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Many Washington residents have strong opinions about the project and more than 100 filled a banquet room at Five Points Washington on Monday for a Washington City Council committee of the whole meeting.
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Steve Stein/WCBUThe Washington City Council on Monday unanimously adopted the Illinois Municipal League’s Civility Pledge. The action came in the aftermath of a sometimes contentious council committee of the whole meeting last week, during which there were heated discussions about a proposed $12 million amphitheater project. -
Steve Stein/WCBUA proposed $12 million amphitheater on city property wasn’t on the Washington City Council’s agenda Monday night, but it was the subject of two major council decisions.
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Holiday cheer is in full swing in Tazewell County! -
The Washington Park District board is facing a monumental decision about the future of the its aging pool, located on the north side of Westgate Road in the Devonshire Estates subdivision. -
The second draft of the Dee Amphtheater feasibility study presented to the Washington City Council on Monday had drastically different — and decidedly more negative — net operating income projections. -
The developers of a proposed $12-million, 5,000-seat amphitheater on 20 acres of city-owned farmland in Washington made another pitch for the project Monday in front of about 100 residents who packed the City Council's meeting room at Five Points Washington. -
Washington residents will get an opportunity to weigh in on a proposed $12 million amphitheater project on city property that would be built by a private foundation. -
A divided Tazewell County Board on Wednesday approved a guaranteed maximum price agreement with construction manager P.J. Hoerr for the construction of the county's Justice Center Annex. -
The health department's new Pekin campus at 1800 Broadway Road opened before Thanksgiving. -
A new mayor and two new members of the eight-member council will be elected. There are no candidates for a council seat that will be open. -
In this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois chats with Josh Schnetzler, theater manager at Five Points Washington, to get an inside look at The Wizards of Winter show coming on Dec. 5. -
It's the dream of 1971 Washington Community High School graduate Jim Hengst, who wants to donate $12 million to build the amphitheater in honor of his late wife Dee and name it for her. Dee died in 2021.
