Get Engaged

Looking for ways to get engaged in your community? Check out some of Leon County’s upcoming events and programs.

Haunted Tallahassee: Legends, Lore, and Local Memory

When: Wednesday, October 15, from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Where: Leon County Main Library, 200 West Park Avenue

Hear the real stories behind our community’s most chilling legends in an evening of haunted history and captivating storytelling. This program uncovers the history woven into ghost tales that have echoed through our streets for generations. Blending eyewitness accounts, oral traditions, and historical research, learn how myths preserve memory and reflect the struggles, tragedies, and transformations of Leon County’s past.

This program is free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.

Stephanie Chandler, owner of Storied Paths, is a longtime Tallahassee resident, historian, and storyteller who brings the community’s past to life.

Trunk or Treat

When: Saturday, October 25, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 
Where: Old West Florida Enrichment Center, 2344 Lake Bradford Road

Get your costumes ready for Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Old West Florida Enrichment Center, 2344 Lake Bradford Road. Receive information about human services available in the community and enjoy fun for the whole family, including candy for all trick-or-treaters, music, snacks, and raffles with great prizes.

Since 2017, Leon County Government has implemented more than 500 citizen ideas to improve programs and services for Leon County residents.  Citizens have submitted bright ideas like:

• Adding a button to translate the County’s Emergency Information Portal website to keep citizens of any language proficiency informed during a disaster.

• Creating a “Help My Pet” sticker to assist first responders in contacting a pet caretaker when the owner cannot be reached.

• Declaring Florida Emancipation Day as a County holiday.

• As a pilot program, installing three electric vehicle charging stations at the Main Library and Eastside Branch Library.

• Transferring surplus Leon County EMS ambulances to Lively Technical Center to be used for training in the Diesel Truck Maintenance Program.

All of these suggestions came from citizens like you and are now implemented in Leon County!

Join Leon County in co-creating our one-of-a-kind community by sending your own bright ideas.