Katherine Wilson (left) and her husband Phil (right) hold a $15,000 check from the Woodard Family Foundation that they’ve just picked up from Cottage Grove City Hall. Two finance tech workers, Melissa Bomar (second from left) and Summer Roat (second from right) oversaw the transaction.
In just over a year, planners say a new museum celebrating Oregon’s film history will open to the public in the Cottage Grove Armory. The city and surrounding area has served as a backdrop to many notable films since the 1920s.
Recently in the lobby of Cottage Grove City Hall, Katherine Wilson’s voice trembled as a finance clerk handed her and her husband Phillip a $15,000 check…