   A year ago, Elkhart, Indiana had the highest unemployment
rate in the country, nearly 20 percent. The city near the
Michigan border is famous for making RVs, and in a way, infamous
as a symbol of the depressed economy. President Obama chose it a
little over a year ago as the perfect backdrop to deliver his
pitch for a stimulus plan, and now - though unemployment is
still high - there are some tentative signs of recovery in
Elkhart.  NPR sent three reporters back to Indiana to find out
what happens next for the city. In our first report, NPR's David
Schaper finds Elkhart in the middle of a shift from gas-guzzling
RVs to electric vehicles.  DAVID SCHAPER: Cindy Eby looks over
the vast emptiness of what used to be the busy factory floor for
Phillips Industries in Elkhart. And even though all of the
people, all of the equipment, everything is gone, she knows
exactly what went on where.  Ms. CINDY EBY (Former Employee,
Phillips Industries): Here you had a house door line. It made
house doors for mobile homes. R