More than $115,000 in tourism-related grants have been made to 14 organizations for 2023-24 from Woodstock’s hotel-motel tax revenue. The City Council last week approved Tier 1 grants to three organizations based on their history of generating tourism. The Woodstock Opera House received $40,000; the Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry received $30,000; and […]
City deadline March 31 for hotel-motel tourism grant Applications are due March 31 for applications for this year’s hotel/motel use tax tourism grants offered by the city of Woodstock. Instructions are available at woodstockil.gov or may be requested as shown below. Awards will be announced in early May. All project funds must be expended no […]
Tour construction zone inside Old Courthouse Plan to get a little dirty at the Dusty Boots Tour at the Old Courthouse, 101 N. Johnson St., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 30. The building, along with the Sheriff’s House, is undergoing final stages of an $18 million restoration and renovation that is scheduled […]
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