City Council members are scheduled to make decisions this week on the controversial Riverwoods housing development on Woodstock’s east side, from annexation to rezonig to preliminary plat approval.To accommodate an […]
By Lydia LaGuenews@thewoodstockindependent.comArtspace would bring a potential residential work space for artists in Woodstock, and the city’s Arts Commission brought interested residents together last week to talk about it.“We know […]
By Lydia LaGuenews@thewoodstockindependent.comIn the second half of 2023, Anne-Marie Whitmore Lenzini became the new chairwoman of the Arts Commission after former City Councilwoman Wendy Piersall resigned when she moved.The commission […]
At the end of a four-hour public hearing that involved several warnings about “inappropriate” conduct by people in the nearly full City Council chambers, only two of six Plan Commission […]
Lydia LaGuenews@thewoodstockindependent.comThe Woodstock Arts Commission will extend the deadline for proposals of an art installation at the city’s first traffic roundabout.During their June meeting last week, commission members reviewed three […]
Renovation of the Old Courthouse Center should be complete by mid-July to allow an opening in early-to mid-August for the new commercial tenants, the Woodstock Historic Preservation Commission was told.“We’re […]
Getting rejected by the Woodstock Plan Commission might have been the best thing that could have happened to the plan to redevelop the former Die Cast factory site.That was the […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comPickleball was batted around during a special meeting of the Parks and Recreation Commission this month.Woodstock currently has indoor pickleball courts at the Woodstock Recreation Center, but it […]
In a sharp contrast to earlier City Council meetings involving the sale of cannabis in Woodstock, last week’s approval of zoning for such a dispensing business came with no discussion.The […]
By Eileen Millardnews@the woodstockindependent.com Building senior housing as part of a proposed development of the former Die Cast factory site has some strong support despite a negative recommendation from the Woodstock […]
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