O Gauge Model Trains with a Christmas/Winter Holidays Tilt.

Sam Miller and Linda Medlin, with the support of the Big Bend Model Railroad Association, are once again hosting Winter Holidays Model Trains.

They are opening up a two-car garage, with a Christmas-themed Lionel/MTH O Gauge layout.

This includes carnival rides, a Christmas festival and holiday-decorated model trains. BBMRA members will also operate a Garden Railroad oval and an HO, hands-on, switching layout for adventurous young engineers.

Was there a model train around your childhood Christmas tree?

Model trains have become a special part of many families’ Christmas traditions.

Here’s a chance to begin feeling the special delight of trains and Christmas a little early.

Woodgate Children’s Halloween Party

This year's special Halloween event is at the home of Kelly and Claire Logan, 3116 Brandywine Drive. The hours are 3 to 5 p.m.

Our neighborhood’s Halloween Party will be bigger and better than ever, featuring special events for both younger and older children. The party will include activities like Apple Walk, Puzzle Table, Cookie Decorating, Halloween Crafts, and Toilet Paper Bowling. Our celebration will be capped with a costume contest and parade.

New this year is a Halloween Model Train and Spooky Carnival Scene.

Welcome, kids, parents, and grandparents, as we celebrate one of the most fun-filled special events of the fall!.

Woodgate residents are urged to participate as sellers and buyers in this exciting event promoted to the Tallahassee area garage sale community by the Woodgate Neighborhood Association. This is a free event for Woodgate residents/sellers.

Price that extra stuff, put out a day-of-the-event sign in your front yard, and sit back. The WNA will post signs at the Thomasville Road and Huntington entrances.

Hopefully, you eliminate some of the clutter in your house and make a little money.

Have questions? Text WNA Vice President Sam Miller at (850) 459-3012.

Hello again neighbors! 

Spring is upon us and with spring comes our favorite event, Woodgate Day! Woodgate Day will be be held on Saturday, May 3, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Fieldstone Lane. This wonderful annual event is a celebration of our neighborhood, and an opportunity to greet old friends and make new ones. Families move into Woodgate regularly, and we are issuing a special invitation to our newcomers. 

Free hamburgers, hot dogs, soft drinks, water, and snow cones! Games for the kids, exhibits by businesses who support the neighborhood; and visits by our local police and sheriff’s departments as well as city and county dignitaries. Stop by the sign-in tent to get a name tag. If you haven’t joined the Woodgate Neighborhood Association or paid your dues for this year, you can take care of it there. The $25 dues can be paid through Venmo, check or cash; they support the wonderful events we host throughout the year. Please come and enjoy Woodgate Day!

Volunteers to set-up, work areas during the event, or to help take everything down when it's over are always needed! Please contact us if you're interested in volunteering or know any teens who need service hours who would be interested.

Thanks, hope to see you all there. 

We are postponing the Thursday night annual meeting because of the extreme cold weather. The new date is Wednesday January 29, 6:45 pm.

The 2025 Annual Meeting is scheduled Thursday, January 23, 2025, 6:45 to 9 p.m., in the Camellia Room at Dorothy Oven Park. This is an informal, but still important session including election of the Executive Board for 2025.  Leon County Commissioner Rick Minor, who regularly attends Woodgate activities, will be making remarks.

$10 WNA Dues Increases Effective January 1, 2026

From WNA President Matt Schreck:

A proposal that will be discussed and voted on at the Annual Meeting increases  annual Woodgate Neighborhood Association dues from $25 to $35, effective in 2026. The WNA relies on a few yearly newsletter advertisements and annual dues to (1) fund events throughout the year; (2) maintain our front island; (3) pay for our neighborhood website; (4) Print and distribute a quarterly newsletter and (5) Provide for committee specific expenses that are incurred through service such as our Neighbors Helping Neighbors Program and Community Outreach.

It has been over 20 years since the dues were last raised and, in that time, I think we can all agree that expenses have drastically increased. The increased revenue from raised dues will help us to be able to put more into our events and programs that serve and provide entertainment for the neighborhood.

If you would like your voice and opinion heard on the matter, we look forward to hearing it! Please attend our Annual Meeting which will be held on January 23rd (6:45 pm) at Dorothy B. Oven Park.

Christmas Holiday Lighting Contest - Woodgate’s Christmas Holiday Lighting Contest is Thursday, December 19, with judging by a special local dignitary (to be announced soon). Begin your decorating now and you are automatically entered.

Christmas lighting on the Woodgate Island at Thomasville Road – by a group headed by Matt Schreck and Diana Bixler – is terrific again, but not part of the competition. The lights have been sponsored this year and last year by a donation from a wonderful, long-time Woodgate resident, who wants to be anonymous.

Holiday decorations seem to be more and better in our neighborhood each year. Households or residents in good standing are eligible for consideration of winning the Christmas Holiday Lighting award. Look for a “Yard of the Season” sign in the winner’s yard the next morning.