The City of Goshen received a $130,163.30 energy efficiency incentive payment from NIPSCO for recent upgrades to the City’s wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).

The upgrades are part of a larger plant-wide improvements project to increase the treatment capacity and improve the efficiency of the WWTP.

Highlighted energy efficiency upgrades include replacing two prior constant speed blowers with two new variable speed high-efficiency turbo blowers, implementation of a new automated dissolved oxygen control program, and replacement of two old boilers with new higher-efficiency boilers.

The new blowers and dissolved oxygen control program have been in operation for two months and the boilers are expected to be fully operational by the end of July, which will conclude all major process upgrades associated with the project.

This upgraded equipment will reduce the operational costs and carbon footprint of the WWTP and represent a large step towards the City’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2035.

“The Wastewater Utility and its staff are a vital resource for the City of Goshen,” Administrative City Engineer Bryce Gast said. “This upgrade provides the Utility with the tools necessary to continue its excellent performance while greatly improving the efficiency of the WWTP. The improvements will simultaneously benefit the Utility’s customers and the environment, a benefit that is further magnified by NIPSCO’s generous incentive program.”

The incentive comes from NIPSCO’s Custom Incentive Program, which rewards participating agricultural, large commercial, governmental, industrial, and non-profit customers for making electric and natural gas energy efficiency improvements.

Qualifying customers must submit an incentive application and satisfactorily demonstrate the energy savings of their proposed improvements prior to implementing them. After review and acceptance of the application the customer may begin the project; and, upon completion and final review of the project, are awarded the incentive.

The incentive payment will be returned to the Utility’s general fund and will be used to help fund continued operation of the WWTP and future projects. “As the City completes the improvements at the wastewater treatment plant, being able to celebrate the end of project with an acknowledgement and monetary return from NIPSCO feels like a double success,” Director of Public Works Dustin Sailor said. “I want to express my personal thanks to NIPSCO for offering this program and to Administrative City Engineer, Bryce Gast, who oversaw the construction project and completed necessary paperwork for this rebate.”

The City of Goshen will begin work on the Wilden Avenue Reconstruction project. Beginning August 1, the west approach of Wilden Avenue from Main Street (SR 15) will be closed.

This means drivers on Main Street will not be able to turn west onto Wilden Avenue. Similarly, drivers heading east on Wilden will not be able to turn north or south onto SR 15.

This portion of the intersection will remain closed through the end of August.

The detour for those on Main Street/SR 15 is SR 15>County Road 26>Indiana Avenue/County Road 21.

Two-way traffic will be maintained on SR 15. Daytime closures of the east approach of Wilden may occur during intersection work.

For more updates on road construction, follow the City of Goshen on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CityOfGoshen or on the city’s website at goshenindiana.org/blog.

Beginning August 1, 2022, the City will enter into a new trash and recycling contract with Borden Waste Away.

As part of the new rules, bags placed outside of the 96-gallon bin provided by Borden will not be picked up unless the bags are tagged.

Bag tags are available for purchase for extra bags of trash that do not fit within the cart (available for $2 each at Martin’s Supermarket on Bashor Road and on College Avenue).

For any questions related to the change of service, please call the City at 574-533-8621 or Borden Waste Away at 574-293-5001.

After a 2 year break due to the pandemic, America’s Freedom Fest, is returning to the Goshen Municipal Airport, Saturday, July 9, 2022.  

Headlining this year’s event will be the United States Air Force (USAF) A-10 Demonstration Team. Air Combat Command announced at the 2021 International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) that America’s Freedom Fest had been selected to host the USAF A-10 Demonstration Team. 

Airport Manager Randy Sharkey said America’s Freedom Fest is ranked as one of the largest single day air shows in the country, attracting 25,000 – 30,000 spectators. This year’s show will be one of the best yet, with the USAF A-10 Demonstration Team, he added. 

“There are only a handful of shows selected each year that receive a military jet demo and we are fortunate to have showed up on their radar,” Sharkey said. Unlike previous military participation at Goshen Air shows, the A-10 Thunderbolt II will be staging their operations at the Goshen Airport. 

Attendees can anticipate an incredible and varied air show line-up to include: Randy Ball & the Mig-17, Chris Darnell & the Shockwave Jet Truck, Red Bull Helicopter Air shows, The Phillips 66 Aerostars 3 ship Aerobatic Team, Susan Dacy Barnstorming America in the super Stearman Biplane, Michael Vakin in the Extra 300, Bob Richards in “Machaira”, Rotors N Ribs helicopter performers and so much more! 

In a Salute to America’s Freedom, the airshow activities will culminate with an incomparable fireworks display by the Madbomber Fireworks Production Company. 

For more information on performers, private chalets, sponsorship opportunities and advance tickets go to www.americasfreedomfest.net. America’s Freedom Fest is an Indiana 501c3 corporation.

College Avenue, (CR 36) will be closed to traffic between Century Drive and CR 31 Thursday, July 7, 2022, to allow the Goshen Street Department to complete a paving project.

The road should be reopened by 3 p.m. the same day.

All City of Goshen offices will be closed Monday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. The Board of works will not have a meeting the week of July 4 due to the holiday.

Borden Waste Away will not collect trash on Monday. Trash collection services will be delayed by one day after July 4 this week.

Also, this is a reminder that flags are not lowered during the Fourth of July holiday.

Brush pickup for the month of June begins June 27, 2022.

During scheduled brush collections, the Street Department will make only one pass through the city to pick up brush. Please have your brush by the front curb, but not in the street, by that first day in the morning at 7 a.m. Brush will not be picked up in alleys. The piles of brush should be trash-free. Crews cannot access the piles if blocked by vehicles.

For information regarding Dial-A-Trailer and the Brush Trailer, go to goshenindiana.org/street-department.

The next summer brush pick up weeks will begin on the following days:

• July 25, 2022
• August 29, 2022
• September 26, 2022 — last brush pickup of the year

Brush pickup for the month of June begins June 27, 2022.

Following the storms that moved through Goshen June 13, the Street Department worked to clean up the roads from trees, limbs and debris in the most impacted areas of the city. Street Crews used the rest of the week to pick up the bulk of the storm damage.

Due to the prompt cleanup and the Street Department’s current paving schedule, it was determined that a special brush collection outside of the scheduled monthly pickups was not necessary.

During scheduled brush collections, the Street Department will make only one pass through the city to pick up brush. Please have your brush by the front curb, but not in the street, by that first day in the morning at 7 a.m. Brush will not be picked up in alleys. The piles of brush should be trash-free. Crews cannot access the piles if blocked by vehicles.

For information regarding Dial-A-Trailer and the Brush Trailer, go to goshenindiana.org/street-department.

The next summer brush pick up weeks will begin on the following days:

• July 25, 2022
• August 29, 2022
• September 26, 2022 — last brush pickup of the year