The long-loved fireworks in Goshen at Black Squirrel Golf Course are returning this year with a new name, Fireworks on the Fairway. Doors to the event open at 4 p.m., and attendees can enjoy the various local food trucks and vendors and kick back on the fairway. A brief program will begin at 8 p.m.,... more
The City of Goshen’s Parks and Recreation Department will once again host its Splash-Tastic Weekend at Abshire Park from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, July 28.
This is the second year parks and recreation staff will install two 300-foot inflatable slip-n-slides on the hill at Abshire Park. Individuals... more
As the 4th of July holiday approaches, it is important that Goshen residents be aware of fireworks regulations. A local city ordinance was adopted in 2007 at the urging of residents concerned about neighborhood safety and noise. Regulation is controlled by parameters imposed in state legislation.
Fireworks... more
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With dangerously hot weather moving in through Elkhart County this week, the City of Goshen is asking residents to be mindful and take action to protect themselves, their loved ones and their neighbors.
The National Weather Service (NWS), reports an excessive heat watch from Tuesday Afternoon through Wednesday evening, with heat index values up to 110 possible.
Extreme heat and humidity will increase the potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those working or participating in outdoor activities.
In talking with the Goshen Public Library, the City of Goshen has designated the library, 601 S. Purl Street, a cooling center during these times of extreme weather. The library hours for the remainder of this week are:
Tuesday 1–8 p.m.
Wednesday 10–8 p.m.
Thursday 10–8 p.m.
Friday 10–6 p.m.
The NWS recommends being prepared to drink plenty of fluids and staying in an air-conditioned room or out of the sun if possible. Additionally, Mayor Jeremy Stutsman asked residents to look after one another.
“Please check on your friends, family, neighbors, the homeless and the elderly during this time of extreme heat,” he said. “If you know of anyone in need of assistance, don’t hesitate to call for help.”
If you need assistance checking in on someone, please contact Officer James Ballard at 574-536-1790. Please call 911 if you have an emergency.
Don’t miss the fun next Saturday, June 18, starting at 11am!
Grab your family, friends, lawn chairs, bathing suits, and towels for an awesome family day! Activities include 8 water slides to choose from, Ron’s River Dogs $, Ice-Cream on Wheels $, music and fun!
Wrist bands are $10 per person and can be purchased ahead of time at our administrative office, online with wrist band pick up the day of the event, or purchased at the event!
For more information and to purchase tickets please click the link below or call our administrative office at 574-534-2901
Join us Saturday, June 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mill Street Park, 202 Prospect Ave.
The event will feature the unveiling of the 2022 storm drain mural art project and voting for a “People’s Choice” award winning artist. The theme of the project this year was “Dreaming of Clean Water” with the goal of raising awareness about the connection between the City’s storm drains and clean water.
To further that goal, the event will also feature a clean-up of Rock Run Creek and the surrounding neighborhood. Crews will be leaving from the main event center at regular intervals to participate.
Most storm drains in Goshen connect directly to waterways without any treatment—meaning trash and other debris in our roadways ends up directly in our rivers and streams.
Water Fest Order of Events!
10:15 – Clean-up crew leaves from City tent
11:00 – Dunk Tank: Jason Kauffman, Stormwater Coordinator
11:15 – Clean-up crew leaves from City tent
12:00 – Recognition of Drain Art Muralists
Dunk Tank: Jeromy Sheets, Director of Athletics and Student Activities (GJHS and GIS)
12:15 – Clean-up crew leaves from City tent
12:30 – Dunk Tank: PJ Wolf, Dean of Students (GHS)
1:00 – Dunk Tank: Mayor Jeremy Stutsman
1:15 – Clean-up crew leaves from City tent
1:45 – People’s Choice Award Winning Mural Announcement
Water-themed activities and learning from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.!
The City reconfigured Lincoln Avenue to test the City’s first-ever cycle track, which runs along the south side of Lincoln Avenue between 5th and 8th streets.
The track is expected to provide a safe connection in the city’s bicycle network and facilitate better pedestrian movement while having a minimal impact to vehicular traffic flow. More information, including updates, diagrams and illustrations of the project can be found at goshenindiana.org/cycletrack. For any questions, residents can contact the Engineering Department at 534-2201 or via email at engineering@goshencity.com.
John Boettcher Excavating will be performing work to do a sewer tap on Indiana A venue for the new Vequity Medical facility. This project will require both northbound lanes to be closed on Indiana Avenue between Pike Street and the alley that runs behind Dunkin’. The closure is scheduled to occur June 13 through the 16th.
The contractor will maintain open access for the businesses and residents on Indiana Avenue and Pike Street.
In an effort to reduce spending and solid waste, the City of Goshen will begin residential curbside recycling in August of this year.
The City is entering into a new contract with Borden Waste-Away Service, which will provide a 96-gallon recycling bin to all residential sites of four units or less within Goshen, and will remove recyclables every two weeks.
Drop-off recycling sites administered by Elkhart County will continue at Goshen College and at the Elkhart Road/US 33 Martin’s Supermarket.
The new waste collection contract will also do away with unlimited trash removal services in Goshen. Non-recyclable trash material will need to be placed within a separate 96-gallon trash container, and will be removed weekly.
Tags for additional trash (beyond the 96-gallon trash bin) will be available for purchase at locations yet to be determined. Removal of large trash items, electronic waste, and purchase of additional trash services are also contracted to Borden, and will have an additional fee, which will be the responsibility of individual homeowners.
Residents will not have to pay to use the basic trash and recycling collection services.
Rising costs of solid waste removal over the past 7 years is the main reason for the change in the way the City deals with refuse. The City’s trash costs have risen steadily since 2016 from $800,000 to a projected $1.6 million in 2022. During that same period, household trash in Goshen also increased, from 1,774 pounds per year in 2014 to 2,340 pounds in 2021.
Without incentives to decrease trash generation, Goshen’s projected trash budget will rise over $2 million by 2023. City administration felt that the time to act had come.
“It is always exciting when you can add additional services to our community all while helping to build a more sustainable budget and benefitting our environment,” Mayor Jeremy Stutsman said. “I encourage City residents to take full advantage of this new service and help us divert solid waste from the landfill.”
By contracting for curbside recycling and limited trash pickup, the City can stabilize its trash removal costs for up to 10 years, instead of continuing on the path of a runaway budget. Additionally, curbside recycling should give more residents ready access to this service, which can reduce overall trash generation. Further benefits include recycling-related jobs within our community.
Aaron Sawatsky-Kingsley, Director of the City’s Department of Environmental Resilience, said, “We’ve got to learn how to create less trash – trash removal costs were unsustainable – and now we are moving to a system that encourages us to waste less, rather than a system that said, ‘Go ahead, throw away everything you want, we’ll pay for it.’”
The City will work with Borden to create ongoing education throughout the City during the summer, in preparation for the change in trash removal operations.
Education will include what to recycle, what not to recycle, and how to access additional trash services. In July, the City’s “Maple City Now” newsletter will contain information about the new trash removal contract. For additional questions about this change, please contact the City Switchboard at 574-533-8621.
TCS Communications, LLC., working for Frontier Communication, will have some lane restrictions as they install a fiber conduit along Clinton Street between Indiana Avenue and Greene Road.
The lane restrictions will be from June 6 through the 17th.
Several railroad crossings will be closed the week of June 6 as Norfolk Southern repairs or rebuilds them.
The following crossings are expected to close June 6 until June 9:
New York Street
E. Purl Street
E. Reynolds Street
The following crossings are expected to close June 8 through the end of the week:
First Street
E. Lincoln Avenue
Washington Street
E. Jefferson Street
E. Jackson Street
Norfolk Southern also plans to work on the Madison Street crossing June 9. For more updates on road closures this summer, follow the City of Goshen on Facebook at facebook.com/CityOfGoshen or look for updates at goshenindiana.org/blog
Projects from multiple entities will make for a busy road construction season this summer, and the City of Goshen asks for patience and calm from commuters as some thoroughfares are closed for work to get done.
The City, along with state and private entities, have various projects in the works that will affect our local traffic.
Drivers are asked to be mindful of the construction zones and the workers on them—and to be patient. It will be critical that the crews work in a safe environment to complete these construction projects.
The earlier projects in the list have established timelines and the later projects are yet to be scheduled. The current list of known traffic restrictions is:
Approx. Start Date
Approx. End Date
Project
Entity
May 25
August 1
Pavement Replacement – Meadows of College Green and the Terraces of College Green
City of Goshen
June 6
June 9
Madison Street Repaving – Main St. to Penguin Point
City of Goshen
June 6
June 9
New York St. Railroad Crossing Rebuild
Norfolk Southern
June 6
June 9
E. Purl St. Railroad Crossing Rebuild
Norfolk Southern
June 6
June 9
E. Reynolds St. Railroad Crossing Rebuild
Norfolk Southern
June 8
June 9
First St. Railroad Crossing Rebuild
Norfolk Southern
June 8
June 9
E. Lincoln Ave. Railroad Crossing Rebuild
Norfolk Southern
June 8
June 9
Washington St. Railroad Crossing Rebuild
Norfolk Southern
June 8
June 9
E. Jefferson St. Railroad Crossing Rebuild
Norfolk Southern
June 8
June 9
E. Madison St. Railroad Crossing Rebuild
Norfolk Southern
June 8
June 9
E. Jackson St. Railroad Crossing Rebuild
Norfolk Southern
June
Repaving – Huron St. – Pike St. to Wilkinson St.
City of Goshen
June 13
June 16
Utility Installation on Indiana Ave. at Pike Street – Closure of North Bound Lanes on Indiana Avenue
Private Developer
June 20
Nov. 9
Replacement of the SR 119 Bridge Over SR 119
INDOT
July
College Ave. Repaving – Railroad to Fifteenth St.
City of Goshen
August
Utility Installation on Indiana Avenue, north of SR 119 – Lane Restrictions
Private Developer
TBD
SR 15 & Wilden Ave. Intersection Reconstruction
City of Goshen
TBD
Dykstra St. Repaving – 22nd St to 29th Str
City of Goshen
TBD
16th St. Repaving – Reynolds St. to Egbert Rd.
City of Goshen
TBD
Berkey Ave. Repaving – Greene Rd. to Dewey Ave.
City of Goshen
TBD
Carter Rd. Repaving – Main St. to Main St.
City of Goshen
TBD
Clover Trails Blvd – Sedgefield Way to Indiana Ave.
City of Goshen
TBD
Sedgefield Way Repaving – Harvest Dr. to Twinflower Dr.
City of Goshen
TBD
Fescue Ct. Repaving – Michigan Avenue to Cul-de-sac
City of Goshen
TBD
Gorham Rd. Repaving – Lincolnway East to Parmley Dr.
City of Goshen
TBD
Gorham Rd. Repaving – Parmley Dr. to Merrill Pl.
City of Goshen
TBD
Parmley Dr. Repaving – Gorham Dr. to Merrill Pl.
City of Goshen
TBD
Harvest Dr. Repaving – Sweet Clover Dr. to Sedgefield Way
City of Goshen
TBD
Huron St. Repaving – Pike St. to Wilkinson St.
City of Goshen
TBD
Illinois St. Repaving – 10th St. to 16th St.
City of Goshen
TBD
Iowa St. Repaving – 10th St. to 14th St.
City of Goshen
TBD
Logan St. Pavement Repair – Railroad Tracks
City of Goshen
TBD
Ohio St. Repaving – 10th St. to 12th St.
City of Goshen
TBD
Skyview Dr. Repaving – Indiana Ave. to Cul-de-sac
City of Goshen
TBD
Starcraft Lift Station Replacement – College Ave. at Rock Run Creek
