Talk:Granger, Indiana

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What is Granger? I mean, it's not a city, it's really just a ZIP code. It spans St. Joseph and Elkhart counties.

Granger's mostly just a collection of suburbs somewhere between Niles and Mishawaka. ShadowMan1od 00:57, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

October 26,2012
Please refrain from adding the recently added material about part of Granger being in Elkhart County. Since Granger is a CDP, the only definitive source for boundary info is the census bureau's designation. Their map, here, clearly shows their boundary is the county line. As far as a nickname goes, since Granger is not a city and does not have a website, the only plausible source for that would be usage in the media. Just putting in information that you believe to be true is not the thing to do. Wikipedia only reports on what others have written. Thanks! Gtwfan52 (talk) 20:12, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I think the fact that there are "Granger, IN" street addresses in Elkhart County but that the CDP is only outside of the county should be made clear in the article so further editors aren't confused. WhisperToMe (talk) 07:09, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * My eyes are pretty bad. Does the above make sense to anyone? John from Idegon (talk) 10:45, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry.. I forgot to put in an "is". What I meant was: what is happening is some places in Elkhart County have "Granger, IN" postal addresses. The CDP itself only has territory in St. Joseph County. That means members of the public will add information about places in St. Joseph County even though the article is only supposed to be about the CDP. The solution is to say outright in the article that some places in Elkhart County have "Granger, IN" postal addresses but that they are not in the CDP boundaries. WhisperToMe (talk) 14:04, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

SBN Japanese School, Inc. (South Bend area Japanese supplementary school) - Confirmation of nonprofit status?
There seems to have been confusion about the status of "SBN Japanese School, Inc.", a former Japanese supplementary school hoshuko) that has since closed. (It was designated by the Japanese education ministry as a weekend school for overseas Japanese - Archive)

The Inc. would seem to indicate a commercial company... but I've looked at Japanese supplementary schools, which were established to teach Japanese national children living abroad the Japanese curriculum on weekends, and they are nonprofits.
 * It appears on GuideStar as a nonprofit. If that doesn't count as adequately sourcing it I would like to find any records from State of Indiana and/or federal sources.

As for why it matters: it indicates that this was an area preferred by Japanese expatriates in the South Bend area. For example, the Seattle area Japanese school moved to Bellevue, WA when it became clear that's where the Japanese expats were living.

It would also help to find reliable source information on any Japanese businesses and/or Japanese expatriates in the South Bend area. Which Japanese companies had operations in South Bend? How many expatriates were there? When did the businesses and/or the expatriates leave? The fact that the school closed tells me the Japanese left South Bend. A 2007 Orlando Sentinel article about Orlando's Japanese weekend school states: "Sometimes the schools are temporary, lasting only as long as Japanese workers are stationed in the area, which was the case at one point in Boca Raton." - And likewise an increase of Japanese company employees expands the school. The Japanese School of Dallas is expecting new students since Toyota is moving employees to the Dallas area. WhisperToMe (talk) 07:20, 16 April 2015 (UTC)


 * This article discusses a joint venture rolling mill in New Carlisle, Indiana by Nippon Steel Corporation and Inland Steel Industries - "JOINT VENTURE. Japanese steel companies in US to stay" (Archive). Christian Science Monitor. March 25, 1987 - I don't know how many Japanese employees with children worked for this plant. If/when somebody finds more info about the South Bend hoshuko I would not be surprised if it reveals the opening/closing dates of the hoshuko were related to the operation of this plant (as in the arrival and departure of the Japanese employees and their children). A good place to look for articles may be the microfilms of the South Bend Tribune which are probably at area libraries and/or universities. WhisperToMe (talk)


 * Another thing I found: "Indiana nonprofit organizations’ tax-exempt status, 2011" from jconline.com (Gannett Company) lists organizations in Indiana that have lost tax-exempt nonprofit status. Enter "SBN" in the name field and you get: "
 * Organization name
 * City
 * EIN (tax ID) 	Organization name 	Address 	City 	State 	ZIP 	Date of revocation 	Date posted by IRS
 * 35-1864320 	SBN JAPANESE SCHOOL INC 	15819 FAIR BANKS CT 	GRANGER 	IN 	46530-7066 	08/15/2010 	06/09/2011"
 * The school stopped appearing on MEXT's lists of American hoshuko in December 2004 (Archive) (it had appeared on October's list (Archive)), so I'm surprised that it took that long for the nonprofit status to be revoked.
 * WhisperToMe (talk) 03:31, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

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