Oklahoma Real Estate & Relocation Guide

Jenks, Oklahoma

Population: 16,400

Located in Tulsa County

From the small town at the turn of the century located along the railroad to the vibrant city of today, Jenks has set the standard in creating a community which offers visitors and residents small town charm with big city atmosphere.
 
Jenks, a town given much-deserved recognition in Southern Living Magazine,
Oklahoma Living and Discover Oklahoma, among other publications, draws more
than half a million visitors to its proper, thanks to Oklahoma Aquarium, the
city¹s premier attraction. Oklahoma Aquarium showcases more than 200
exhibits, including eight major galleries with more than 4,000 creatures
from oceans around the world.
 
Of course, the aquarium isn¹t the only draw this up-and-coming city has to
offer. Known for many years as the ³Antique Capital of Oklahoma,² Jenks
offers visitors a getaway from the norm. A shopping venue worth discovering
is Main Street, a unique strolling district that has Victorian charm with a
turn of the century feel. Enhancing this classic street will be a
cosmopolitan shopping development, Village on Main, also offering premier
dining and entertainment, with more than 200,000 square feet of restaurant,
retail and office space.  For more information, visit www.villageonmain.com.
Arriving at the heels of this new development is the city¹s annual Art on
Main festival, which earned the Jenks Chamber of Commerce Community
Foundation with the 2009 Outstanding Community Improvement Initiative title
from the Oklahoma Community Institute.  This event draws visitors from far
and wide and enhances the quality of life for residents and business,
contributing significantly to the social economic vibrancy of the community.
The award selection is based on the degree to which the project, program or
activity has had a positive impact in the community, demonstrates the spirit
of partnership, collaboration, and innovative ideas, and lends itself as a
model in other communities.
 
Jenks is also home to northeastern Oklahoma¹s only riverfront shopping and
entertainment district, RiverWalk Crossing. Built in 2005, this contemporary
lifestyle center, which overlooks the Arkansas River, comes alive with an
outdoor amphitheater playing live music. Visitors will find unique shops,
various dining choices, a first-run movie theater and outdoor cabana bars.
 
Another waterfront district residents and newcomers will marvel at is the
River District, an urban village concept, which will become the largest
mixed-use development in the state of Oklahoma. It will include 852,000
square feet of high-end retail shopping as well as a vibrant mix of
restaurants, cafes and entertainment venues. The River District, consisting
of more than 300 acres, will also include 650 hotel rooms and a small
convention facility. Additionally, plans include 400,000 square feet of
high-quality office space designed to attract both start-up companies and to
promote the relocation of established businesses to the Tulsa metro area.
The River District plans to include 300 condominium units in the initial
phase of the project, which overlook an 80-acre lake and will include
structured parking facilities. The project also boasts a fountain and water
feature set to a music library designed by Wet Labs of California. Wet Labs
is the company responsible for the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel in Las
Vegas and other worldwide hotel, casino and retail developments. Further
amenities include a town square, fashion district, park areas and lake
frontage.
 
As you can see, Jenks is a progressive, sustainable community that continues
encouraging mixed-use development and local economic initiatives that enable
businesses to thrive and residents to increase their quality of life.  With
its outstanding public education system, quality housing, safe streets,
economic opportunity, entertainment options, healthcare accessibility and
sense of community, it¹s no wonder why residents choose to make Jenks their
home and why Money Magazine ranked this city as one of the Best Places to
Live in 2007.
 
Within the last few years, Jenks has added twenty-two subdivisions with an
emphasis on various price points with new developments and home standards on
quality. Subdivision developments have home prices ranging from $150,000 to
well over $1 million. While seventy-seven percent of residents are
single-family homeowners, Jenks provides quality condo, townhouses and
apartment rental options. Seniors have the option of assisted and
non-assisted retirement living options. Housing values have remained stable
and new residential developments continue to be built, including the
235-acre Yorktown luxury subdivision. Since Jenks is only 20 square-miles in
size and connecting suburb to South Tulsa, accessibility to the public and
private education, three community parks, shopping, entertainment and
medical facilities is within a five-mile radius.
 
Jenks Public Schools is nationally-recognized as the 2005 winner of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation¹s highest Presidential
honor for quality and organizational performance excellence. The District,
which is the 11th largest in student population in the state, has a faculty
and staff of 1,240 educate and the PreK ­ 12 grade school enrollment of just
under 9,300 students. The JPS tradition of excellence results in a world
where high achievement, an outstanding athletics program, and multitudinous
opportunities for involvement in extracurricular activities abound. This
type of education results in 39 percent of Jenks residents having graduated
from college.
 
The progressive community of Jenks has plenty of green practices and
initiatives, including a Neighborwoods program encouraging residents to
plant hundreds of trees this year.  To support this initiative, the City of
Jenks has gone paperless through Laserfish digital storage system.  As for
the green space, there is much in abundance here with 13 community parks, 16
baseball fields, four girls¹ softball fields, a little league football
field, an 18-hole fairway green golf course, and the Veterans Memorial &
Park featuring 19 acres of large picnic pavilions for family outings  and
community events, a new state-of-the-art children¹s playground and
restrooms.  Another natural setting to enjoy is the Perryman Wrangler Ranch,
the first ranch established in the Tulsa area, which is available for
parties, barbecues, hayrides, youth activities, western entertainment,
Indian dances and dancing under the stars.
 
If that¹s not reason enough to draw you to this fantastic city of
exponential growth, then consider the fact that Jenks, Oklahoma has an
excellent industrial tax base, an outstanding school district, quality
housing, an advantageous location within the Tulsa metropolitan area, and
citizens who maintain small town values, Jenks continues to grow. At a
population of 10,000 Jenks today offers just plain "down home" living.
 
For more information on Jenks, visit www.jenkschamber.com.