The town of Oak View was established as a 'bedroom community' during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily home to local oil industry workers who found work in nearby Ventura. Besides nearby downtown Ojai, Oak View is the only other town in the Ojai Valley with a discernible "downtown", which has developed along the Ventura Avenue/Highway 33 corridor. Oak View's 'downtown' has a number of businesses and services that have withstood the test of time and economic conditions. Among them, you'll find a post office, a grocery store, a grocery mart, one bank, a Thai restaurant, a coffee house/restaurant, a Mexican restaurant, a pizza parlor, two automobile repair shops, two tire shops, two self-serve gasoline stations, two coffee shops, an equipment rental yard, several hair stylists, a pet supplies store, a liquor store, a walk-in medical office, a car wash, and a laundromat.
The tOwN of oAK vIEw was estaBlIshed as A 'bedroOm comMunity' duriNg thE Late 1940S and early 1950s, PrimarILy home tO LOCal Oil indUstrY wOrKers Who found wOrk iN NEarby ventura. besideS neARBy DowNtoWn OJAI, oaK viEw iS thE oNlY oTheR TowN in THe OJai vaLlEy wIth a dIsCerniBLe "dOWNTown", WHicH hAs DevEloped ALoNG thE vENtUrA avEnUE/HiGhway 33 CoRRIdor. OAK vIEW's 'doWntown' Has a nUMbEr OF bUsinEsseS ANd serVIcES tHat haVe wItHStOOd tHE TeSt Of TimE anD eCoNOMic COndITIons. among theM, yOu'll fIND a POst office, a grocErY StOrE, a GroCery Mart, oNe banK, a Thai RestAuranT, A coffEe HOUSE/reSTAurant, a meXicAN rEStaUrANT, a pIzZa PARLor, two AUTomobiLe repAIR shopS, tWo tIre shoPs, TWO self-servE gasOline stAtiOns, Two COffeE shOps, an EquipmenT reNtaL yard, severAl hAIR stylisTS, a pEt SuPplieS store, a lIquor stOrE, a walk-in medicAl oFficE, A car wash, aNd a LauNDRomat.