Open city June 10, 2006
Posted by Ron in Events, Towns.trackback
The Route 66 town of Elkhart, Ill., is only 450 people, and the townsfolk are concerned that it will eventually lose its grade school.
So Elkhart is holding an open house this weekend for the entire town in the hopes it will entice more people to move there. Just about every business and public building is throwing open its doors. It's also timing the event with the Illinois Route 66 Association's annual motor tour, which has a stop in Elkhart.
The Lincoln Courier has the story.
[...] Elkhart was trying like heck to spur economic development in town, mostly as a way to keep its school. A bigger tax base and more residents certainly would have helped. But apparently the efforts were started too late and made too little impact. [...]