The City of Oak Harbor announced an open house on downtown and waterfront redevelopment, to be held on Feb. 27, 2025.
City of Oak Harbor
I’d encourage anyone to attend regardless if you are for or against redevelopment. Social media comments are a good start, but direct one on one feedback is invaluable.
2-4-2025 City of Oak Harbor Council Meeting
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.
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES: When Oak Harbor staff brought options to revise the fence height code to the city council in a workshop this week, most council members preferred to delay a decision because of an overlapping controversy with the mayor’s fence.
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.
1-28-2025 City of Oak Harbor Council Workshop
1-28-2025 City of Oak Harbor Council Workshop