News & Events

Cottage Avenue railroad tracks are scheduled to close Monday morning, July 17 to allow HRP and City crews to work on a water main in close proximity to the railroad tracks. This project may take up to three days, with the railroad crossing slated to open on Wednesday, July 19.

South Second Street is tentatively scheduled to be closed between West Lincoln Avenue and West Washington Street a few hours Monday, July 17, for paving. The street will reopen the same day.

NOTE: Due to rain on Thursday, July 20, the schedule below will be backed up one day. Paving Solutions, Inc., this year’s contractor for micro-surfacing, began working on some of the City’s streets today and will continue throughout the next week. The streets micro-surfaced today are: Player Drive Nicklaus Drive Maple Crest Drive Cedar Drive […]

The garbage collection schedule for the week of Independence Day, July 3–7, will be modified. There will be no garbage collection on Tuesday, Independence Day. The routes for the remainder of the week will each be delayed by one day. For example, the normal Wednesday route will be collected on Thursday, etc. The week’s collection […]

The City of Elkhart, the City of Goshen, and the Michiana Area Council of Governments have received a grant from the Indiana State Department of Health to prepare a bicycle and pedestrian master plan. This initiative will help to coordinate planning activities for both cities to improve walking and bicycling in the region. The public […]

NOTE: This message was originally posted Tuesday, June 27. The free tickets Mayor Jeremy Stutsman and City Council had secured to America’s Freedom Fest —a day-long event of airshows and fireworks Saturday, July 1, to celebrate Independence Day—have all been picked up at City Hall. There are no more free tickets available at this time. […]

This year, the Goshen Street Department changed its brush pickup schedule, cutting out the months of June and August from their regular pickups. This means residents are asked to NOT place any brush out in the month of June, and to instead place it out the last weekend of July. The next brush pickup will […]

The free tickets Mayor Jeremy Stutsman and City Council had secured to America’s Freedom Fest —a day-long event of airshows and fireworks Saturday, July 1, to celebrate Independence Day—have all been picked up at City Hall. There are no more free tickets available at this time. Information for purchasing tickets may be found online at […]

Contractor Rieth-Riley will begin a full closure of Kercher Road (CR 38) from South Main Street (SR 15) to the bridge in order to install new underground utilities, new concrete curb and pavement. The full closure will begin Wednesday, June 28, and continue the length of the project. Residents on Kercher Road will have access […]

Spring and summer bring mosquitoes. “How many” depends on how wet the season is. The City will continue its program of placing larvicide in catch basins, which are potential breeding sites. It is one of the most cost-effective measures the City can take. The City has not sprayed for mosquitoes for many years—and will not […]