtown area by bringing retail closer to the waterfront, creating design standards and more. City renderings show a softened shoreline along Bayshore Drive and five-story buildings with storefronts.

WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: When the Oak Harbor City Council approved the installation of the Angel of Creativity sculpture at Flintstone Park, planners began drafts to reconfigure the park to better suit the artwork. This included changes to or the complete removal of the roundabout driveway and possibly moving the Naval flagstaff to Veterans Memorial Park.

1-28-2025 City of Oak Harbor Planning Commission

1-28-2025 City of Oak Harbor Council Workshop

1-28-2025 City of Oak Harbor Council Workshop

Our recent Facebook post on the Oak Harbor School District’s levy renewal measure sparked this exchange in the comments, illustrating how increasing property values impact levy rates.

CITY OF OAK HARBOR: Video of the Jan. 27, 2025 Hearing Examiner public hearing.

I remember going to their first one last year in Langley and thinking “How wonderful would it he if this came to Oak Harbor”? Last year there was over 7500 people attending. For tourism and our businesses here in town this is a huge win, not to mention an absolute...

What is being built there? Does anyone know what is going in on the corner of _______? I see these questions all the time on local social groups. Every city council workshop includes a breakdown of permits that can help answer questions like this. You can find it on page...

The Oak Harbor School District sent their weekly newsletter, The Scoop, on Fri., Jan. 24, 2025.