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City ‘truck stop’ gets early OK: City Council votes 5-2 to approved incentives for developer of BP station

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This Trio convenience store at Bull Valley and Crystal Lake roads in McHenry is a model for the “truck stop” Graham Enterprises is proposing at Route 47 and Country Club Road in Woodstock. (Independent staff photo)

Developers say their proposed truck stop in Woodstock won’t look like one. Rather than cater to big rigs, the diesel pumps in the back of the 4-acre BP property at Route 47 and Country Club Road will serve smaller fleet trucks – “HVAC guys, plumbers, landscapers,” said Brian Wente, vice president for retail operations and […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Picture of Larry Lough

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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