Archive for February, 2009

Mayor reneges on “What’s best for White River Township residents” statement

by: Jody Veldkamp February 27, 2009

Who decides what’s best?
Last year, Greenwood Mayor Charles Henderson stood up at a community meeting and stated that his interest was in “what’s best for the citizens of White River Township.”  At the request of some WRT residents looking at the self-incorporation option, Township Board member Mark Messick made good on the comment he made on [...]

Will Greenwood make a “run for the border”?

by: Jody Veldkamp February 27, 2009

With Mayor Henderson saying that should White River Township seek to self-incorporate Greenwood would enforce the three mile buffer rule which would prevent virtually all the current commercial areas of WRT from being part of the new town or city. What about the west edge of WRT along State Road 37 and the coming I-69 corridor? It [...]

WRT Board & Greenwood Council meet Monday

by: Jody Veldkamp February 25, 2009

Reorganization committee to address joint session
The WRT/Greenwood reorganization committee will meet this coming Monday, March 2, at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be followed by a joint meeting of the White River Township Board and the Common Council of Greenwood to receive an update from the reorganization committee.

Meeting time & place:
2 N. Madison Avenue
Greenwood, [...]

All committee members now listed

by: Dann Veldkamp February 23, 2009

Our new page contains the list of all committee members
If you look at the tabs along the top of this page you will see a new “Committee Members” entry. This new page contains a list of all the sub-committees, the members and alternates. Over the next few days we will also be adding links to [...]

Citizen says: Incorporation is possible

by: Dann Veldkamp February 16, 2009

Reorganization is one option, but self-incorporation of White River Township is a realistic possibility
As we’ve said many times before, the primary purpose of this web site is to encourage conversation among those interested in the future of unincorporated White River Township. While mostly we’ve covered and commented on “news” events of governmental bodies, today we [...]