Groundhog Day and its movie-inspired festival provide ample opportunity for economic growth in Woodstock, local officials and businesses agree.“This being the 30th anniversary of the film helped,” Real Woodstock marketing […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comWoodstock’s third new executive director is the city’s second internal hire under its new local government organizational chart.Christina Betz, director of Public Works since October 2020, will be the […]
Brad Ball, the new president and CEO of the Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry, remembers being a third- or fourth-grader when his family lived in a Maryland suburb […]
Woodstock’s new executive director for business development has a plan to improve public communication from city government while developing a “cohesive” branding strategy in marketing what the city offers.“It’s a […]
Woodstock should feel good about the recent hirings of two new executive directors for city government as the City Hall organizational chart was officially restructured.Paul Christensen, the city’s director of […]
Two new executive directors were hired over two days last week from within two blocks of City Hall as Woodstock restructured its city government.Danielle Gulli, president of the Woodstock Area […]
The continuing popularity of the Woodstock Square as a filming site is good news and bad news for downtown businesses.On the one hand, filming crews mean more traffic and potential […]
Winning the nationwide T-Mobile ‘Hometown Techover’ contest? $3 millionMedia exposure for Woodstock’s winning? PricelessWoodstock will be featured on NBC’s Today Show on Friday morning, the day after T-Mobile formally announces […]
Restaurants were “the first casualties of the pandemic” said Krista Coltrin, Woodstock’s Economic Development coordinator.Beginning March 21, 2020, Illinois restaurants were closed to indoor dining by state order. When McHenry […]
If you take a walk or drive around the Woodstock Square, your eye can’t help but be drawn to two fire-engine red banners – one in each of two vacant […]
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