Woodland Community

Programs

Check out our Current Programs

In partnership with Woodland Community Land Trust, Woodland Community Development Corporation assists low-income families in their housing needs.  At this time there are 21 families  living as residents. Through our homeownership program, families receive training on budgeting, financial management, preventive maintenance and a clear picture of what it means to be a homeowner. Staff is a certified housing councilor.

Back to Top

Woodland offers overnight accomadations to small groups who wish to volunteer or overnight guests who wish to spend time in the community.  The guest house sleeps six comfortably and has a fully furnished kitchen.  Cost is $8 a person or a minimum of $30 a night. 

Back to Top

Starting in 2003, Woodland began a partnership with The Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Chattanooga to build a relationship with youth from Lookout Mountain.   For the past three years, youth from Jellico and the Clearfork Valley ages 10-17 attended Camp Bob with youth from the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church.  The youth have a great time playing sports, participating in arts and crafts, and making new friends.  There they can be a kid and learn to trust in themselves and others. This past October, the youth traveled to Chattanooga to visit the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church.  There they went site-seeing, learned more about the area, and attended church services. Mountain to Mountain provides youth in the area an opportunity to explore their region and their country, meet other youth and adults, and form lasting bonds of friendship. 

Back to Top

A new project started in the fall of 2008, TN-KY Helpers offers middle and high school students the opportunity to take on a leadership role in their community. 

This year the TN-KY Helpers:

  • Organized a successful stream clean up of Laurel Fork Creek
  • Performed an orginial skit at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
  • Assisted with an arts and craft day for their younger peers

As the youth suggest new projects, Woodland staff will help support them as they make them into a reality.  This coming year will be spent working with the youth in developing a program that will give them a more formal training in leadership development, peer to peer exchanges, and an outlet to give them a voice in the challenges that they are facing.  If you are in middle or high school and would like to participate in the TN-KY Helpers please contact us at woodland@jellico.com

Back to Top Join the TN/KY Helpers

This project gives volunteers the skills and support they need to test the water quality of the streams and creeks where they live. For more information or to volunteer to test water click here.

Back to Top

The mission of the Clearfork Seasonal Market is to nurture and support local production through mountain heritage and culture, while promoting healthy living; involving youth through education; and cultivating economic development.  

The Clearfork Seasonal Market is hosting a Christmas Craft Show December 4th from 4:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m at the Clearfork Community Institute. Find more information here.

The Clearfork Seasonal Market will meet twice a month on the first and third Saturdays of the month throughout the growing season. Vendors sell produce, crafts, and value added products. The Clearfork Seasonal Market is a great place to see your neighbors, listen to or play music, and buy fresh food. For more information or to sell your own products email the market at clearforkseaonalmarket@yahoo.com.

The Clearfork Seasonal Market held a Christmas Craft Show at the Clearfork Community Institute on Dec 4th, 2009. The event was a huge success and will likely be repeated. If interested in participating in next year's event please contact Alexandra Ash.

Back to Top

Description coming soon.

Back to Top

 

For several months, Woodland has been working diligently to make space available to offer sewing classes to individuals in the community.  We have received a donation of 12 new sewing machines.  The Knoxville Women’s Sewing Guild has made a commitment to assist us with these classes.  We hope this will bring about an appreciation of sewing and making crafts and lead to additional economic opportunities.

Back to Top

 

This year we are collecting stories and memories about quilting in the Clearfork Valley. We will bring these stories together with photographs of the quilts and their creators into a booklet. More Info

Back to Top

Woodland owns almost 400 acres of forest land.
As a community we are deciding how best to manage this. In the fall of 2008 the resident associates came together and spoke about how they want the land to be used. Woodland residents have determined that their most important objectives for Woodland’s land include preserving the water supply, planting and protecting native plants, protecting threatened wildlife, repairing stripped land and increasing wildlife populations. To see a list goals for Woodland's land click here.
This non-profits service by Grassroots.org and Doodlekit™ Free Website Builder