Elkhart doesn’t lack for strengths. With only 1.6 percent of Indiana’s population, the city makes up 3.4 percent of the state’s manufacturing output. One out of 45 jobs in Indiana is in Elkhart. Elkhart is a powerful economic engine, but one of its components is…
On Sept. 26, Elkhart County’s arts community came together to go forward The Elkhart County Arts Leadership Summit brought together around 40 representatives from arts organizations to network, collaborate and dream big. The summit, fittingly enough, took place at downtown Goshen’s Art House venue. The…
In the heart of Goshen, a downtown treasure is getting ready for its next act. Thanks to a mix of public and private funding, a major renovation is happening at the historic Goshen Theater, 216 S. Main St. In a nod to the theater’s longevity…
The following is reprinted with permission from the August 2019 issue of the Pumpkinvine Trail Talk newsletter. After significant delays in construction due to an unusually rainy spring, the new section of the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail between County Road 33 and County Road 20 finally…
The crowd spreads their blankets on the wide terraces in front of the new Central Park stage. As the band sets up for their show, enticing smells waft from the food trucks lined up on Waterfall Drive. As the Central Park lawn fills up, more…
Building vibrant communities in Elkhart County has always been the ongoing goal, but it’s challenging to know how you’re doing when you’re not sure where you started. With that question as a backdrop, more than 50 community leaders from Elkhart County’s business, non-profit, municipal and…
That big splash today in downtown Elkhart? That’s the opening of the game-changing Elkhart Health & Aquatics Center in the heart of the city’s River District. Excitement built steadily over the last two years of construction and hundreds flocked to preview nights and open houses…
No matter which downtown you go to in Elkhart County — Elkhart, Goshen, Nappanee, Middlebury, Wakarusa or Bristol — there are parts to like and other parts that could be improved. A team at enFocus has been working hard on research, interviewing downtown business owners…
The Vibrant Communities movement is getting serious about the numbers, and the next Community Champions Roundtable will offer a more in-depth look at how we will measure “vibrancy” in Elkhart County. From 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday, July 25, community leaders representing a wide diversity…
