News & Events

NO INTERURBAN TROLLEY OR ADA ACCESS SERVICE ON CHRISTMAS OR NEW YEAR’S DAY

The following press release is from the Michiana Area Council of Governments. The Interurban Trolley fixed route service and the Interurban Trolley ADA Access service will not operate on Wednesday, December 25, 2019, or Wednesday, January 1, 2020 due to the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Regular service will resume on Thursday, December 26, […]

FREE STORMWATER CALENDARS PROMOTE WATER QUALITY

The following press release is from the Greater Elkhart County Stormwater Partnership. The Greater Elkhart County Stormwater Partnership is again distributing a free, two-year calendar entitled “Elkhart County Water Resources 2020-2021 Calendar.” This calendar uses pictures donated by local photographers, combined with information boxes, to increase awareness of our rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands, and […]

CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY

All City of Goshen offices will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, December 24 and 25, in observance of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Trash collection services will be normal on Christmas Eve, off on Christmas Day and delayed by a day afterward.

REMINDER: WEEK OF DEC. 16 LAST FOR LEAF PICKUP

Monday, December 16 will start the last week of leaf collection for the Street Department. Rake leaves into long piles on the grass next to the street or sidewalk beside the curb, not more than 6 feet from the curb. For the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists, if you must pile leaves on the sidewalk, […]

ADDITIONAL SIGNS AT HIGH SCHOOL

Additional traffic signs will be placed near Goshen High School to help with traffic flow. A trial stop sign will be placed on the north-south alley south of Madison St., west of 10th and Monroe for southbound traffic. The trial will be for one month, at which time the traffic commission will determine it it […]

NO PARKING: TULIP AT CLINTON

Parking is restricted on Tulip Boulevard at Clinton Avenue. The restriction will be on the west side of Tulip Boulevard for 50 feet south of Clinton. The reasons for the restrictions were that cars parked near the intersection make it difficult for vehicles maneuvering at the intersection, and it is difficult for residents nearby to […]

ROAD CLOSURE DURING SCHOOL DISMISSAL: FRANKLIN STREET

The Board of Works approved Monday the traffic Commission’s request to close Franklin Street, between 7th and 8th every school day during dismissal from 2:30 to 3 p.m, when school buses are being loaded. As part of the approval, the school will be responsible for the placement of cones on either end of the closure […]

REMINDER: THANKSGIVING DAY

All City of Goshen offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29, in observance of Thanksgiving Day. Trash collection services are canceled on Thursday, Nov. 28 and will resume Friday.

CITY STAFF, VOLUNTEERS PLANT FRUIT TREES FOR COMMUNITY ORCHARD

Volunteers from Goshen and surrounding communities spent Monday morning, Nov. 25, planting fruit trees to start a community orchard at Abshire Park, 1302 E. Lincoln Ave. The planting was thanks, in part, to a $30,000 grant through the Arbor Day Foundation with corporate sponsorship from Enterprise Holdings Foundation. The trees will bear a variety of […]

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SEAT OPEN

The Goshen Economic Development Commission will have a seat open in 2020. The City Council will review applications and make an appointment to the Economic Development Commission for four years. The Goshen Economic Development Commission deals with matters related to the City of Goshen’s financing of economic development or pollution control facilities under Indiana Code […]