

Vibrant Communities is thrilled to kick off our Next Chapter campaign! On Thursday, November 4 residents of Elkhart County gathered at the Goshen Theater to discuss the future of Vibrant Communities and brainstorm ideas to make our county a more vibrant place. The meeting started…
More than half of Middlebury’s Greencroft community came together for a Vibrant Neighborhood brunch on June 9, 2021. The residents enjoyed Das Dutchman Essenhaus pastries, yogurt, fruit trays, juice, and coffee, and heard a presentation by Town Manager Mary Cripe on exciting progressive projects happening…
“We called our project ‘Neighborhood Cleanup.’ There were about 40 people who participated including some teenagers. Many of the participants were from the St. Mark’s United Methodist Church congregation but there were also some from the neighborhood. We partnered with the Chamberlain Neighborhood Association for…
Springtime is often a time for garage sales, but one Wakarusa neighborhood took it to the next level with the help of a Vibrant Neighborhoods microgrant. The County Road 38 neighborhood coordinated the garage sale date, but added in the opportunity for households to get…
After years of work, the final gap in the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail is being completed. Construction crews are at work on one section of the final gap, with the remainder to be completed in 2022. The reasons for that are complicated, writes Brittany Short, president…