We are Friends of Oakhurst Park (FOOP)
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During the 1920s, working with the landscape design firm Hare & Hare, real estate developers John P. King and Henry King made the forward thinking decision to designate park land in the center of Oakhurst, their new urban residential development in Fort Worth. Located in the center of the neighborhood, that park land is known today as Oakhurst Park.
In 2015, after learning the City of Fort Worth had implemented policy to no longer irrigate neighborhood parks, an Oakhurst family adopted Oakhurst Park. On October 14, 2015, with the help and support of neighbors, they founded FRIENDS OF OAKHURST PARK (FOOP), a service organization whose mission is to maintain, protect, and preserve Oakhurst Park for future generations. FOOP works tirelessly for the benefit of Oakhurst Park. |
During its first year in existence, FOOP received recognition from the City of Fort Worth in their "Connecting Communities" newsletter and in NBC 5's Deborah Ferguson's "Worth Going" TV segment for the work FOOP sponsored to restore Oakhurst Park's iconic toucans, dinosaur, and park benches during the ART IN OAKHURST PARK project.
We invite everyone to become a friend and help implement FOOP's mission to maintain, protect and preserve Oakhurst Park for future generations.
FOOP is a State of Texas non-profit organization, a City of Fort Worth registered Neighborhood Revitalization Organization (NRO), and has a 501(c)3 non-profit status designation. You can find more information here.
We invite everyone to become a friend and help implement FOOP's mission to maintain, protect and preserve Oakhurst Park for future generations.
FOOP is a State of Texas non-profit organization, a City of Fort Worth registered Neighborhood Revitalization Organization (NRO), and has a 501(c)3 non-profit status designation. You can find more information here.
