Farmers Markets: Go Farm-to-Table in Your Oakmont Kitchen

Farmers Markets: Go Farm-to-Table in Your Oakmont Kitchen

Oakmont residents live in a “fruitful” part of Florida, and that’s an intended pun. Oakmont’s hometown of Gainesville sits surrounded by jaw-dropping history, natural resources and recreational areas, but also never far from that other important facet of the state’s economy — agriculture. You’ll see cattle ranches, plant nurseries and U-pick farms on the regular …

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Oakmont Residents’ Explorers’ Guide: the Cade Museum

Oakmont Residents’ Explorers’ Guide: the Cade Museum - cade museum interior

Here’s another in our series of posts for Oakmont residents about side trips, road trips and local adventures designed to explore the greater Gainesville area. Regardless of whether you’ve just moved into your new Oakmont home, or have been here but haven’t done much more than work, take care of the kids and perhaps school, …

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Five Iconic Gainesville Restaurants

Five Iconic Gainesville Restaurants - pizza

You’re in for lip-smacking treats if you make your new Gainesville home at Oakmont. One of the perks of living in a college town is the preponderance of restaurants, bars and grills. All those University of Florida and Santa Fe College students must eat! So do the million of visitors who stream through the area …

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Here’s Why You Want to Live in Oakmont

Why You Want to Live in Oakmont

If you’re moving to Gainesville, Florida, you probably already know that Oakmont should be on your short list of communities. Cruise by and you’ll easily spot all the great reasons to buy or build here. Including an amazing landscape dotted with preserved old oaks, a huge choice of floor plans from six distinguished builders, and …

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You Can’t Get More Convenient Than Oakmont in Gainesville

Oakmont

If you’re moving to north central Florida and the Gainesville metro area, you’ll headed somewhere a lot of people are these days. The historic small city, which also is the University of Florida’s hometown, is bustling thanks to UF’s own expansion, new businesses and industries, research centers and nationally renowned hospitals and healthcare. A major …

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New Elementary School Coming Near Oakmont

Oakmont School

An 18-acre Oakmont property owned by the Alachua County School Board was chosen as the site of a new elementary school on Tuesday, December 4th. This site sits adjacent to Oakmont and was approved to be the new site of the Gainesville school in a unanimous 5-0 vote. Diversity among students is a priority in this new …

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