<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - The Elkhart Project's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/</link><description>Newsvine - The Elkhart Project's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:37:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:46:41 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>In recession, pets go homeless in droves</title><description><![CDATA[Each day at five, staff members of the Humane Society of Elkhart County close the animal shelter and hold a meeting. And each day, like clockwork, they begin hearing a "thump, thump, thump" from outside.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kari-huus]]></dc:creator><link>http://kari-huus.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/24/3538911-in-recession-pets-go-homeless-in-droves?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</link><guid>http://kari-huus.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/24/3538911-in-recession-pets-go-homeless-in-droves?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</guid><category>health</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>animals</category><category>pets</category><category>society</category><category>humane-society</category><category>humane</category><category>the-elkhart-project</category><category>reel</category><category>elkhart-county</category><category>thump</category><category>kari-huuskarihuusreportermsnbccom</category><category>kari-huuskarihuusreportermsnbccom�</category><category>kari-huusmsnbckarihuus03jpg1p</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:37:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A few jobs, and a reprieve for the jobless</title><description><![CDATA[ The latest unemployment numbers are out, indicating that the Elkhart area is, well, moving in the right direction, but the modest improvement isn&rsquo;t about to spark any spontaneous dancing in the streets.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kari-huus]]></dc:creator><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526281-a-few-jobs-and-a-reprieve-for-the-jobless</link><guid>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526281-a-few-jobs-and-a-reprieve-for-the-jobless</guid><category>us-news</category><category>jobs</category><category>unemployment</category><category>unemployment-benefits</category><category>receession</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:14:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>RV industry no longer running on empty</title><description><![CDATA[ELKHART, Ind. - The wheels are slowly turning again for the RV industry here, the mainstay of this region’s economy. 
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Schoen]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3521623-rv-industry-no-longer-running-on-empty?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3521623-rv-industry-no-longer-running-on-empty?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</guid><category>business</category><category>news</category><category>new-york</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>credit</category><category>sales</category><category>elkhart</category><category>county</category><category>the-elkhart-project</category><category>jayco</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:37:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091119-Rick-Williams-bcol.nv_tn_width.jpg" width="75" height="55" /></item><item><title>Long-term unemployed face dwindling options </title><description><![CDATA[ELKHART, Ind. - At the edge of this town, at the end of a long driveway, lives Lawrie Covey, who's at the end of her rope. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Schoen]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3521625-long-term-unemployed-face-dwindling-options?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3521625-long-term-unemployed-face-dwindling-options?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</guid><category>business</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>job</category><category>trailer</category><category>her</category><category>she</category><category>rent</category><category>shes</category><category>the-elkhart-project</category><category>covey</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:23:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091119-LawrieCovery-hmed.nv_tn_width.jpg" width="75" height="50" /></item><item><title>Similar counties, but stimulus impact miles apart</title><description><![CDATA[RICHLAND, Wash. - If you want to win the stimulus sweepstakes, it helps to have one of the planet's nastiest toxic waste sites in your back yard.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stuckey, MSNBC.com correspondent]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518900-similar-counties-but-stimulus-impact-miles-apart?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3518900-similar-counties-but-stimulus-impact-miles-apart?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</guid><category>business</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>elkhart</category><category>county</category><category>hanford</category><category>the-elkhart-project</category><category>recovery-act</category><category>elkhart-county</category><category>benton-county</category><category>benton</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:41:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-cvr-091117-elkhart-stuckey-2p.nv_tn_width.jpg" width="75" height="57" /></item><item><title>Vroom, vroom: RV company to hire 400</title><description><![CDATA[ In another stirring of life in the RV industry, a producer of towable RVs in Elkhart announced that it will hire 400 more workers to step up production, The Elkhart Truth reported on Wednesday.Heartland Recreational Vehicle LLC has new demand, which dealers say is at least in pa&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kari-huus]]></dc:creator><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/18/3517299-vroom-vroom-rv-company-to-hire-400</link><guid>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/18/3517299-vroom-vroom-rv-company-to-hire-400</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:51:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Elkhart closing park to save money</title><description><![CDATA[Really? Another something that is free to the families in this area gone. What happened to the city making all that money from the new business from the $4.5 million airport, or the big business Monaco was going to bring in.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jholderread]]></dc:creator><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508664-elkhart-closing-park-to-save-money</link><guid>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508664-elkhart-closing-park-to-save-money</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:15:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>One in four metro areas in recovery mode</title><description><![CDATA[For many Americans, especially the almost 16 million out of work, merely mentioning the word "recovery" can make the blood boil. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dedman, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508627-one-in-four-metro-areas-in-recovery-mode?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508627-one-in-four-metro-areas-in-recovery-mode?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</guid><category>news</category><category>new-york</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>recession</category><category>recovery</category><category>elkhart</category><category>metro</category><category>the-elkhart-project</category><category>areas</category><category>adversity</category><category>adversity-index</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:46:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A welcome uptick in downtown diners </title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
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John Ravenscroft, manager of Mad Anthony's restaurant in Elkhart, Ind., says business is picking up.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Elkhart Project]]></dc:creator><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508076-a-welcome-uptick-in-downtown-diners-</link><guid>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508076-a-welcome-uptick-in-downtown-diners-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>business</category><category>recession</category><category>jobs</category><category>restaurant</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Back home to Elkhart, &quot;primed&quot; for 2010</title><description><![CDATA[ELKHART, Ind.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stuckey]]></dc:creator><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/13/3494150-back-home-to-elkhart-primed-for-2010</link><guid>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/13/3494150-back-home-to-elkhart-primed-for-2010</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:29:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Move over, feds, as locals try stimulus too</title><description><![CDATA[ELKHART, Ind. - In hard-hit Elkhart, Ind., there are glimmers of economic hope as some recreational vehicle makers and other companies have begun hiring again after a long downturn.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miguel Llanos, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3497443-move-over-feds-as-locals-try-stimulus-too?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3497443-move-over-feds-as-locals-try-stimulus-too?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</guid><category>business</category><category>technology</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>recession</category><category>tax</category><category>elkhart</category><category>county</category><category>the-elkhart-project</category><category>elkhart-county</category><category>izzy</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:54:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091020-elkhartEconRecovery-hmed.nv_tn_width.jpg" width="75" height="50" /></item><item><title>Reinvention, with help from the Rust Belt </title><description><![CDATA[Elkhart community leaders on Wednesday brainstormed ways to pull out of the recession, starting with the premise -- now self-evident -- that the county can no longer expect the RV industry to hold up the community.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kari-huus]]></dc:creator><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/12/3494728-reinvention-with-help-from-the-rust-belt-</link><guid>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/12/3494728-reinvention-with-help-from-the-rust-belt-</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:13:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Back to the future with Horizon 2.0</title><description><![CDATA[ In 2002, Elkhart government and business leaders issued an SOS: The Elkhart economy--though booming--was heading for trouble if it didn't start changing its ways.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kari-huus]]></dc:creator><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/10/3487562-back-to-the-future-with-horizon-20</link><guid>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/10/3487562-back-to-the-future-with-horizon-20</guid><category>us-news</category><category>economy</category><category>recession</category><category>tax</category><category>elkhart</category><category>horizon</category><category>yoder</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:29:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Suicides raise worries about recession’s real cost</title><description><![CDATA[ELKHART, Ind. - Coroner John White is presiding over a sad tally in this northern Indiana county, tracking rising numbers of suicides he believes are linked to the lingering recession. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia, health writer, msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/09/3478508-suicides-raise-worries-about-recessions-real-cost?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/09/3478508-suicides-raise-worries-about-recessions-real-cost?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</guid><category>health</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>recession</category><category>deaths</category><category>suicide</category><category>elkhart</category><category>county</category><category>suicides</category><category>the-elkhart-project</category><category>coroner-john-white</category><category>whove</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:58:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hth-091103-john-white-5p.nv_tn_width.jpg" width="75" height="57" /></item><item><title>At biz fair, companies hazard some optimism</title><description><![CDATA[ In the darkest hours of recession in Elkhart, optimists clung to this thread of hope: That in the past, this RV manufacturing economy always led the way into a downturn, but it also led the way out.The mood at the annual Biz-ness Expo this week, as reported by The Elkhart Truth &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kari-huus]]></dc:creator><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/06/3469175-at-biz-fair-companies-hazard-some-optimism</link><guid>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/11/06/3469175-at-biz-fair-companies-hazard-some-optimism</guid><category>us-news</category><category>business</category><category>recession</category><category>recovery</category><category>rv</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:31:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Guardsmen now in battle to find jobs</title><description><![CDATA[ELKHART, Ind. - Finding a job in this challenging economic climate is a pitched battle, not the sort of adrenaline-fueled forays that members of the Elkhart-based Indiana National Guard’s 1538th Transportation Company grew accustomed to during 10 months in Iraq.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Brunker, msnbc.com writer and editor]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3451792-guardsmen-now-in-battle-to-find-jobs?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3451792-guardsmen-now-in-battle-to-find-jobs?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</guid><category>iraq</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>job</category><category>elkhart</category><category>guard</category><category>the-elkhart-project</category><category>maher</category><category>mcallister</category><category>msnbccom</category><category>spec</category><category>transportation-company</category><category>elkhart-based-indiana-national-guard�s</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:11:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091029-christine-mccallister-hlg-12p.nv_tn_width.jpg" width="75" height="44" /></item><item><title>The Worst US Cities to find a job</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jholderread]]></dc:creator><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/10/30/3444514-the-worst-us-cities-to-find-a-job</link><guid>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/10/30/3444514-the-worst-us-cities-to-find-a-job</guid><category>us-news</category><category>indiana</category><category>elkhart</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:40:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. stimulus buoys U.K. factory’s workers</title><description><![CDATA[COVENTRY, U.K. - Photographs of President Barack Obama run on a constant loop in the foyer of a factory here, roughly 100 miles northwest of London. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[F. Brinley Bruton, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3438812-us-stimulus-buoys-uk-factorys-workers?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3438812-us-stimulus-buoys-uk-factorys-workers?chromedomain=elkhartprojectblog</guid><category>technology</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>united-states</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>trucks</category><category>factory</category><category>the-elkhart-project</category><category>navistar</category><category>coventry</category><category>battery-powered</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:23:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/2009/October/091021/091021-MODEC-obama-hmed.nv_tn_width.jpg" width="75" height="49" /></item><item><title>Recession raises the bar on inmate work release</title><description><![CDATA[Kari Huus / msnbc.com

Antinio Long, 34, awaits a ride to a new job outside a work release facility where he is serving time because of missed child support payments.

In better times, even those behind bars were better off.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kari-huus]]></dc:creator><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/10/27/3431155-recession-raises-the-bar-on-inmate-work-release</link><guid>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/10/27/3431155-recession-raises-the-bar-on-inmate-work-release</guid><category>us-news</category><category>jobs</category><category>unemployment</category><category>child-support</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:44:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tax delinquencies nearly triple</title><description><![CDATA[Even as new data suggests that the economy in Elkhart County has emerged from recession (click here to read last week's Adversity Index report), out comes a new measure of the meltdown's impact on this community: a list of 3,200 county properties with delinquent taxes -- roughly &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Brunker]]></dc:creator><link>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/10/23/3416804-tax-delinquencies-nearly-triple</link><guid>http://elkhartprojectblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/10/23/3416804-tax-delinquencies-nearly-triple</guid><category>us-news</category><category>economy</category><category>auction</category><category>services</category><category>delinquent-taxes</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:51:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>