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West Park, officially the City of West Park, is a municipality in Broward County, Florida, United States. It was created on March 1, 2005. It is located in the southeastern share of the county and consists of the neighborhoods of Carver Ranches, Lake Forest, Miami Gardens (Broward County), and Utopia. A large ration of the city lies west of the town of Pembroke Park, so the additional city was called “West Park”. The city has a population of 15,130 as of the 2020 census. The city is bordered by Miami-Dade County on the south, Pembroke Park on the east, Hollywood on the north and Miramar upon the west.

The back unincorporated neighborhoods of West Park embarked upon the road to incorporation in 2004, after the Florida Legislature approved House Bill 1491, which provided for an election upon November 2, 2004. Following a vote of 3,400 to 956 for incorporation, West Park was on its pretension to becoming Broward County’s 31st city. After the election, residents elected an temporary transition committee and held a series of workshops to get input on the level of municipal-type services to be provided. It was established that the extra municipality would be known as West Park until a consensus was reached upon a permanent name; this read out was as soon as retained. On March 8, 2005, Eric H. Jones, Jr., was elected Mayor and four Commissioners were elected: Felicia M. Brunson, Thomas W. Dorsett, Sharon Fyffe and Rita “Peaches” Mack. They were sworn-in as the municipality’s first elected leaders upon March 10, 2005.

In 2011 West Park, received acknowledgement from the national non-profit giving out KaBOOM! As the city garnered the designation of a 2011 Playful City USA community. This answer was final the city’s effort to “increase be active opportunities for children”.