Looking for a new home in Woodstock? Good luck. With the closeouts of Apple Creek Estates, the Maples at the Sonatas, and the D.R. Horton Homes in the Sanctuary in Bull Valley, your only hope is to wait for the home that the School District 200 building trades program is constructing at 1550 Sandpiper Lane […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Spring 2024 is the projected completion date of the $22 million Foglia Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation at McHenry County College. The 52,000 square feet of educational space will support advanced technology and manufacturing program growth in McHenry County. Groundbreaking for the project was in October. The classroom and teaching lab […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com A compilation of business developments around Woodstock over the past year. JANUARY Food Shed Co-op planned to break ground in 2022 after reaching its $1.75 million fundraising goal toward building a new grocery store along U.S. 14 at Lake Shore Drive, but by year’s end building had not started. Ashley Marulli opened […]
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 city is just weeks away from losing one of three existing microbreweries. ShadowView owners John and Mark Koziol announced on Facebook that four years […]
Woodstock area diners are opening their arms to embrace chicken wings with the opening of Wingstopin the Jewel-Osco shopping center. “Based on the opening, Woodstock was excited,” said Wingstop marketing coordinator Laura Menk. Business has been brisk since the doors opened about a week ago. The store, at 121 S. Eastwood Drive, opened about 10 […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com A major expansion that increased both its land and plant size in Woodstock was completed recently by MAC Automation Concepts, 1760 Kilkenny Court, a supplier of auxiliary equipment and parts-handling solutions to the plastics industry. The company acquired an additional 4.4 acres to increase its property to 7.5 acres and added a […]
Holiday business promos for Winter in Woodstock This week marks the unofficial kickoff to the holiday season in Woodstock with the launch of the Legend of the Pickle Scavenger Hunt. Hunters have until Dec. 12 to fill out their game cards by searching for “pickles” hidden in Woodstock shops and restaurants. Prizes include an iPad. […]
For 57 years, Reichert Chevrolet has been in the business of selling vehicles and turning over the keys to the new owners. On Oct. 31, John Reichert, 75, turned over the keys of his dealership to a pair of new owners. Jose Cazares, Rockford, and Lee Schreiber, Geneva, have partnered to purchase the established dealership, […]
Ortmann’s Red Iron Tavern owners Ryan and Tammy Ortmann have always had plans for their outdoor space, implementing it in phases as time and finances allow. Late this summer, they completed a project that would expand the bar’s useable space and offer them new business options. The new addition, measuring 35 by 38 feet, is […]
For new local business owner Bernadette Eerebout, Woodstock is the next stop on the adventure of life that has brought her and her husband, Jean-Louis, across four continents from a sugar cane plantation in Africa through France and South America, and finally, to a flooring business in the heart of town. The couple, originally from […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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