Lauderdale Lakes, formally the City of Lauderdale Lakes, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Since the 2010 USA Census, the city’s population was 32,593. It is part of the Miami– Ft Lauderdale– West Palm Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is house to 5,564,635 people.
The City of Lauderdale Lakes was included on June 22, 1961. The City consists of a location of around four-square miles in the “heart” of Broward County, with its center at the crossroads of State Road 7/ US 441 as well as Oakland Park Boulevard.
At the time of consolidation, there were approximately 300 homeowners in the area. The physical look of the City was greatly different than it is today. State Roadway 7, after that a two-lane wholehearted roadway, was the major road via the City. The community was primarily rural, with most of the land made use of for farming and also grazing. In the very early days, the City’s only fire engine was staffed by 5 volunteers, and also the “fire station” was nothing greater than a parking area on State Roadway 7. The initial City Hall was located in a building and construction trailer on an development site.
With the 1960s and 1970s, the City turned into a lively neighborhood boasting a varied populace, financial vigor as well as attractive communities surrounded by sparkling lakes. Ever since, new building and construction, brand-new citizens as well as an increasing service base have actually produced a flourishing country atmosphere suitable for living, working as well as playing. As countywide advancement has spread westward, Lauderdale Lakes has actually come to be not only easily central, yet additionally extremely preferable.
Today, the initial personnel of both have actually expanded to approximately 100 full time workers as well as more than 40 part-time workers, boosted by a group of 107 Broward Sheriff’s Office workers. Along with both original departments, the City has grown to offer the requirements of our neighborhood with specialized departments including Parks and also Human Services, Public Works as well as Development Services, Financial Services, as well as Human Resources and Danger Management.
In March 1998, the locals of Lauderdale Lakes chose a modification from a Mayor/City Council to a Mayor/City Commission/City Manager kind of federal government. The new leadership held a tactical preparation as well as visioning session, in which they recognized interesting brand-new goals and also objectives that are now being implemented.
