After a five-and-a half hour meeting held April 2 in the Woodstock Opera House, the Woodstock City Council unanimously approved the controversial Lennar Homes Riverwoods housing development on Woodstock’s east […]
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 […]
By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock residents who want to share their thoughts and preferences about Woodstock’s upcoming 10-year Parks Master Plan can do so by taking an online survey. The […]
Placing two cameras to keep an eye on Main and Benton streets in the downtown is just the beginning of the Woodstock Police Department plan to improve security around the […]
Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock is getting even more millions in grants to upgrade facilities, this time $2.79 million to renovate the city’s 35-year-old Recreation Center plus $50,000 toward an […]
Development at the former Die Cast factory site in Woodstock includes two phases of construction – and possibly three – under a redevelopment agreement between the city and Chicago Hubs […]
Where Woodstock will allow smoke shops to do business and solar farms to be built locally is being reconsidered by the City Council. When changes to the city’s uniform development […]
Woodstock is “Classically Different, From Every Angle.” At least it will be in marketing strategies that employ new branding tools developed with the help of consultant North Star Place Branding […]
Work on a senior housing development at the former Die Cast factory site in Woodstock would begin by September under a redevelopment agreement approved Tuesday by the City Council. The […]
Voters throughout McHenry County are likely to have a universal voting site in Woodstock starting this year. Final approval is expected this week for the county clerk’s elections office to […]
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