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Madison Street, between 10th and Monroe streets, is set to reopen today, Wednesday, August 15. Madison Street (formerly US 33) has been rebuilt and will be open to traffic that needs to drive through downtown. Thank you to all residents for your patience while this project is being completed. For more road construction updates, follow […]

Today Tuesday, August 14, NIPSCO will close Dierdorff Road directly south of the round-about at Keystone Drive to work on a minor gas leak. They anticipate the road to be closed for one day, but may require closure on Wednesday if something larger than they anticipated is found.

South 9th Street will be closed from East Jefferson to the first alley north and south for the reconstruction of the roadway. The closure will extend last until October 8. The railroad crossing on East Jefferson Street will be closed during the duration of the project and until Norfolk Southern has installed new signals and […]

The 300 Block of East Purl Street – between Sixth and Seventh Streets – will be closed from 4 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, August 11, for the Historic Southside Neighborhood Association picnic.

Starting Tuesday August 7, Rieth Riley will be removing the existing pavement on Kercher Road from the railroad tracks to Weymouth Boulevard. Kercher Road is already closed between the railroad and Weymouth for road construction. Rieth Riley, the contractor, is also going door to door notifying the residents of the pavement removal.

Our community has long thrived on strong partnerships and working together. On Friday, Aug. 3, the Goshen Fire and Police Departments will be conducting training drills at Goshen Middle School. The training is scheduled to begin at approximately 11 a.m. and will continue for most of the afternoon. Additional Officers and Fire personnel who are […]

Rieth Riley Construction will be adjusting four castings on Lincoln Avenue from the intersection of Indiana Avenue to the Elkhart River Bridge on Wednesday, August 1, and pulling all equipment Thursday, August 2. The casting adjustment will cause lane restrictions. The contractor will provide a flagger to ease traffic flow.

The College Farm Neighborhood, consisting of the area south of College Avenue from S. 12th Street to S. 15th Street, will hold a Neighborhood Block Party on the 1800 block of S. 13th Street between Mervin Avenue and Leroy Street on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 3 to 9 p.m. The block will be closed to […]

Note: The following post was published by the Mayor’s Arts Council.  First annual Art for Everyone: A Small Works Project is set to take place at the Goshen Historic Theater mid-September. The Mayor’s Arts Council will host a newly created collection of nearly 200 small works from area artists plus a number of interactive performing […]

Brush pickup for the month of July begins July 30, 2018. 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 7 a.m. Monday. Brush will not be picked up in alleys […]