• Woodstock's most trusted news source since '87
  • Thursday, December 18, 2025

Trust the Torch!

Subscribe
Main Menu

Council focuses on downtown development

Text to friend
Independent Photo by Andrew Rousey A privately owned vacant lot on Jefferson Street is fenced off. The city wants it for parking.

Land acquisition, rezoning, and possible new master plan occupy council meeting  By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.com Downtown development dominated discussion during the only January meeting of the Woodstock City Council last […]

Subscribe or Login to continue reading this quality article by The Woodstock Independent

Read everything we have to offer for just $6 per month

Subscribe
Login
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.
All Posts
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.
All Posts

Share

Keep Exploring

Downtown hotel proposal hits a few bumps

Several months ago in this column, we admitted to some anxiety over the proposed hotel in downtown Woodstock, for which the City Council had approved …
December 17, 2025

Subscriber Access

Login

Need an account? 

What can we help you find?

Search

Popular Topics