We are Friends of Oakhurst Park (FOOP)
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During the 1920s, working with the landscape design firm Hare & Hare, Fort Worth 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 located near downtown Fort Worth. That park land is known today as Oakhurst Park.
In the fall of 2015, after learning the City of Fort Worth had implemented policy to no longer irrigate neighborhood parks, the Kutilek-Buse family adopted Oakhurst Park and FRIENDS OF OAKHURST PARK-FOOP was founded October 14, 2015. The sole purpose of FOOP is to care for Oakhurst Park. With its high standards and impeccable record, just 2 years and 1 month later, FOOP received its 501(c)3 IRS designated non-profit status. |
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.
As a 501(c)3 non-profit service organization the FOOP Board of Directors oversees Oakhurst Park and the Buse family maintains the park. The park is spiffed up prior to all neighborhood social events, meetings votes, and other neighborhood holiday activities. In the short time since FOOP's founding, tens of thousands of dollars have been spent by a private donor improving and maintaining Oakhurst Park including grass replacement, crepe Myrtles purchased and planted, irrigation lines run, seasonal flowers planted 3 to 4 times annually, irrigation system lines run to newly planted Oak trees and to park sign planting bed, irrigation system parts purchased and installed, equipment rented, weekly/biweekly grounds maintenance as well as constant repair to the 50+ year old irrigation system. FOOP has successfully partnered with the City of Fort Worth Park Department to install an ADA/pet friendly drinking fountain and an ADA accessible sidewalk to a picnic area. Additionally, in the Spring of 2023 FOOP proudly announced the grand opening & ribbon cutting for the new Oakhurst Park playground which replaced the previous playground installed over 30 years ago. FOOP has completed so many additional projects for the benefit of Oakhurst Park they are too numerous to list!
So...we invite everyone to 'become a friend of Oakhurst Park' today and help FOOP continue to implement its 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), with a 501(c)3 non-profit status designation. You can find more information here.
As a 501(c)3 non-profit service organization the FOOP Board of Directors oversees Oakhurst Park and the Buse family maintains the park. The park is spiffed up prior to all neighborhood social events, meetings votes, and other neighborhood holiday activities. In the short time since FOOP's founding, tens of thousands of dollars have been spent by a private donor improving and maintaining Oakhurst Park including grass replacement, crepe Myrtles purchased and planted, irrigation lines run, seasonal flowers planted 3 to 4 times annually, irrigation system lines run to newly planted Oak trees and to park sign planting bed, irrigation system parts purchased and installed, equipment rented, weekly/biweekly grounds maintenance as well as constant repair to the 50+ year old irrigation system. FOOP has successfully partnered with the City of Fort Worth Park Department to install an ADA/pet friendly drinking fountain and an ADA accessible sidewalk to a picnic area. Additionally, in the Spring of 2023 FOOP proudly announced the grand opening & ribbon cutting for the new Oakhurst Park playground which replaced the previous playground installed over 30 years ago. FOOP has completed so many additional projects for the benefit of Oakhurst Park they are too numerous to list!
So...we invite everyone to 'become a friend of Oakhurst Park' today and help FOOP continue to implement its 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), with a 501(c)3 non-profit status designation. You can find more information here.
