About Us

Woodrun Neighborhood Association, Inc.

The Meadows at Woodrun is a residential subdivision of single family homes located nine miles east of the Capitol on US 27, South, in unincorporated Leon County, Florida. Established in 1978, the subdivision’s street names all have a British origin; however, the derivation of the community’s name is unknown. In the center of this 250 home community is Lake Windermere, a man-made water body, home to numerous species of waterfowl, fish and wildlife. A peaceful, friendly neighborhood, the Meadows at Woodrun is called home by persons of all walks and stages of life.

Woodrun Homeowners' Association, Inc., was chartered as a Florida not-for-profit corporation on July 14, 1978. The Articles of Incorporation are filed with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, under Document No. 743570.

At the time of formation, the association purchased from the developer a parcel in the subdivision to develop a park, as the primary purpose of the corporation was to provide park and recreational facilities for its members. The association paid for, and developed the park lot, which was later officially named Hank Finch Park, in memory of an active member, killed in an automobile accident in 1987.

The secondary purpose of the association stated in the original articles was to enforce the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions as recorded in the public records. Unbeknownst to the members of the association, this was problematic from the start as the same covenants, conditions and restrictions referenced in the articles failed to authorize the corporation to enforce them. Thus, the association had no legal authority to mandate membership as a condition of home ownership, to enforce adherence to the covenants, nor to assess annual membership fees.

Over the years the association has been held together and led by a small number of residents devoted to the cause of maintaining the park property and preserving and promoting a positive quality of life in the neighborhood.

In 2012, we began a revitalization effort by inviting all residents of the Meadows at Woodrun and The Meadows subdivisions to join us. We were met with considerable opposition because our communicated mission to be a voluntary organization was overshadowed by our chartered purpose as an enforcement body. So here we were, a voluntary homeowners' association. But there is no such thing according to Florida law. We did not meet the definition of a Homeowners' Association, as provided in Chapter 720, Florida Statutes. However, we couldn't just fade away as if we never existed, because we are a nonprofit corporation which owns real property, and must take care of that property. We weren't going to be defeated.

We spent most of 2012 and 2013 meeting with lawyers and others, planning our transition from a volunteer organization that had "Homeowners' Association" as part of its name into a neighborhood association. Although there is no legal definition of such, we modeled ourselves after other organizations whose missions we share...promoting a great neighborhood community. We also made sure our documents reflected the fact that we are NOT a homeowners' association!

We believe as residents of a subdivision we each have a mutual responsibility to each other as neighbors. When we buy a home in, or choose to live in a subdivision or neighborhood, we make a commitment to our neighbors: that we will respect each other and each other’s property; that we will take care of our own property so it doesn’t negatively impact our neighbors; and that we will contribute to a neighborhood environment that is clean, safe, attractive and welcoming. In other words, that we will be good neighbors. Given the Association's limitations, it is our desire to promote these goals through encouragement, not enforcement.

At our 2014 Annual Meeting on January 26th, we asked our membership to adopt two resolutions: one restating our Articles of Incorporation, and a second amending our Bylaws, officially changing our purpose and our name and reorganizing us as a voluntary neighborhood association. On February 20th, our Board of Directors met to sign and certify our restated articles and to begin the work of a neighborhood association. On February 24th, our restated articles were filed with the Secretary of State and our name was officially changed to Woodrun Neighborhood Association, Inc., making our transition complete.

Later in 2014, neighbors came together following a string of summertime burglaries and organized the Woodrun Neighborhood Crime Watch. In the years since, incidents of crime in the neighborhood have diminished.

In August 2015, following the direction of our Board of Directors, we applied for and received recognition as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

At the Annual Meeting in January 2016, the membership voted to amend the Association's Bylaws to include the interior streets of The Meadows subdivision (the west end of Balmoral Dr, Chaucer Ct, Cromwell Ct, Glendalin Rd, the west end of Olde Post Rd, Ulmer Ct, and the southern end of Windermere Rd) in the service area boundaries of the Association, since several residents of this subdivision have been active participants in the Association's activities for several years.

In 2017, our membership reached a record 45 households! With the generous assistance of local businesses, Tadlock Roofing and Tri County Metals, we accomplished the long overdue project of replacing the park pavilion's roof, and began focusing on enhancing our park property for use by our members. At the August Board of Directors meeting, the name was officially changed to "Woodrun Memorial Park," and the pavilion will be named in memory of active members of the association.

In the fall of 2017, we began exercising our advocacy function as we engaged the County with our concerns about the proposed master plan for further development of Apalachee Regional Park. Commissioner Kristin Dozier voiced our concerns with the County Administrator, and paved our way to dialogue and partner with County officials to rework plans for relocating the rural waste collection facility on the park property.