When is a truck stop not a truck stop? Woodstock found out in early 2020 when the City Council, in a 5-2 vote, cleared the way for a 4,500-square-foot Thorntons convenience store with gas station and car wash at the former Shop Fresh shopping center at Route 47 and Irving Avenue. Then-Mayor Brian Sager insisted […]
Developers say their proposed truck stop in Woodstock won’t look like one. Rather than cater to big rigs, the diesel pumps in the back of the 4-acre BP property at Route 47 and Country Club Road will serve smaller fleet trucks – “HVAC guys, plumbers, landscapers,” said Brian Wente, vice president for retail operations and […]
In a divided vote, the Woodstock City Council this week approved early plans for a “truck stop” in the city. Council members voted 5-2 for a redevelopment agreement with Graham Enterprises to build what developers promised would not look like a truck stop that you would find along an interstate highway. Members Lisa Lohmeyer and […]
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