Founded Oct. 14, 2015
Mission: To maintain, preserve, and protect Oakhurst Park for future generations.
In the 1920s real estate developers, John P. King and Henry King, working with the landscape design firm Hare & Hare, made the forward-thinking decision to designate parkland in Oakhurst, their new urban residential development in Fort Worth, Texas. Located in the center of the neighborhood, that parkland is known today as Oakhurst Park.
When the City of Fort Worth implemented policy to no longer irrigate neighborhood parks, life-long Oakhurst resident Mark Buse, Sharon Kutilek-Buse, and Josef Kutilek adopted Oakhurst Park. On October 14, 2015, with the support of friends and neighbors, they founded Friends of Oakhurst Park (FOOP).
Functioning as a service organization, FOOP works tirelessly for the benefit of Oakhurst Park. During its first year in existence, FOOP was recognized in the City of Fort Worth "Connecting Communities" newsletter and Deborah Ferguson's NBC 5's "Worth Going" TV segment for its work restoring Oakhurst Park's iconic equipment featuring toucans, dinosaur, and park benches during ART IN OAKHURST PARK.
FRIENDS OF OAKHURST PARK (FOOP) is a City of Fort Worth registered Neighborhood Revitalization Organization (NRO). FOOP invites everyone to become a "friend" and help implement FOOP's mission to maintain, protect and preserve Oakhurst Park for future generations.
