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Middlebury residents tell Elkhart County commissioners Riverbend rezoning ignored community concerns
Summary
At the April 27 meeting, multiple Middlebury residents urged the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners to reconsider a rezoning that cleared the way for the Riverbend Apartments, saying petition signatures and unique local traffic (including horse-and-buggy) were not adequately considered.
Stephanie Kaufman of Middlebury told the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners she and neighbors felt sidelined after the county approved rezoning for the Riverbend Apartments, saying many petition signers—she said most were Amish—had not seen the developer's plans before signing. "Nobody was for it other than the investors who stand to make a bunch of money," Kaufman said, describing a roomful of opponents that she said left feeling ignored.
Kaufman said traffic studies appear…
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