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Courthouse ‘fatigue, frustration’: Remodeling change orders top $1.5 million; project nears $20 million

City Council members are pushing back on the escalating costs of remodeling the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House. But despite their questions and concerns at last week’s council meeting, members voted unanimously for the consent agenda that included an additional $262,000 in the contractor’s change orders for the project. That brings the added costs over […]

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What’s brewing? Fourth beer maker for Woodstock signs lease for Sheriff’s House space

Woodstock’s fourth microbrewery has signed a lease for space in the historic Sheriff’s House starting next spring – or whenever construction manager Bulley & Andrews completes renovations to Old Courthouse Center. The City Council this week approved the five-year lease for MobCraft Beer to occupy about 3,000 square feet inside the 1887 Sheriff’s House and […]

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You want to dig wells where?

As progress on restoration of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House moves toward new civic and commercial uses, public support might falter if contractors start digging up the northwest corner of the Park in the Square for a geothermal system for the historic buildings. Even some members of the Woodstock City Council had concerns last […]

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2020 put normal on hold

Coronavirus affected virtually every aspect of our lives since March

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Courthouse project gets green light

Two months after pumping the brakes on Woodstock’s aggressive program to upgrade streets, the City Council has put remodeling of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House on the fast track. Council members had voted 7-0 in October to “pause” the street program that saw more than 19 lane miles resurfaced this year with a $9.4 […]

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Courthouse plan coming together

Plans for new uses of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House could be ready for City Council review next month. Even though occupancy by new tenants is probably still two years away, City Planner Darrell Moore told council members last week that they should have more remodeling specifics to look at in March. Architect Gary […]

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‘Workable’ Courthouse proposals

Four proposals to make use of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House brought a generally enthusiastic response during the first public airing of the plans. Members of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House Advisory Commission last week reviewed details of those proposals – and a fifth late submission – for more than two hours. Despite […]

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Proposals for Old Courthouse, Sheriff’s House well received

Four proposals to make use of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House brought a generally enthusiastic response this week during the first public airing of the plans. Members of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House Advisory Commission reviewed details of those proposals – and a fifth late submission – for more than two hours Monday. […]

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