Street Department

Rick McBride

Streets Superintendent

Rick McBride is the Town Street Superintendent.  He has been employed with the Town of Shipshewana since February 2022.  He is tasked with general road maintenance, street light inspection, storm water system, sidewalk and curb repair, leaf pick up, compost site organization, snow and ice removal along with other various tasks.  Rick is married, has three children and two grandchildren and is a Navy veteran.

What we do at the Streets Department

The mission of the Shipshewana Street Department is to provide the Town of Shipshewana with a maintained and safe transportation system. We seek to render cost effective and competent service to the citizens of Shipshewana, striving to be responsive to the citizen’s requests and concerns and handle them in a timely manner. Our mission is to maintain City owned items within the public Right of Way, including the street, signs, snow removal, minor street repair, leaf pick-up and street sweeping.