Michelle Thimios
Michelle Thimios is Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director of Business Development for the City of Woodstock, Illinois, and curator/organizer of the Woodstock Typewriter Trail.
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Oct 7, 2026
Heather ArnoldHOST
What was kind of the impetus behind doing this or why would people, why do you think people would want to be so excited about doing this and making it into a trail?
Michelle ThimiosGUEST
There was a donor in Minnesota who was looking to give up his collection and kind of see it on to its next life.
Michelle ThimiosGUEST
And he wanted the machines to come back to Woodstock, where many of them were manufactured.
Michelle ThimiosGUEST
So he had reached out and the mayor actually picked up these machines, brought them back to City Hall.
Michelle ThimiosGUEST
So the machines sat in the basement as we kind of worked through, you know, what this trail would look like and came up with the idea of the trail to begin with.
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What makes some of the stops particularly interesting or unique? If you were only able to go and see a couple of them, which ones would you say, you've got to go visit this typewriter?