Welcome to the Wilton Manors Gazette where we cover all things Wilton Manors and Oakland Park.
After pausing for the sweltering South Florida summer, the monthly Art Walk returned to Wilton Manors. It went down Saturday night, with places offering lite bites and beverages. Art enthusiasts and casual observers took to Dixie Highway up to Five Points and then up Wilton Drive. The air was light and the atmosphere filled with anticipation.
In a time when some cities and towns eagerly comply with anti-LGBTQ directives that eschew diversity and embrace homogeny, Wilton Manors leadership is standing tall. The city commission meeting from Oct. 14 provides three examples.
Wearing brilliant blue tiles like a royal robe, Thunderbunny majestically lords over Wilton Drive as the city’s most visible artwork. The masterpiece could soon have company.
The city’s budget for FY26 is, somehow, simultaneously leaner than last year and bigger than ever before. City commissioners passed the $65.8 million taxing and spending plan on Sept. 25.
This year will bring a couple of firsts for Wicked Manors. One, they will be using metal detectors at entrances and two, they are getting help from the city.
Like all municipal governments in Florida, Wilton Manors must pass a balanced budget by the end of the month. On Sept. 12, the city commission began finalizing some of the numbers.
La frase “lo que sube tiene que bajar” a menudo no se aplica a los impuestos. Pero este año en esta ciudad, sí. Los comisionados de Wilton Manors buscan recortar aún más los impuestos a la propiedad más de lo que ya lo han hecho.
Take bright, engaging colors and put them on tough, durable equipment and you have what you need for a new playground. Wilton Manors officially opened the new playspace at Stafford Park (AKA Island City Park Preserve or ICPP) on Sept. 13.
The phrase “what goes up must come down” often doesn’t apply to taxes. But this year in this city, it does. Wilton Manors’ city commissioners are looking to cut property taxes even more than they already have.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is good at burning bridges, but South Floridians are intent on saving bridges. On July 26, hundreds gathered at the Rainbow Bridge connecting Wilton Manors and Fort Lauderdale. It’s part of a response to orders by state and national officials to erase rainbow crosswalks.
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