Local coverage
Project conversations across St. Joseph County and the South Bend metro.
Actual coverage tracks independent provider availability rather than a fixed map. Each town below has its own page of housing and site context.
Mishawaka
Mishawaka's downtown got its present shape twice over. The settlement began with bog-iron mining in the early 1830s, and the housing that followed spans enough eras that frame systems change street to street.
Local planning notes →Granger
Granger never became its own city. What started in 1883 as a train depot has grown into largely modern subdivisions with standardized openings that keep replacement units off-the-shelf.
Local planning notes →Osceola
Osceola wasn't the first town platted along this stretch of the St. Joseph River; that was Williamsport, laid out in 1834 and later vacated, leaving Osceola's own housing spread across a wide range of build years.
Local planning notes →New Carlisle
New Carlisle's name change tells its own story. The settlement was first known as Bourissa Hill, for Potawatomi landowner Lazarus Bourissa, and its historic-district homes retain original sash where sightlines matter.
Local planning notes →North Liberty
North Liberty's business district has applied for National Register historic-district designation, a reflection of how much original fabric survives, including window openings rarely square enough for insert units.
Local planning notes →Lakeville
Lakeville's school history says a lot about how the town grew. As late as the 1890s the surrounding township was served by 13 one-room schoolhouses, and the farm houses of that period carry original single-glazed sash.
Local planning notes →Roseland
Roseland is a narrow town by design, about four blocks wide and a mile long, incorporated in 1916, and its uniform postwar housing uses standard window sizing throughout.
Local planning notes →Elkhart
Elkhart takes its name from the shape of an island, not a person. The town was laid out in 1832 near the confluence of two rivers, and its housing now spans nearly two centuries of window systems.
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