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ID	101035
Title of Article	Projects aim to transform city
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Construction workers starting to remove part of the road on Benham Avenue underpass; 515 East project illustration; Woodland Crossing project illustration
Date	Mar 12, 2025
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Aspire Elkhart, Affordable Housing, City of Elkhart, Infrastructure

ID	100914
Title of Article	Downpour of projects
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mayor Rod Roberson speaking; Tory Irwin speaking; Picture of Benham Avenue project
Date	Mar 05, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	City of Elkhart, Infrastructure, Aspire Elkhart, Elkhart Public Works and Utilities Department

ID	100890
Title of Article	Benham Avenue street closures to begin next week
Notes	DLZ Engineering; HRP Construction.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	3rd Street/Benham Avenue underpass; map of detour routes
Date	Mar 01, 2025
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Benham Avenue, Aspire Elkhart, Infrastructure, City of Elkhart

ID	100779
Title of Article	End of the line for barbeque staple
Notes	2426 Benham Ave., Elkhart
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	William Lee Sr. gives food to Dave Plank; Customers wait at Bill’s Bar-B-Que; Bill’s Bar-B-Que at Benham Avenue
Date	Feb 26, 2025
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Bill’s Bar-B-Que, Lee, William, Layoffs and Closings

ID	96723
Title of Article	Project aims to separate pipes
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Aaron Mishler, Rod Roberson, Tory Irwin, Ryan Carrington break ground
Date	May 01, 2024
Page	A1
Subjects	Stormwater Sewer System, Aspire Elkhart, Benham Avenue, High Street

ID	96650
Title of Article	A project decades in the making
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Rod Roberson speaks; Shovels go into the ground
Date	Apr 23, 2024
Page	A1
Subjects	Benham Avenue, Water and Sewer Utilities, Infrastructure

ID	95345
Title of Article	City OKs $14.5M infrastructure project
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Roadway alignment rendering
Date	Feb 07, 2024
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Benham Avenue, Infrastructure, Water and Sewer Utilities

ID	95209
Title of Article	Mayor pitches downtown ‘domino' plan
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Rendering of Benham underpass; Rendering of Benham Roadway alignment
Date	Jan 27, 2024
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Water and Sewer Utilities, Benham Avenue, Traffic Flow, Central Green Ampitheater

ID	95094
Title of Article	Council eyes southside sewer projects
Notes	Benham, McKinley and LaSalle
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Benham Avenue area
Date	Jan 20, 2024
Page	A1
Subjects	Water and Sewer Utilities, Stormwater Sewer System

ID	89425
Title of Article	Film on disappearance of Benham West to premiere
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Rev. Plez Lovelady, Oliver Pettis, Charles Walker, Jason Shenk, Nekeisha Alayna Alexis, and Jamie Pitts
Date	May 03, 2023
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Benham Avenue, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

ID	87797
Title of Article	Steel frame rises on new Tolson Center
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Two photos of crews installing steel
Date	Mar 22, 2023
Page	A1
Subjects	Tolson Center, Construction, Benham Avenue

ID	83021
Title of Article	Lost Neighborhood
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Nekeisha Alayna Alexis; Aerial view of Benham West from 1960s
Date	Sep 10, 2022
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Benham Avenue, Benham West

ID	74094
Title of Article	Big plans in the works
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	The area around the Benham Avenue water tower
Date	Sep 04, 2021
Page	A1, A7
Subjects	Benham Avenue, Water Storage Tank (Benham Avenue), Water and Sewer Utilities

ID	69635
Title of Article	Benham Avenue reopens
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	City leaders; Benham Avenue
Date	Dec 09, 2020
Page	A1, A4
Subjects	Benham Avenue, Construction

ID	67392
Title of Article	New Benham section closed until November
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Benham Avenue construction
Date	August 7, 2020
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Construction, Benham Avenue

ID	67703
Title of Article	Months-long Benham Avenue road work begins
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Benham Avenue; Benham Avenue rendering; Mayor Rod Roberson
Date	May 28, 2020
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Benham Avenue, Construction

ID	66660
Title of Article	$4.8M overhaul of Benham Avenue approved
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Benham Avenue
Date	August 7, 2019
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Benham Avenue, Elkhart City Council, Construction

ID	65750
Title of Article	Council delays $4.8M Benham Ave resurfacing
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Benham Avenue
Date	July 17, 2019
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart City Council, Benham Avenue, Construction

ID	65614
Title of Article	New Elkhart apartments to provide home for the homeless
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Officials breaking ground
Date	July 9, 2019
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Benham Avenue, LaCasa Inc., Homelessness

ID	60100
Title of Article	Officials consider painting over rust on Norfolk Southern railroad overpasses
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Benham Avenue overpass
Date	June 4, 2016
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Norfolk Southern Railroad Corp., Overpasses

ID	57422
Title of Article	Fresh look for Benham Avenue
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	George Taylorremoves tree bindings
Date	May 21, 2015
Page	C1
Subjects	Benham Avenue, Trees

ID	55576
Title of Article	Woman shot in 1100 block of Benham Avenue
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart police investigating
Date	February 4, 2015
Page	A1
Subjects	Shootings, Benham Avenue

ID	54839
Title of Article	South Central - safe or not?
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	People walking along Benham Avenue
Date	August 24, 2014
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Garfield Avenue, Crime

ID	84712
Title of Article	Church's Chicken coming to Benham Avenue site
Notes	Church's Chicken envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Nov 13, 1999
Subjects	Business, Restaurants, Real Estate

ID	387
Title of Article	Church's Chicken coming to Benham Avenue site
Notes	1419 Benham Ave.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of site
Date	January 13, 1999
Page	A3
Subjects	Churches, Orthodox, Heart City Health Center, SCENIC Building

ID	10537
Title of Article	Big project begins
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo
Date	July 7, 1998
Page	A3
Subjects	Benham Avenue

ID	10536
Title of Article	Benham revitalization could begin next spring
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	December 11, 1997
Page	A3 & A9
Subjects	Benham Avenue

ID	10535
Title of Article	Safety redesign planned for Benham
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	December 11, 1996
Page	B1
Subjects	Benham Avenue

ID	28841
Title of Article	Communtiy leaders look for lessons: Restrained police response helped keep situation cool
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	J. J. Ivory
Date	May 21, 1992
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Page	B1
Subjects	Ivory, John Jerome (J. J.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Elkhart Police Department, Benham Avenue

ID	76936
Title of Article	Benham West land for sale
Notes	Benham West - Elkhart envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Map of parcels for sale between 10th and 6th Street and north of Indiana Ave.
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Feb 12, 1986
Subjects	Benham West Urban Renewal Area, Benham Avenue, Sixth Street, Elkhart

ID	76935
Title of Article	Benham Contractor At Work
Notes	Benham West - Elkhart envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Aug 12, 1985
Subjects	Benham West Urban Renewal Area, Benham Avenue, Construction

ID	100938
Title of Article	Hanging-Out Brings Complaints
Notes	Elkhart - South Side envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jul 29, 1985
Subjects	Elkhart, South Side, Benham Avenue, Social Life

ID	45687
Title of Article	Facing north from above Benham Underpass
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v.2
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 1
Date	September 17, 1983
Page	82
Subjects	Second Street, Elkhart, Third Street, Elkhart, Benham Avenue

ID	76938
Title of Article	Politics, not Geography, Makes Sense in the 6th
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Map of the 6th district
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Apr 15, 1983
Page	11, 15
Subjects	Benham West Urban Renewal Area, Benham Avenue, Precincts, Politics and Government

ID	76937
Title of Article	Park Remains Concern: Benham Plan Sets Some Guidelines
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Apr 13, 1983
Page	13
Subjects	Benham West Urban Renewal Area, Benham Avenue

ID	10534
Title of Article	Before and after
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	July 11, 1981
Page	19
Subjects	Benham Avenue

ID	10533
Title of Article	Picture of maples along Benham being torn down
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	July 6, 1981
Page	16
Subjects	Benham Avenue

ID	10532
Title of Article	Benham job to Arco; starting day uncertain
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	June 23, 1981
Page	13
Subjects	Benham Avenue

ID	10531
Title of Article	Benham residents to get say in replacing trees
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	June 13, 1981
Page	2
Subjects	Benham Avenue

ID	83650
Title of Article	Bonanza Restaurant
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Jim Herrin, Jerry Matheny, Ken Cole
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Mar 18, 1981
Subjects	Restaurants, Business, Benham Avenue

ID	83647
Title of Article	New Bonanza To Open Monday
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Mar 12, 1981
Subjects	Restaurants, Business, Benham Avenue

ID	10530
Title of Article	State ruling delays widening of Benham
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	August 2, 1980
Page	18
Subjects	Benham Avenue

ID	10538
Title of Article	Benham East gets official designation
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	June 11, 1980
Page	35
Subjects	Benham Avenue Apartments

ID	34130
Title of Article	(caption only)
Notes	3003 Benham Avenue
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photo of site of library groundbreaking - Dr. Erland Waltner, Joseph S. Hertzler, Richard J. Yordy & James Waltner
Date	May 31, 1974
History #	1012d
Subjects	Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS)

ID	101032
Title of Article	Cross Burned At Underpass
Notes	Cross Burnings envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Apr 17, 1972
Subjects	Underpass, Benham Avenue, Demonstrations, Hate Crimes, Fires

ID	40735
Title of Article	Residents allowed first to find 'decent, safe and sanitary home'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	August 7, 1969
Subjects	Housing Authority and Urban Renewal, Elkhart Housing Authority, Benham West, Benham Avenue

ID	40724
Title of Article	Benham West project proposed in early 1960s
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of abandoned home
Date	August 6, 1969
Subjects	Housing Authority and Urban Renewal, Elkhart Housing Authority, Benham West, Benham Avenue

ID	40734
Title of Article	Uncertainties of renewal hang over Benham West residents
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	m
Picture Caption	photo of home
Date	August 6, 1969
Subjects	Housing Authority and Urban Renewal, Elkhart Housing Authority, Benham West, Benham Avenue

ID	77027
Title of Article	QUICK PICK-UP OPENS
Notes	1405 Benham Ave.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mini Chef Restaurant building
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Oct 21, 1967
Subjects	Restaurants, Benham Avenue, Benham West, Iemma, Dominic J.

ID	21714
Title of Article	Third Street decided on for underpass
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	November 19, 1949
Page	1
Subjects	Underpass, Benham Avenue

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