Woodstock Opens Georgia Cities Week with Free Touch-A-Truck Event April 20

The City of Woodstock will kick off Georgia Cities Week 2026 with its popular Touch-A-Truck event Monday, April 20, from 4 to 5 p.m. on East Main Street at The Park at City Center in downtown Woodstock. Free and open to all ages, the hands-on event gives children and adults a close-up look at the vehicles and equipment that Woodstock's public works crews, first responders, and parks and trails maintenance staff use every day.

Four city departments, Parks and Recreation, the Fire Department, the Police Department, and Public Works, are co-presenting the event, putting their full fleets on display. Attendees can climb into and around fire trucks, police cruisers, street sweepers, mowers, and other heavy equipment while talking with the city employees who operate them. It's the kind of access that rarely comes with the territory of daily municipal life, and for kids who've watched a street sweeper roll past and wondered what's inside the cab, it's a genuine payoff.

The event also carries some historical weight this year. Touch-A-Truck is part of the Georgia 250 in Woodstock celebration, a series of local programming tied to the 250th anniversary of the state of Georgia. Woodstock's participation connects a neighborhood-scale event to a statewide milestone, a reminder that Georgia's story includes the communities that have grown up alongside it.

Georgia Cities Week itself is an annual initiative of the Georgia Municipal Association, organized to highlight the everyday role city government plays in residents' lives. Roads get paved, parks get mowed, fires get fought, and neighborhoods stay safe, work that happens largely out of sight until something goes wrong. Woodstock's decision to open the week with Touch-A-Truck puts faces and handshakes behind that work, which is exactly the point.

Admission is free and no registration is required. For details on Touch-A-Truck and other Georgia Cities Week programming in Woodstock, visit woodstockga.gov/250.