The City of Goshen Offices will be closed on Thursday, November 28, and Friday, November 29, for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Additionally, all trash and recycling services will be delayed one day due to the holiday. Normal service will resume on Monday, December 2. The delayed schedule is below:
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The Indiana Avenue Recycling Center will be closed for recycling drop-off from Wednesday, November 27, at 2:00 PM until Monday, December 2, at 8:00 AM. We'll see you on Monday!
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On Monday, November 25, beginning a 9 a.m. are boil order will be issued for the 100 block of N 6th Street due to a water main valve shut off to repair and place a water valve and fire hyrdrant.
The affected area includes the 100 block of N 6th St. between E. Clinton St. and E. Lincoln Ave, 208... more
On Saturday April 27, 2019 starting at 8:30 a.m. the Community Relations Commission will be holding its planning retreat at the Rieth Interpretative Center located at 410 West Plymouth Avenue, Goshen, Indiana.
Let this serve as further NOTICE
that members of the Goshen City Common Council, may individually or severally
from the time to time attend standing or special meeting of other boards and
commissions held according to IC 5-14-1.5 et seq., in order to receive
information and remain informed of administrative policy formulation and
related matters of public import. Should
three (3) or more members of the Goshen City Common Council be in attendance at
NO TIME will a vote be taken or any action part from receiving information or
deliberating unless otherwise EXPRESSLY provided by proper notice, all pursuant
to IC 5-14-1.5 et seq.
On Thursday April 25, 2019 from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at Goshen High School, the Community Relations Commission and Goshen Community Schools will be hosting a “Community Conversation.”
Let this serve as further NOTICE that members of the Goshen City Common Council, may individually or severally from the time to time attend standing or special meeting of other boards and commissions held according to IC 5-14-1.5 et seq., in order to receive information and remain informed of administrative policy formulation and related matters of public import. Should three (3) or more members of the Goshen City Common Council be in attendance at NO TIME will a vote be taken or any action part from receiving information or deliberating unless otherwise EXPRESSLY provided by proper notice, all pursuant to IC 5-14-1.5 et seq.
The west side of the 200 block of South Main Street.
The City of Goshen took ownership of Madison Street and Main Street, between Madison and Pike streets on Friday, April 19, as the designation of US 33 moved to the new overpass. Changes will not be immediately noticeable, but plans to modify Main Street are in the works.
With the transfer, the City is looking at options on how to enhance Main Street’s landscape. Changes that may soon be seen are a repaving and re-striping to make room for angle parking and to reduce the road from four to two lanes.
The Engineering Department will be meeting with the community to talk about ways to make Main Street better for residents.
The designation of State Road 15 was also shifted from Main Street to Third Street.
The Indiana Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction over US 33 and SR 15, will continue to be in charge of their maintenance.
The Street Department is located at 475 Steury Avenue
In conjunction with the Goshen Chamber of Commerce’s Beautify Goshen Week, the Goshen Street Department will be making additional disposal services available to assist city residents in their “Beautify Goshen” tasks.
This free service is offered only during the first full week in May (an eight-day week, May 4–11, with two Saturdays), and there is no limit to the quantity of items that may be disposed of. Residents must make arrangements to transport the items; there will not be curbside pickup. Because this free service is paid by Goshen residents’ tax dollars, only city residents are allowed to dispose of items. IDs will be checked to verify residency.
The collection site will be the Goshen Street Department, 475 Steury Ave. Here are the dates and times when items will be accepted:
Saturday, May 4 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday, May 5: CLOSED
Monday–Friday, May 6–10: from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, May 11, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
In order to keep disallowed items from entering the waste stream, the Street Department will have a crew member on hand at all times monitoring the items being brought. Items that can be disposed of are:
Non-hazardous refuse, such as furniture, carpeting, lumber, dry wall, metal and vinyl siding, windows, fiberglass insulation, mattresses, stoves, landscape timbers, bricks, etc.
White goods, such as refrigerators, air conditioners, freezers, dehumidifiers, etc.; the Freon does not have to be removed
Electronic waste, such as computers, home phones, televisions, etc.
Tires up to 16½”, either on or off their rims
The following items will NOT be accepted during this large-item disposal:
Some of the items listed immediately above are accepted at Elkhart County’s monthly Hazardous Waste Drop-off Days. Collections are conducted year-round, the first Saturday of every month, at the Elkhart County Correctional Facility near the intersection of CR 7 and CR 26 south of Elkhart; use the entrance off CR 7. The hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. To check whether your items will be accepted on the drop-off days, call the Elkhart County Solid Waste Management District at 522.2581 or go to elkhartcountyswmd.com/hazardous-waste.
During the other 51 weeks of the year, Goshen
residents may place a large item once a week with their regular weekly trash
for removal. (This does not include electronics, old tube-type televisions or
any cooling appliances containing Freon—or any of the items not accepted in the
“Beautify Goshen” disposal.) For details of the yearlong, large-item disposal,
contact Borden Waste-Away at 293.5001.
Walsh & Kelly is scheduled to install permanent striping inside the westbound lane of Third Street between Main Street and Jefferson Street the week of April 15.
This work is being done in advance of transferring Third Street to the Indiana Department of Transportation.
Contractor Rieth Riley will be working on the first part of the Kercher Road Phase 2 project.
The week of Monday, April 15, they will start restricting Kercher Road by keeping only westbound traffic open and will detour eastbound traffic south on Dierdorff Road to Waterford Parkway and CR 40.
The construction on this phase will take the entire construction season. The road is expected to remain restricted until November 15. The entire project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2020.
The City of Goshen will conduct a public hearing in regard to the proposed Wilden Avenue Reconstruction project located from the Rock Run Creek bridge to east of 5th Street.
The hearing will start at 6:00 pm on Monday, April 15, 2019 at Chamberlain Elementary School at 428 North 5th Street, Goshen, IN 46528. The doors will be open at 5:00 pm with project material on display prior to the public hearing.
The purpose of the public hearing is to offer all interested persons an opportunity to comment on the draft environmental document and preliminary design plans for Wilden Avenue Reconstruction from Rock Run Creek to east of 5th Street.
Goshen is a member of the Sister Cities International Program and has been in partnership with Sister City Bexbach, Germany, since June 1979.
The Sister City Program enriches the Goshen community with cultural and educational exchanges. More than 1,000 visitors from Bexbach have been in Goshen the past 40 years. About 100 families in Goshen have hosted guests from Bexbach, and the mayors from both cities have exchanged visits.
The Goshen Sister City Committee is looking for new members, and will be conducting a brief informational session at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in the Conference Room of the Annex Building, 204 E. Jefferson St.
Goshen area residents are invited to participate. By attending the meeting, you are not obligated to participate further; this is only an informational meeting to assess ongoing interest in the trans-Atlantic relationship.
