ELKHART — An economic impact study commissioned by the city will be completed by Nov. 14 to show how losing a county courthouse downtown would affect the area.
Mayor Rod Roberson hopes the study will help convince the Elkhart County Council to reconsider placing a new and consolidated courthouse next door to the existing building which, along with the courthouse in downtown Goshen, has been deemed to be below modern standards for a courthouse.
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