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The city maintains numerous public lawn areas including parks, gardens and boulevards.  For over 20 years, the city has used an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program for maintaining the public grass and landscaped areas.  All city mowers have mulching blades, and city staff sets the mowers at a high cut setting.  Best IPM practices indicate...

The city manages stormwater runoff in several ways. Stormwater Management Utility:  In 2013, Oakwood established a stormwater utility for managing stormwater in compliance with federal and state EPA standards under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). One of the requirements of the NPDES permit involves public education on stormwater matters, education that leads to...

Oakwood residents have three convenient ways to dispose of green waste without adding it to the weekly household trash.  First, for several decades, and in addition to the fall leaf pick-up, the city has operated a year-round green waste collection program.  The program is heavily used for the disposal of brush, branches and all other...

For over 30 years, the city has collected leaves throughout the community each fall, and converted the leaves to yard mulch.  The yard mulch is offered to Oakwood residents each spring.  In 2022, the city picked up over 9,500 cubic yards of leaves, an enormous amount of leaves for a city of just 2.2 square...

Cardboard: About 30 years ago, the city began collecting cardboard for delivery to local cardboard recyclers in two ways. One is through the single stream process where the cardboard is co-mingled with other recyclables (glass, plastics, metal cans, newspaper, etc.) and picked up by the city with the weekly refuse removal.  The second is through...

Over the past several decades, the city of Oakwood has implemented numerous measures to address matters of the environment.  These measures have provided for the betterment of Oakwood and the greater community.

Commemorative plaques pay special tribute to outstanding citizens and organizations alike.