FIRST OPEN COMMUNITY MEETING Tuesday, September 1 6–7:30 PM East Regional Library Free & open to everyone Details →

The most important thing you can do before September 1

Ask the question Woodhaven needs answered.

Submitting a question is one of the easiest—and most effective—ways to support your community. It takes only a few minutes, requires no membership and gives invited participants time to prepare a real answer.

What do you want Councilmember Peoples, Blue Ridge Cascade, City staff, Michael Crain, Will Northern, WNA leadership or another stakeholder to address? Questions may be directed to people attending or preserved for follow-up with those who cannot attend. Ask about development, TIF 13, the community center, streets, sidewalks, traffic, parks, neighborhood representation—or anything else affecting Woodhaven.

No speech required. No fee. No membership. You do not have to attend—and you do not have to agree with Woodhaven Unites or any invited participant.

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Public power, public money and major development—explained in plain language.

Woodhaven Unites was founded by Woodhaven resident Erika Graham. It is independent of WNA, WCD, developers, campaigns and City offices, and participation is free for renters, homeowners and local businesses.

Headlines

What is happening in Woodhaven—and what residents need to know now.

Start with what is coming up, then scan the newest stories. Each headline gives you enough context to understand why it matters; read the full story when you want the background or open the record when you want to verify it yourself.

Headline → Story → Record

Former golf course UPDATED

The first petition is gone. The preferred vision is now public.

Blue Ridge Cascade says its original petition is completely set aside and will not be used as evidence of community support. WoodhavenTogether.com now presents a detailed agri-neighborhood vision. The live question is how much of the project remains genuinely open to materially different alternatives — and how closely the proposal actually follows the Conservation Plan it repeatedly invokes.

Listen Start with what residents live every day.
Investigate Find the records behind the problem.
Explain Show what the decision means in real life.
Advocate Organize before the outcome is fixed.

Two ways of making a home

Renters and homeowners both have a real stake in Woodhaven.

We may experience the neighborhood differently, but neither voice is secondary. Woodhaven Unites gives each equal standing.

If you rent

Your lease is still your home.

You deserve safe conditions, responsive management, secure parking and walkways and a voice before redevelopment or public funding decisions affect where and how you live.

  • Safe housing and accountable property management
  • Safer parking areas, sidewalks, crossings and bus access
  • Meaningful input before relocation or redevelopment

If you own

Your home is both personal and a major investment.

You deserve development decisions that account for drainage, traffic, access, privacy, neighborhood character and property values before approvals are granted or public money is committed.

  • Responsible development and compatible land use
  • Protection from avoidable traffic, drainage and access impacts
  • Transparent evaluation of public costs and private benefits

What we share

Safety, reliable infrastructure and a government that listens before it decides.

Safe streets and properties Responsible use of public money Open, representative decision-making

A visible resident record

Say it to us. We will publish it.

Woodhaven Unites is not another private BCC list. Renters, homeowners and business owners should be able to see what others are saying, respond openly and decide for themselves whether anyone truly speaks for the neighborhood.

Enter the Community Forum
Your experience is evidence.

A resident account can reveal the question that a spreadsheet misses. We verify what can be verified, protect private details and clearly label firsthand experience.

A different model for community voice

Your voice should not cost $75—or $150.

The Woodhaven Neighborhood Association can represent its members. A dues-paying organization should not automatically be treated as the voice of every person who lives or does business in Woodhaven.

$75 / $150

Woodhaven Neighborhood Association

Voting and membership privileges require annual dues.

Association materials list $75 for residential membership and $150 for businesses, condos and apartments. They say dues support advocacy, representation, lobbying and a “unified voice.” Its bylaws state that non-dues-paying registered residents do not receive voting or membership privileges.

That may define who speaks within the association. It does not establish the views of the entire neighborhood.

Free

Woodhaven Unites

Every eligible adult resident can join and vote without paying.

Renters and homeowners have equal standing. Donations are voluntary and never affect voting, participation, access or the weight given to a resident’s viewpoint.

One eligible adult resident. One vote. No price of admission.

Independent. Transparent. Resident-Led.

A neighborhood is more than property lines. It is the people living inside them.