By Tricia Carzoli news@the woodstockindependent.com Something looks amiss in the façade of the Woodstock Opera House. “The windows are being taken out to be restored,” Opera House Director Daniel Campbell […]
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 side. It was the end of a long road. Housing and commercial development for the site had been proposed as far back as 1988, with […]
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 expected big crowd, council’s regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday has been moved to the Opera House, rather than Council Chambers in City Hall. […]
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 survey is available at woodstockil.gov/996/Parks-Master-Plan A link is also available on the city of Woodstock Facebook page. The survey will be open until April 26 […]
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 Square. “We started this project seven years ago,” Lieb told the City Council last week. “We’re still not there yet as far as the right […]
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 outdoor fitness court in a new inclusive playground as part of an intergenerational complex in Emricson Park. The bigger grant will come from the Illinois […]
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 Realty. Phase 1, which would break ground by September, includes a five-story, 70-unit, affordable housing building for people 55 and older. Phase 2 would be […]
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 ordinance were considered last week, the council considered the matters separately even though the Building and Zoning staff presented them together. Council members voted to […]
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 + Marketing. The new motto – branding professionals call it a strapline – and logos were rolled out over the weekend in a 1,100-word announcement […]
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 agreement with Chicago Hubs Realty calls for a five-story, 70-unit, affordable housing building for people 55 and older to begin by September, and a four-story, […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
