City Council members are pushing back on the escalating costs of remodeling the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House.But despite their questions and concerns at last week’s council meeting, members voted […]
MobCraft Beer of Milwaukee wants to borrow from Woodstock’s revolving loan fund to set up its new micro-brewery and taproom on the lower level of the Sheriff’s House.Makity Make of […]
ShadowView announces brewery will shut down ‘in the coming months’With Woodstock just months away from a new brewpub opening in the Sheriff’s House portion of the Old Courthouse Center, the […]
Woodstock’s fourth microbrewery has signed a lease for space in the historic Sheriff’s House starting next spring – or whenever construction manager Bulley & Andrews completes renovations to Old Courthouse […]
If you failed to take advantage of either Dusty Boots Tour of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House – soon to be the Old Courthouse Center – you might have […]
Not until the middle of June 2019 did Woodstock have its first microbrewery producing stouts, ales, and IPAs.Three years later, the city is on the verge of getting its fourth.The […]
Knocking down walls and tearing up concrete at a 165-year-old building can yield surprises.Some of those unexpected discoveries added almost $250,000 that was approved last week by the Woodstock City […]
Three tenants are now under lease for the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House after the City Council last week approved an agreement with the Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce & […]
Declaring Public House restaurant “critical to the success” of the Old Courthouse renovation, Woodstock city officials have approved a $389,000 forgivable loan to help the business survive a five-month shutdown […]
Ten years ago this week, then-Mayor Brian Sager used his State of the City address to update the public on plans for the Old Courthouse.Three weeks ago, current Mayor Mike […]
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