Goshen

"We do want to be exceedingly careful," Mayor Gina Leichty recently told the city council. "This is not a ‘bring your six-pack to the park’ kind of ordinance."

The city council Monday locked in annual cemetery fee increases of roughly three percent for the next 10 years. While those annual increases have been a longstanding practice, Mayor Gina Leichty says the city still has to dip into its general fund to cover the full cost.

“That project was relying in part on a financial structure that would have taken advantage of the federal Investment Tax Credit, which provided a 30-percent reduction in cost,” Assistant City Attorney Don Shuler told the city's board of public works and safety last week.

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WVPE's Kent Fulmer visits with Danaé Wirth of Goshen Historical Museum about recent updates to the museum

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After reopening this spring following a fire, the South Side Soda Shop in Goshen is preparing for exterior renovations with help from a $50,000 grant.

Saturday, September 6th from 10:30 to 6 PM - Downtown Goshen, along the Millrace Canal starting at Powerhouse Park

“Cities like Goshen are now left to clean up a process that we did not ask for or design,” Mayor Gina Leichty told the common council Monday.