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This chapter fulfills the requirements of Indiana State Statute for the completion of comprehensive plans. A community’s land use objectives and policies must be given due consideration in the course of decision making by its governing bodies. Contrasted with previous formats for such plans, this core comprehensive plan chapter follows a more recent policy-driven trend, where over-arching concepts guide the unforeseen circumstances that arise in the life of a community.
This comprehensive plan is not an addition to the business of governing, but rather brings efficiency and direction, decision by decision, to charting Goshen’s future. These objectives and policies are the abiding forces that guide any action to adopt, amend or repeal zoning maps and ordinances, as well as ordinances that address PUD districts, subdivision control, historic preservation and other land use designations.
In addition, this core comprehensive plan chapter will be given consideration when these governmental entities authorize, construct, alter or abandon public ways, public lands, public structures, and public utilities, including water and sewer mains and facilities.

The 2014-2018 Parks & Recreation Master Plan outlines strategies the Parks Department will pursue to improve facilities and services. Five core recommendations were developed in the planning process:
• Pursue the growth and development of the Park System as outlined in the City of Goshen Comprehensive Plan
• Maintain community involvement in the planning and development process.
• Conduct annual reviews of the master plan and adjust as necessary to continue the goal of meeting the park and recreational needs of the community.
• Conduct annual reviews of park facilities and programs for compliance with ADA requirements to assure recreation opportunities for the physically challenged and disabled. • Refine a procedure and policy manual as well as update safety manuals along with regular safety training modules.

Information in this summary has been extracted from the 2017 Elkhart County Wage and Benefit Report. This year the full report has additional health insurance benefit information companies could consider for the future. A full “Report” is available in pdf format to purchase for only $99.00. Email your request for a copy of the full report to: edc@elkhartcountybiz.com. If you would like to participate in the 2018 Wage and Benefit Survey, please email edc@elkhartcountybiz.com to have your name added to the list. An announcement will be sent on the new survey at the end of April. The survey will be open from May 1, 2018 to June 8, 2018. If you participate in the full survey, you will receive a complimentary copy of the full report.

American Neighborhood Change in the 21st Century is a detailed analysis of neighborhood economic expansion and decline across the United States. It develops a new method for measuring how American regions, cities, and neighborhoods are growing, shrinking, and getting poorer or richer over time. It quantifies, on a nationwide and local basis, the degree of economic growth, low-income displacement, low-income concentration, and neighborhood abandonment. It compares these trends across different geographies, in order to produce a comprehensive look at America’s evolving cities.

Looking to get out and get active? Look no further! Whether you’re a casual biker, walker or expert cyclist, our new user-friendly Elkhart County Biking and Walking Trail Guide has a route for you.

A Study Commissioned by the Community Relations Commission

In the fall of 2006, D3 Consultants was hired by the City of Goshen’s Community Relations Commission to conduct a study of the community regarding increasing diversity, focusing primarily on the demographic shifts and growing Hispanic population in the last 25 years. The purpose of the study was twofold: to gather data and perspectives on the impact of these trends, and to identify ways in which the community could more proactively and strategically anticipate the future.

A group of Northside Neighborhood residents, LaCasa representatives, and members of the Goshen Ten-Year Comprehensive Planning Team spent the year 2002 working on a proposal for the use of their newly-vacated 10 acres on their southern edge. They gathered historical use research, evaluated the property, surveyed neighbors, held public meetings, and considered the needs of their neighborhood and the wider community. Here is some of what they learned along the way.

GIS Data for Elkhart County

Two communities are tied together with a very strong bond, through immigration. This is the story of the people in these communities – one is Apan, Hidalgo, Mexico, and the other Goshen, Indiana, United States. Fuerza is a production of Soluz Films

The Comprehensive Plan is a policy document for the community, created by the Plan Commission, with community input, and adopted by City Council. The plan states visions, goals and policies for future growth and development.

Lacasa has a vision for greater impact in Elkhart County and beyond. Eighteen months of conversations and input have led to the creation of a strategic plan that will guide out efforts over the next five years. This plan is guided by the input of stakeholders in our work and a reflection of the importance of increasing the significant impact that we are together making in this community.

Despite signs of economic recovery, the number of U.S. residents living in poverty remains stubbornly high. An average of 15.7% of the U.S. population lived below the poverty line during the three-year period of 2010-2012, a considerable increase from an average of 13.6% during the previous three-year period of 2007-2009.

In some of the nation’s smaller cities, poverty is an even more severe problem. In Eastpointe, Michigan, the poverty rate rose from 12.2% during 2007-2009, slightly below the U.S. average rate, to a 27.1% average rate during 2010-2012. According to the latest data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, the poverty rate in more than 20 cities with populations of 25,000 or more increased by at least 10 percentage points between those two three-year periods. 24/7 Wall St. examined the 10 cities with the biggest increases in poverty rates.

The vision for this panel discussion was conceived by a small group of Elkhart County residents at a community dialogue in January that was focused on health care and the common good and facilitated by the Community Resilience Guild. The panel was organized with the intent to explore how community values have shaped health and health care in Goshen, and how our community can continue to support the common good amidst potential health care reform.

Clare Krabill participated in the dialogue and graciously accepted a request to moderate the panel. Panelists were selected based on personal connections and for their work in health care with local institutions. Participation was voluntary and independent – the opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the organizations with which the panelists are affiliated. Approximately 50 people attended the event, including many folks from the medical field in Goshen