By Jennifer Zittnannews@thewoodstockindependent.com The Road Ahead, formerly known as State of the City, was held Tuesday, Oct. 6 in the top floor of the Old Courthouse Center. Food was provided by Isabel’s Family Restaurant, and drinks were provided by Ethereal. Speakers Amy Humbracht, President of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Mayor Mike […]
We applaud the decision of the Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry to make the annual “State of the City” address available for public viewing online this year for the first time since the event started, around the early 2000s. The luncheon event, now held in the second-floor banquet room of the Old Courthouse […]
As he opened his State of the City speech last week, an “energized” Mayor Mike Turner couldn’t help but brag about the venue – Ethereal’s Courthouse Square banquet hall in the Old Courthouse Center. During his May 2022 speech at Offsides Bar and Grill, Turner had said he hoped the next occasion would find people […]
An hour was barely enough time for Woodstock Mayor Mike Turner to cover all of the topics he wanted to discuss in his recent State of the City speech at the end of his first year in office.The Independent counted at least two dozen projects, programs, and achievements the mayor touched on May 12 during […]
You can use “Ravinia West” to describe a new downtown Woodstock Pavilion concept – a gathering place, a park, performance venue, and wintertime ice rink. That’s what Mayor Mike Turner called it last week when he publicly announced the project during his annual State of the City speech. Ravinia is an internationally known 36-acre music […]
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