Category Archives: News & Events

Updates, messages and other announcements are posted under this category with the intent to notify residents. Posts under this category are emailed in a newsletter at the end of the day.

Maple City Walk set for September 14

The City of Goshen’s Parks and Recreation Department will host the 16th Annual Maple City Walk on Saturday, September 14. Participants have the choice of a marathon, half-marathon, and 10K as they enjoy a beautiful walk or run along the Maple City Greenway and Pumpkinvine Nature Trail. 

Day of check-in and registration begins at 7:30 a.m. on September 14 and the walk begins at 8 a.m. Participants are allowed 5 hours to complete the 13.1-mile course along the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail and 9 hours to complete the 26-mile course.

Registration for the event can be completed online or in person at the Goshen Parks and Recreation Administrative Office, 524 E. Jackson Street.

Children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Water and light refreshments will be available at the halfway point.

For more information, visit maplecitywalk.com.

Goshen Parks and Recreation’s Touch a Truck returns to Shanklin Park

The Goshen Parks and Recreation Department’s Touch a Truck event will return to Shanklin Park on Saturday, August 24, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This event is free for all ages.

Goshen’s Touch a Truck event offers children the opportunity to touch, climb, and explore the City’s equipment, trucks, and other vehicles. City departments that will bring vehicles include the Goshen Fire Department, the Goshen Police Department, and the Streets Department. The event will also feature staff representing various City departments, giving the community a chance to meet and talk with them.

A sensory-free time has been slotted for 9-10 a.m. for individuals with sensory impairments.

INDOT to begin paving on South Main, between Gra-Roy and Lafayette Streets.

INDOT to begin paving on South Main, between Gra-Roy and Lafayette Streets. They will be temporarily closing access to E. Lafayette, E. Waverly, Kenwood, and Gra-Roy at their Main St intersections. The roads will reopen as the work progresses. Learn more about INDOT’s upcoming projects:

https://www.in.gov/indot/projects

Upcoming Lincoln Avenue Closure

Lincoln Avenue will be closed from Rock Run Creek to east of Olive Street, starting this Monday, August 12th. We expect the road to remain closed until sometime in November. Niblock Excavating will be installing water main, storm sewer, and replacing utility services as part of the City’s Steury Avenue and Lincoln Avenue reconstruction project. 

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Invitation for Bids: Purchase and Installation of one (1) Diesel Generator Set

REVISED DEADLINE

August 29, 2024, at 3:45 pm.

The City of Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety is soliciting sealed offers for the purchase and installation of one (1) diesel generator set.

Offers are also being solicited for an optional item.  The city reserves the right to select the optional offer.

The Specification Documents may be obtained from the City of Goshen’s Clerk-Treasurer’s Office, 202 South Fifth St., Goshen, IN 46528 or the City of Goshen’s current Bidding Opportunities portal at https://goshenindiana.org/bidding-opportunities.  The City shall not be responsible for documents obtained from any other source.

Offers shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and all contractual terms and conditions that are included in the Specification Documents.  In addition to price, offers will be evaluated based on whether the bidder is responsible, and if the bidder’s offer is responsive.

Offers shall be filed with the City of Goshen Clerk-Treasurer’s Office, 202 South Fifth Street, Goshen, IN  46528 until 3:45 p.m. August 29, 2024 at which time all offers received will be taken to the Board of Public Works and Safety meeting to be publicly opened and read aloud.  The Board meeting will be held in City Court Room/Council Chambers at the Goshen Police & Court Building, 111 East Jefferson Street, Goshen.

The City of Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety reserves the right to reject any and all offers, delete any portions thereof, to waive any informalities or irregularities in any bid received, and to award a contract, consistent with Indiana law, to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. Award of contract is contingent on the availability of funds.

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Rock the Quarry Triathlon returns for ninth year

The annual Rock the Quarry Triathlon returns for its ninth year on Saturday, August 10th at Fidler Pond Park.

You can register for the triathlon as an individual or as a relay team of two or three people. The registration fee includes an event t-shirt, swim cap, chip timing, free parking, awards (overall and AG), and light post-race refreshments. You may register online or by mailing in a registration form. Participants must be at least 13 years old to compete in the triathlon and mile swim.

The cost for an individual is $55, a two-person team costs $90, and a three-person team is $100. The registration fee for the mile swim is $40. Registration fees increase if you pay at packet pickup.

Since this triathlon is a USAT-sanctioned race, participants will either need to be a USAT member or purchase an adult one-day license for an individual is $10, and relays are $6 max per person.  Youths age 17 and younger can purchase an annual USAT membership for $5. You can pay for this online or by mail-in registration form. Participants in the Mile Swim do not need to purchase a one-day license.

Packet pickup is at Chiddister Pavilion in Fidler Pond Park, 1424 Lincolnway East (US 33 and College Avenue), Goshen, 46528, on Friday, August 9, from 4 -6 p.m. and on race day of Saturday, August 10, from 6  – 7:30 a.m.

For information, visit rockthequarrytriathlon.com.

Boil Order: Denver St between W Pike St and W Lincoln Avenue

On Thursday, July 25 a boil order was issued for Denver Street between W. Pike Street and W. Lincoln Avenue. The affected addresses are below:

  • 111 Denver St
  • 113 Denver St
  • 115 Denver St
  • 117 Denver St
  • 119 Denver St
  • 121 Denver St
  • 209 Denver St
  • 213 Denver St

It is recommended that all cooking and drinking water be brought to a complete boil for five minutes before use. Please continue to boil all cooking and drinking water until notified that it is no longer necessary.

We appreciate your cooperation during this time and will update you as necessary until the drinking water problem has been solved.  If you have any questions concerning the drinking water problem, please contact your water department at 574-534-5306 or waterseweroffice@goshencity.com.

Boil Water Advisory Brochure- Denver St 7-25-2024Download

Boil Order: Arehart St between E Wilden Ave and Oakridge Ave

On Thursday, July 25 a boil order was issued for Arehart Street between E. Wilden Avenue and Oakridge Avenue. The affected addresses are below:

  • 705 Arehart St
  • 707 Arehart St
  • 709 Arehart St
  • 711 Arehart St
  • 715 Arehart St
  • 801 Arehart St
  • 803 Arehart St
  • 805 Arehart St

It is recommended that all cooking and drinking water be brought to a complete boil for five minutes before use. Please continue to boil all cooking and drinking water until notified that it is no longer necessary.

We appreciate your cooperation during this time and will update you as necessary until the drinking water problem has been solved.  If you have any questions concerning the drinking water problem, please contact your water department at 574-534-5306 or waterseweroffice@goshencity.com.

Boil Water Advisory Brochure- Arehart St 7-25-2024Download

Boil Order: 200 Block of Queen Street

On Monday, July 22, a boil order was issued for the 200 Block of Queen Street, between North 2nd and 3rd Streets. A map of the affected area can be found below.

It is recommended that all cooking and drinking water be brought to a complete boil for five minutes before use. Please continue to boil all cooking and drinking water until notified that it is no longer necessary.

We appreciate your cooperation during this time and will update you as necessary until the drinking water problem has been solved.  If you have any questions concerning the drinking water problem, please contact your water department at 574-534-5306 or waterseweroffice@goshencity.com.

Boil Water Advisory Brochure – Queen St 7-22-24Download

July brush pick-up begins next week

Monthly brush pick-up will begin next week on Monday, July 29th.

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 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.

If residents choose to have brush picked up before July brush pick-up begins due to the recent storm, they can utilize the City’s Dial-A-Trailer and the Brush Trailer. For more information, go to goshenindiana.org/street-department.

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

  • August 26, 2024
  • September 30, 2024