Wil Cashen. That’s the name we all know now. Cashen is the president of Electric Motors Co., which is working to create an electric vehicle industry in the Wakarusa and Nappanee areas.
    If Cashen and his partners are successful, his industry will transform the industrial base of Elkhart County. Cashen talks about his venture in this issue.
    Also, writer John Kline spent time at LaCasa, a social service agency that is working to improve Goshen. The agency has had good success in helping improve the housing in Goshen. It is vital for a community to provide decent homes for its residents. By doing so living conditions are improved and neighborhoods look better and give a visual sense of success and vitality. These are conditions that are required to attract new businesses to a community and instill a sense of pride in the city.
    In Elkhart, there is a success story. Vogue Beauty College has moved to a new location that provides a modern educational facility to train cosmetologists. This is a popular vocation in Elkhart County and offers people a chance to start their own business in their home or in a small storefront.
    The faculty at Vogue are experienced and professional in their approach to providing this education.
    These are all positive stories that we are presenting and I hope you will enjoy reading them.
   
    — Roger Schneider, editor