Overland Park was incorporated on May 20, 1960. Overland Park was awarded “Best city to raise a family” and “One of the most popular cities for millennials” in 2018.
Overland Park’s service sector constitutes most of the local economy. Health care, retail trade, professional and technical services, finance and insurance, and information technology are the city’s five largest industries.
In 2022, Money Magazine’s “Top Ten Best Places to Live in America” named Overland Park number 7 of the top ten. Money has compiled the annual list of 50 Best Places to Live in America every year since 1987.
Overland Park has a highly-valued local, historic and business-friendly community. The City of Overland Park welcomes tourists, visitors, new residents, tech entrepreneurs, and all value-added businesses.
The City of Overland Park, local residents, business, and neighborhoods embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many positive-minded and inspiring people as well as historic business-friendly communities.
Overland Park and its residents are rolling out the “Welcome to Overland Park”, “You’re Home Now”, welcome mat to new local entrepreneurs, new startups, online sales, business founders, new residents and more value-added businesses.