Visitors to the city of Woodstock website will get a glimpse of the downtown on several pages. A photo in the background shows Van Buren Street, with Papa G’s restaurant on the southeast corner at Dean Street and Read Between the Lynes bookstore just west of Starbucks. The problem is, the bookstore moved a block […]
Is Woodstock a sleepy little town, best described as close-knit, comfortable, and down-to-earth? Or is it a hub of exciting activity that people see as vibrant, irreverent, and dynamic? Those were among the dozens of descriptive and conflicting adjectives Woodstock residents suggested to describe their hometown during a series of focus groups conducted last fall […]
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