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Back to the future with Horizon 2.0
Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:29 PM EST
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.
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Tax delinquencies nearly triple
Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:51 PM EDT
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 …
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Nightly News: Encouraging signs in Elkhart
Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:18 PM EDT
NBC Nightly News correspondent Kevin Tibbles reports from Elkhart County on signals that the local economy is improving. Click on the video above to watch his report. Or click here to read a profile of RV worker Marlin Hostetler, featured in the Nightly News story.
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Local economy 'in recovery,' but celebration will wait
Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:25 AM EDT
It may not feel like it for those who are out of work or deep in debt, but Elkhart is one of the 79 U.S.
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'No matter what's going on ... I can eat'
Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:26 PM EDT
Linda Westphal, 61, had already retired when the economic downturn hit. Her husband Bruce, 65, was still working, but the deflating stock market shrunk their nest egg.
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No fond farewell for Mega Shredder
Wed Oct 7, 2009 6:07 PM EDT
It sounds like a character from a "Transformers" movie and looks the part. And jubilant neighbors say its departure will certainly transform their lives by removing a dirty, noisy, stinky nuisance from their midst.
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Grim new concerns for one of Elkhart's 'Faces'
Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:54 AM EDT
Jim Seida / msnbc.com file Jennifer Holderread is growing more concerned as her husband runs through his unemployment benefits and her own job seems less secure.
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Wakarusa factory will add 49 production jobs
Seeded on Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:42 PM EDT (eTruth.com - Local News )
Dwyer Instruments Inc., will be hire 49 new production positions and invest more than $500,000 into its plant in Wakarusa, Ind.
A new way for readers to contribute
Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:29 PM EDT
To broaden the discussion of the recession's impact and what appears to be the beginning of a recovery, msnbc.com is offering readers a new way to participate in the Elkhart Project.
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Time for a grand unveiling
Fri Sep 4, 2009 1:27 PM EDT
The Electric Motors Corp., which has gotten a lot of attention for its plans to build hybrid trucks in north-central Indiana, on Saturday will unveil a prototype of the vehicle that it hopes will be an economic engine for the hard-hit area.
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As economy tanks, blacks find new ways to make do
Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:54 AM EDT (The Grio)
discriminating against anything." The economic downturn hasn't spared any group. Unemployment -- 9.4 percent nationwide and 18.7 percent in the city of Elkhart -- has jumped across the board as the economy has soured.
Goshen's Keystone RV to expand, hire 200 this fall
Seeded on Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:15 PM EDT (eTruth.com - Local News )
After months of layoffs, Keystone RV has acquired a 140,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and expects to hire 200 employees during the fall to meet what it expects to be a slight rebound in consumer demand, Keystone President Ron Fenech said Monday.
Hoosiers’ questions for Obama
Tue Aug 4, 2009 1:46 PM EDT
Msnbc.com asked residents of Elkhart, Ind., to send us their questions for President Barack Obama, who is visiting the area Wednesday for the third time since last year’s campaign. Here is a sample.
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Obama’s promises are a work in progress
Sun Aug 2, 2009 6:50 PM EDT
AsPresident Obama returns to Elkhart CountyWednesday, msnbc.com looks at some of the promises he made on his last visit – and his progress in fulfilling them. By msnbc.com's John W. Schoen.
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Company plans to turn Bayer plant into renewable energy center
Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:38 PM EDT (eTruth.com - Local News )
A Las Vegas company plans to purchase the old Bayer campus and turn it into a renewable energy center that will turn trash into electricity and bio-fuels.
It's not just ice cream
Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:41 AM EDT
Jim Cook, 91, has attended the Elkhart Country Fair ever since he was a child. He remembers the first time he sold ice cream in a tent here in 1962, all made from milk produced in local dairy farms. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
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A sign of recessionary times
Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:08 PM EDT
James Cheng / msnbc.com Lyle Ryman says the recession has been good for his sign business. The recession has hit Elkhart County hard, but not everybody is hurting.
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Electric Motors Corp. christens new home
Seeded on Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:23 PM EDT (eTruth.com - Local News )
Wil Cashen, chief executive officer of the Electric Motors Corp. grabbed a bottle of champagne Thursday and christened the enterprise's new home in Wakarusa, Ind., where the firm plans to create electric-hybrid vehicles.
Company will bring Elkhart 241 jobs from Sweden
Seeded on Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:19 PM EDT (eTruth.com - Local News )
Dometic Corp. plans to relocate a manufacturing facility from Sweden to Elkhart in exchange for a 10-year tax incentive, a break that led company officials to choose Elkhart over Mexico and China.
Video: Elkhart, Indiana, ground zero in the recession
Seeded on Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:02 PM EDT (True/Slant.com)
Evocative video from free-lance journalist Austin Considine.
Where will the new jobs come from?
Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:14 PM EDT
Marshall King, news editor of The Elkhart Truth, discusses the areas where Elkhart's leaders hope new manufacturing jobs will be created in an interview with MSNBC Cable's Chris Jansing.
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Seeking a new skill set
Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:27 PM EDT
Elkhart resident Vicki McGlinsey tells MSNBC Cable anchor Chris Jansing that she is now undergoing retraining after being laid off twice from her job as a printer.
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County's unemployment rate falls
Seeded on Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:02 PM EDT (eTruth.com - Local News )
Howard County continued to top the state's jobless list in June while Elkhart County's numbers fell, according to figures released Friday from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
RV Super Show may be next victim of recession
Seeded on Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:15 PM EDT (eTruth.com - Local News )
The Midwest RV Super Show and Rally, an Elkhart County tradition for 54 years, is in jeopardy after its sponsor, the Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council, canceled its show dates in August.
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