Woodbine Neighborhood Association

Taste of Woodbine Restaurant Neighborhood Nights

The Taste of Woodbine series continues in the new year! The first Monday of each month (Margarita Monday) you know you’ll run into other Woodbiners at La Hacienda, and now we can say the same for the second Monday of each month at Ginger Thai Restaurant, and the 4th Monday of each month at House of Kabob! With our monthly neighborhood meetings occurring on the 3rd Monday of each month, there’s now a way to catch up with your neighbors each week. Taste of Woodbine Neighborhood Nights for March are as follows: March 5^th at La Hacienda, March 12^th at Ginger, and March 26^th at House of Kabob. All times are 6:30 PM-ish. These restaurants are just a few to get you started–Woodbine is full of fresh, authentic food, so dive in!

If you would like to add a Woodbine house concert, holiday party, or any other personally hosted event to the calendar on our website, please email the info to woodbineneighborhoodassociation@yahoo.com

March Meeting

At our next Woodbine Neighborhood Association meeting on Monday March 19^th at 6:00 PM, at Coleman Park Community Center, we’re thanking those in Metro Government who were so helpful to us in our first year, especially the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods, Metro Nashville Police Department, and Metro Public Works—without whom we could not have had such success with traffic calming measures in Woodbine. We’ll have a special potluck in their honor, and also do garden planning and choose a date for our annual Woodbine Spring Clean (usually held in April of each year).

WNA meetings are held on the third Monday of each month, at 6:00 PM, at Coleman Park Community Center.

where’s woodbine?

Woodbiners Extraordinaire Tosha and Chris came up with what we think is a fabulous idea for our very first Woodbine bumper sticker: “where’s woodbine?”  We hear that a lot when we tell people we live in Woodbine, so this is a fun way to draw attention to our neighborhood. It’ll have the WNA website link too, so people can see exactly where Woodbine’s located!

Membership Renewal

Last but not least, if you haven’t yet renewed your WNA membership, it’s easy to do so. Membership is open to all, at only $10.00 per household. Remember, annual voting is limited to members who actually reside in Woodbine but all other perks apply to all paid members (such as periodic discounts at neighborhood businesses, AND knowing you’re helping your neighborhood). If you’d like to renew your membership just bring $10.00 (cash only) to the next meeting or email woodbineneighborhoodassociation@yahoo.com for more info.

Connect

Find us on facebook, Twitter (http://twitter.com/woodbiners), or online at www.woodbineneighborhoodassociation.com

If you’d like to be added to our email list, just send your full name and your preferred email address to woodbineneighborhoodassociation@yahoo.com

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead

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Presidents’ Day is a paid holiday for many of you, therefore we will NOT have a Woodbine Neighborhood Association meeting in February. We will be sharing the agenda for our March meeting (March 19th) soon, and it’s going to be a GREAT one (as well as a potluck), so save the date!

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Reminder! Our next Woodbine night at Ginger Thai is Monday February 13th at 6:30 pm. Catch up with your neighbors during this winter cold spell, and warm up with a steaming bowl of Pho or a spicy curry.

The Taste of Woodbine series continues in the new year! The first Monday of each month (Margarita Monday) you know you’ll run into other Woodbiners at La Hacienda, and now we can say the same for the second Monday of each month at Ginger Thai Restaurant, and the 4th Monday of each month at House of Kabob! With our monthly neighborhood meetings occurring on the 3rd Monday of each month, there’s now a way to catch up with your neighbors each week.

Yelp Reviews for Ginger Thai

Yelp reviews of La Hacienda

Yelp reviews of House of Kabob

These restaurants are just a few to get you started–Woodbine is full of fresh, authentic food, so dive in!

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Woodbiners, listen up! This month we welcome special guests Cathie Dodd of the non-profit Woodbine Community Organization, and Martin Kennedy of the Boys Preparatory Nashville charter school. Cathie will be speaking to us about the many resources the WCO has to offer, such as VITA (help with tax preparation), The Woodbine Senior Citizens’ group, Financial Fitness courses, the Homebuyers’ Club, Loss Mitigation for those who have received foreclosure notifications, and the Hardest Hit Fund (mortgage assistance for those who have had a 30% or more decrease in income). If you know of anyone in our neighborhood who could benefit from any of these programs/ classes, please make sure to bring them to the meeting.

Cathie will also bring along Martin Kennedy, founder of Boys’ Preparatory Nashville, to talk to us about a new charter school for boys opening soon in South Nashville. This will be an information-packed night with something for everyone, we hope you’ll join us!

When: Monday January 23rd, 2012 at 6:00 PM

Where: Coleman Regional Community Center

See you then!

Tamara, Mary, David, Bryn, Jane and Tosha

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The Taste of Woodbine series continues in the new year! The first Monday of each month you know you’ll run into other Woodbiners at La Hacienda, and now we can say the same for the second Monday of each month at Ginger Thai Restaurant! Our first Woodbine night at Ginger Thai is Monday January 9th at 6:30 pm. Catch up with your neighbors after the holidays, and warm up with some great soups and curries. Here’s the Nashville Scene’s review of Ginger.

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Monday December 12^th, 6 pm, Coleman Park Community Center

Thanks for your recommendations for a charity we could help this year, Woodbiners! One suggestion was the Salvation Army’s Angel tree program. I spoke to the Angel Tree folks and it turns out there is an overwhelming need this year and not enough people adopted for gift-giving, so they have a program for these folks called “Forgotten Angels”. This group includes seniors, children, and people with disabilities. They gather presents for them and then distribute them as needed from their warehouse. According to the Salvation Army workers, universal gifts that seniors like are fleece throws, food gift cards, or slipper socks, and kids like dolls, cars, and board games. You can find more information here: Salvation Army Forgotten Angels . So, please bring an unwrapped gift to our potluck on Monday, December 12^th and our board members will get the gifts to the Salvation Army the next day.

Also, more big news for our potluck! Jason Eskridge will be doing an acoustic set! You may have met him at the Woodbine Farmers’ Market, he’s a big fan. Jason has served as a studio vocalist for such acts as Lyle Lovett, Randy Travis, Jonny Lang, Ronnie Milsap, Eric Johnson, Nicole C. Mullen, Marc Broussard, eLi, Micah Dalton, Grits, Verbs, Circadian Rhythm, Sammy Ward, DJ Maj, and Toby Mac. He’s also traveled, opening or singing backup, for Lyle Lovett, Jonny Lang, Nicole C. Mullen, eLi, Micah Dalton, Grits, Knowdaverbs, and Pigeon John and has been featured as a guest vocalist on numerous projects. We’re super excited to have him serenade us as we chow down and reflect on our year. Get out those recipes and tacky sweaters!

On the business end of things, we’ll be accepting membership dues for the new WNA year too, so please bring $10.00 cash per household for your new membership cards.

Unos cuantos días más para nuestra fiesta navideña, así que ¡a sacar las sartenes y a preparar los platillos que vamos a compartir! Además, éste será el primer evento que realizaremos con los nuevos miembros de la junta directiva, Bryn y Tosha. Si saben qué van a traer, pueden publicarlo aquí en el muro del evento. ¡Nos vemos el lunes!

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Save the date: Our 2nd annual holiday potluck will be Monday December 12th, 6 pm, at Coleman Park Community Center. We have lots to celebrate and to be thankful for as we end our first year, and we want to spread the love by asking for small donations that we can give back to the neighborhood. Donations can be collected at the potluck. We’re looking for your ideas of organizations we could donate to, so if you have a recommendation, please email it to woodbineneighborhoodassociation@yahoo.com.

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The Woodbine Neighborhood Association would like to extend a huge thank you to the Cumberland River Compact, Cub Scout Pack 77, Randall Lantz of Metro Parks, and of course the lovely volunteers from Woodbine for the donation/planting of 10 gorgeous Princeton Elms at Coleman Park. Keep dreaming big, Woodbiners!

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Monday night, 11/21/11, 6 pm, Coleman Park Community Center

It’s meeting time again, Woodbiners! On Monday night we’ll have three special guests, AND we’ll welcome our new board members for the upcoming year! Leslie Hayes of the South Nashville Family Resource Center will tell us about all of the new things they have going on for South Nashville, and Woodbine, including the Community Kitchen—a teaching kitchen sponsored by CASTLES, the South Nashville Family Resource Center, and the Woodbine Farmer’s Market at Coleman Community Center. Roxanne Ross, principal at Whitsitt Elementary School, will tell us all about the latest happenings, as well as needs, of the beautiful and diverse students and families in our neighborhood.  Last but not least, Councilman Tony Tenpenny will speak to us about Enterprise Rental Car’s desire to obtain zoning approval to move into the space at Melrose and Nolensville Road (the former Shell gas station).

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In lieu of October’s Woodbine Neighborhood Association meeting, we’ll instead have the Woodbine Roast, an event many of you have requested. Shop at the Woodbine Farmers Market the previous Saturday, or raid your own garden, then make a special fall recipe with your purchases to share with your neighbors on Monday. Oh, and wear your favorite sweater!

Monday October 17th, 6 pm, Coleman Park Community Center (384 Thompson Lane)

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