WOODLAKE is an award-winning Planned Urban Development (PUD) located in northwestern Chesterfield County approximately 30 minutes from downtown Richmond and approximately 40 minutes from the Richmond International Airport. Amenities include a 1700-acre recreational lake and reservoir for use with wind-, man-, or electric-powered vehicles. Wildlife abounds! Other wonderful features of the community include over 30 miles of paved bike trails, parks, playgrounds, and neighborhood schools. Restaurants, hotels, and shopping are all available on the perimeters of the residential areas. The Woodlake Community Association (WCA) offers a separate membership for enjoying the two pool and tennis court areas. One of the pool areas features an indoor poor for year-round swimming and a health club. There are churches of just about all denominations right around the corner!

     This popular PUD features about 2500 properties with all different shapes, styles, and price ranges of homes & town homes on mostly wooded lots. Some front on the lake. Prices range from around $80,000 for a one-bedroom condominium to over $1,000,000 for a lake-front contemporary home. There is a nice mix of colonial, traditional, transitional, and contemporary homes making up over 40 individual neighborhoods. Each of the neighborhoods have a slightly different "feel", price range, and style of home giving you several choices that may appeal to you. Being a PUD means monthly association dues of $23.00 per developed property and $20.00 per undeveloped lot. These dues have not fluctuated very much from the beginning of Woodlake in 1980! Dues cover maintenance of the bike trails, parks, playgrounds, management fees, and beautification of the landscaped entrances to the neighborhoods. Additionally, the WCA uses dues to supplement the Chesterfield County Police with added night patrols both on the streets and on the bike trails to maintain the already very low crime rate. When you buy a property in this PUD, you receive documents detailing the covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs) from the WCA. The WCA also inspects the property to make sure that it conforms to the CC&Rs. These CC&R's are truly developed to protect property values and are not meant to do anything else!

     Chesterfield County Schools serve Woodlake and area businesses and organizations support all of the schools' activities with volunteers, time, and money. Depending on where you live in Woodlake, your K - 5 children will go to either WOOLRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL or CLOVERHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Computer education begins in the kindergarten classroom. All children then attend SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL for 6th - 8th grades, and on to CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL for 9th - 12th grades. The high school hosts the county's Math/Science Center. All of these schools have enjoyed strong PTA relationships. These schools rank in the top of the county, the top of the Richmond Tri-City area, and in the top 5% of Virginia as well. Private schools are available and are of excellent quality. Some are supported by church affiliations.

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