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Sunday, November 1, 2026Nov 1

Barry Courter


The Woodshop is striving to build a community in Chattanooga’s St. Elmo neighborhood

Pate Russell has several goals for The Woodshop Listening Room, a music venue and watering hole in St. Elmo that he runs with Tyler Rozzell and Dylan Hackett, but the ultimate hope is that it will be the gathering place for the community, a place neighbors can walk to in the morning for a muffin and a cup of coffee and gather later in the day for a business lunch or a casual get-together or civic meeting.

Contributed photo by Pate Russell / Frank Hurricane, right, and Kylen Bailey check out the vinyl record collection in the at The Woodshop Listening Room’s Johnny Love Record Shop Cafe. The Woodshop has extended its hours of operation and increased the size of its record collection, which visitors can check out while they eat or enjoy a beverage.