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GoshenVoice.com ArchivedNews from 2002 and 2003
updated August 30, 2004 - goshenvoice.com home
Click here to read a short explanation of why we have barricades on Third Street - posted March 26, 2003
An illustated story of East College Avenue related to ethics in planning and zoning March 30, 2003
Phyllis Stutzman explains OTNA mission on third anniversary in Elkhart Truth, Jan. 15, 2003
For background on this, read the Jan. 13, 2003, editorial, "Goshen motorists stuck."
For background on this, read Thomas Bona's Jan. 11 article "Third Street suit may delay U.S. 33 project."
Becky Emmons, S. B. Tribune - Todd Zeiger of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, Jan. 12, 2003
59 page text of the November 15, 2002
federal court Preliminary Injunction that STOPPED the widening of
Third Street through Goshen's Historic District
NOTE: This will open a new window and download a 2.6 mb .pdf file.
It may take five or ten minutes with a modem.
Federal Judge David M. Hamilton includes a wealth of informaiton about our city, state, and federal public servants.
Plaintiffs: Old Town Neighborhool Association of Goshen and Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana
Defendents: ALLAN KAUFFMAN, Mayor of Goshen, MARY E. PETERS and JOHN R. BAXTER, Federal Highway Adminsitration, and J. BRYON NICOL, Indiana Departmenbt of Transportation.
See photos of Third Street destruction. Trees are cut on September 19, 2002
All of this illegal (as determined by the November 15 ruling) destruction is done by the city after they were
notified by the attorneys that any construction would be illegal.
This historic house has lost the protection these trees provided against traffic accident impacts.
August 19 Letter to the Mayor of Goshen, INDOT, and FHWA
“We want to put you on notice that any construction activity initiated
. . . before the Section 106 process is complete would be illegal.”
Click here to read the whole letter warning of an injunction against Third Street Construction
from Barnes and Thornburg of Indianapolis (return here with your Back button)
goshenvoice.com encourages you to send a donation to the Old Town Neighborhood Association's
fund to stop the City of Goshen from building four and five lanes on Third Street.
