March Oak Leaflet - Online Now

Oakhurst neighbors, your latest edition of the Oak Leaflet is online now!  You can also visit our newsletter archive to view past issues going back many years.

ICYMI: Catch Up on Oakhurst News!

Missed out on neighborhood news lately?  We've recently added the December, January, and February issues of The Oak Leaflet to our newsletter archive.  Thanks for visiting!

 

November Oak Leaflet

This month's issue of The Oak Leaflet is now online.  Click on the link or image below to view your copy.

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October's Upon Us!

The October edition of The Oak Leaflet is here!  Click on the image below to view your copy online.

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September Oak Leaflet Online!

The September edition of the Oak Leaflet is now available online!  Click on the link or the image below to view in your browser.

As always, you can review past issues in our newsletter archive.

August's Oak Leaflet is Online!

This month's issue of The Oak Leaflet is now online!  Click on the link or the image below to view the newsletter in your browser.

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Get Your July Oak Leaflet Here!

Happy Independence Day, Oakhurst neighbors and friends!  This month's issue of The Oak Leaflet is now online.  Click here or on the image below to catch up on the latest news and events!

As always, you may visit our newsletter archive to view or download past issues.

June Oak Leaflet is Here!

This month's issue of The Oak Leaflet is now online!  You'll find details on upcoming activities and events, see June's Yard of the Month, learn a bit about Oakhurst's history of "remarkable people", and more!

As always, you may visit our newsletter archive to view or download past issues.

May Newsletter is Available

This month's issue of The Oak Leaflet is now online.  Learn about Oakhurst's landscape architect, May's Yard of the Month, proposed bylaws changes, and this month's upcoming events.

As always, you may visit our newsletter archive to view or download past issues.

April Oak Leaflet is Online

This month's issue of The Oak Leaflet is now online!  Click on this link or the image below to view.

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March is Here!

This month's issue of The Oak Leaflet is online!  Click on the link or the image below to view the latest Oakhurst happenings.

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Visit the Oakhurst Store!

As we celebrate 100 years of Oakhurst, check out our new neighborhood store by clicking here or on the image below!

Our presale ends this Wednesday, February 14th, so please hurry!  All presale proceeds will benefit the Oakhurst Neighborhood Association.

February Newsletter

This month's issue of The Oak Leaflet is now online. Click on the image below for the latest neighborhood happenings!

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Happy New Year, Oakhurst!

With our holiday party just a few hours away (3-5 TODAY at 2128 Morning Glory Ave), your neighbors at ONA wish everyone in Oakhurst a happy 2024!

Also, the December and January issues of The Oak Leaflet are now online.  Click on the images below to catch up on your Oakhurst news as we head into the new year!

(And as always, you may visit our newsletter archive to view or download past issues.  Thanks for reading!)

October Oak Leaflet - Online Now!

The latest issue of The Oak Leaflet is now online!

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September's Oak Leaflet

September's issue of The Oak Leaflet is now online!

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August's Oak Leaflet is Here!

August's issue of The Oak Leaflet is now online!  Check out pictures of last month's events, upcoming activities, Kathryn's President's message, August's Yard of the Month, committee reports, and more!

As always, you may visit our newsletter archive to view or download past issues.

It's July, Oakhurst!

Your latest issue of The Oak Leaflet is now available online!

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Your June Oak Leaflet Has Arrived!

Check out this month's issue of The Oak Leaflet online!  Read about ONA's latest national award from Neighborhoods USA, check out June's Yard of the Month, read ONA President Kathryn Omarkhail's latest message, and much more!

As always, you may visit our Newsletter Archive to view or download past issues.

Your Help Needed to Protect Homeowners

An urgent message forwarded by ONA president Kathryn Omarkhail:

United Neighborhoods of Fort Worth   SB1412, SB1787 Still Threats We know we keep asking and we are sorry to do so but TWO BILLS STILL THREATEN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING STATEWIDE    Please read below the consequences of these two bills.  HB2789 will do away with single family zoning and HB3921 will ruin neighborhoods as well.  And it is our thought that both bills could increase short term rentals because of their ADU's and mini-lots.  Please call your House Representatives today.  And please call your neighbors to do the same.  None of us want these two bills.   HB 3921/SB1787 – The Mini-Lot Bill. The House ran out of time to consider its “mini-lot” bill (HB3921) last Thursday night, so we avoided this bill becoming law subject only to the Governor’s signature.  BUT the Senate has already passed its version, SB1787. The House has until May 23rd to bring Senate bills to the House for a vote. This bill allows developers to build 31 units per acre *by right*. This means developers could build FIVE three-story homes on a 7500 sq ft residential lot without any notice to neighbors.  This would radically increase population density, traffic, and noise.  It would also drive up the value of the underlying land and, in turn, increase the property tax assessments of neighboring homeowners, potentially pricing them out of their homes.    HB 2789/ SB 1412 – the “ADU” Or Second Dwelling on Every Lot Bill The House ran out of time to pass HB2789.  So once again, we avoided this bill being passed into law last Thursday night. BUT the Senate approved a companion bill, SB1412, and it also could be taken up by the House for a vote through May 23. Like SB1787, this bill effectively eliminates single-family zoning with NO notice to current property owners, as you would normally get in a citywide zoning case.  This bill will encourage developers and investors to buy up single-family residential homes, demolish them and build two units in their place. This will effectively eliminate single-family residential zoning and also drive up the property taxes of neighbors.  A 2500 sq ft home could have a 1250 sq ft secondary unit.     And these are not “mother-in-law suites.” The bill does not require that the occupants of the second dwelling have any family relationship with the owner of the primary dwelling, and the owner of the primary unit may not be required by a city to reside there.  Think purely commercial rentals of two homes on every lot instead of only one single-family home. What Should Members of Your Chapter Do?   We are now in the final days of this more than four-month fight to save our neighborhoods.  So, NOW is the time for all chapter members to bear down and continue their calls/emails to attain final success.   Accordingly, Texas Neighborhood Coalition asks that you call, and if that is not possible e-mail, respective representative in the House promptly to urge them to oppose SB1787 and SB1412.  A sample script is below:   I am one of your constituents. I vote in all federal, state, and local elections, including primaries. I am calling to strongly urge my representative to oppose anti-neighborhood bills, SB1787 and SB1412, if they are set for a vote.  These two terrible bills must never become law because they would wreck single-family residential neighborhoods across the state.    If the longstanding single-family zoning safeguards for neighborhoods were ever voided by the state legislature, voters like me would certainly remember who mounted this assault on their neighborhoods on our next trip to the ballot box.   Who represents me? https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home Thank you for your time and continued efforts