by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 18, 2017 10:28 am
Final costs for project total $61,000 A city-funded outdoor dining project ended up costing Woodstock over 20 percent more than estimated. Final expenses for the Benton Street Boardwalk totaled $61,115.52, according to Paul Christensen, Woodstock’s finance director....
by Katelyn Stanek | Aug 6, 2017 12:07 pm
Benton Street Boardwalk was paid for with city TIF funds An outdoor dining project funded by the city of Woodstock has opened just off the Square. The Benton Street Boardwalk, a series of wooden platforms that allows some downtown restaurants to host al fresco dining,...
by Katelyn Stanek | Jun 28, 2017 3:40 am
A fourth establishment will be added to the Benton Street Boardwalk after the Woodstock City Council finalized the rules for the controversial outdoor dining project. Benton Street Tap will join three other restaurants in using the “boardwalk,” a city-funded project...
by Katelyn Stanek | Jun 21, 2017 3:53 am
Lakewood officials dissolved a tax increment financing district that was the subject of an agreement between the village and Woodstock School District 200. The intergovernmental agreement was immediately voided. When it was created in 2015, village officials touted...
by Katelyn Stanek | Jun 14, 2017 3:06 am
Part of Benton Street is set to be reserved for al fresco dining this summer after the Woodstock City Council approved plans for a project that some said shouldn’t receive public funding. Restaurants along Benton Street will be able to pay a fee to use one of several...
by Katelyn Stanek | May 3, 2017 1:05 am
The Woodstock City Council removed several properties from the city’s Tax Increment Financing District April 18 to avoid a conflict of interest for an incoming councilman. Councilman-elect Jim Prindiville, a landlord, has an ownership interest in buildings which he...
by Katelyn Stanek | Apr 26, 2017 3:01 am
Woodstock residents will pay more for water after the City Council approved a new budget that includes a 3 percent hike in water and sewer rates. The Fiscal Year 2017-18 budget passed 6-1 April 18, with outgoing Councilman RB Thompson the only dissenter. The new...
by Katelyn Stanek | Dec 7, 2016 10:34 pm
Woodstock city officials said they will consider petitioning Springfield to extend the length of a tax increment financing district in order to help pay for the restoration of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House on the Square. Woodstock’s TIF district, established...
