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Telemedicine movement

January 26, 2021 – By Carrie Napoleon Leave a Comment

Dr. Joseen Bryant

Northwest Indiana health care professionals are embracing the increased use of telemedicine and the benefits it offers both consumers and providers.

Filed Under: 2021-Feb-Mar, Current Issue, Health Care Tagged With: centers for disease control, concierge, concierge medicine, coronavirus, Dr. Joseen Bryant, Dr. Mustafa Nakawa, Dr. Randall Moore, Franciscan Health, pandemic, telemedicine, Tom Kunst, UnitedHealthcare

A fresh look at numbers

December 2, 2020 – By Carrie Napoleon Leave a Comment

Accounting photo

The use of data analytics is shaping the way accounting firms do business from inputting numbers to analyzing them to help clients better use the data to increase their productivity and profitability, according to one regional expert.

Filed Under: 2020-Dec-Jan, Accounting/CPAs, Current Issue Tagged With: Accouting, Center for Economic Education & Research, data analytics, Gregory Ward, Indiana University Northwest School of Business & Economics, Joel D. Cooper, McMahon & Associates CPAs, Micah Pollak, Retson & Co., Swartz

Office space pandemic style

October 1, 2020 – By Carrie Napoleon Leave a Comment

Shive-Hattery Inc. designs

Design experts help companies implement new safety precautions as they rethink work spaces during the pandemic while considering changes that might become permanent additions to future designs.

Filed Under: 2020-Oct-Nov, Architecture/Design Tagged With: Earl’s Heating & Air Conditioning, HDW Commercial Interiors, Interior Image Group, Ken Christensen, pandemic response, Patti Tritschler, Rita Bacevich, RQAW, Shive-Hattery Inc., Speros Valavanis, Troy Woodruff

Find the fun in eventless summer

July 29, 2020 – By Carrie Napoleon Leave a Comment

Pierogi Fest canceled

Leaders help communities cope with cancellations of large gatherings, including festivals, but also find alternatives to bringing people together. Organizers of Pierogi Fest, among others, say the uncertainty of the pandemic led to their decisions.

Filed Under: 2020-Aug-Sep, Quality of Life Tagged With: Anissa Rivers, Crown Point Mayor David Uran, farmers markets, Heather Ennis, Indiana Dunes, Indiana Dunes Tourism, Jonathon Jones, Lorelei Weimer, Northwest Indiana Forum, Pierogi Fest, Pork Fest, Regional Mental Health Center, South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority, Speros Batistatos, Tom Dabertin, Whiting-Robertsdale Chamber of Commerce

Healthy dose of growth

May 29, 2020 – By Carrie Napoleon Leave a Comment

Franciscan Health Michigan City completed in 2019

From 2015 to 2019, health care and social assistance was the fastest-growing sector in Northwest Indiana in terms of employment. It created 2,654 new jobs or about half of all new jobs added in the Region during that time, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Filed Under: 2020-Jun-Jul, Health Care Tagged With: Ashley Dickinson, Community Healthcare System, Community Immediate Care Munster, Daniel McCormick, Franciscan Alliance, Franciscan Beacon Hospital, Franciscan Health, Franciscan Physician Network Crown Point Pediatric Health Center, health care, La Porte Health, LifeWorks, Methodist CareFirst, Methodist Hospitals, Micah Pollak, NewPorte Landing, Northlake Campus, Sportsplex, Stroke and Rehabilitation Center

Strong, steady development

May 31, 2019 – By Carrie Napoleon Leave a Comment

Oxbow Landing making room for more offices

Statistics show demands for commercial space stable for Northwest, North Central Indiana Demand for commercial space is on the rise in Northwest and North Central Indiana as developers and businesses recognize the Region as a cost-effective gateway into the Chicago-area market. While Northwest and North Central Indiana might not be experiencing the type of growth […]

Filed Under: 2019-Jun-Jul, Construction, Real Estate & Building Tagged With: Becknell Development, Commercial In-Sites, commercial real estate, Lake County Indiana Economic Alliance, NAI Hiffman

A convenient smoothie

February 4, 2019 – By Carrie Napoleon Leave a Comment

Entrepreneur serves up healthy smoothies for masses

Entrepreneur offers bag of fresh ingredients for good health Green smoothies have been a part of Allyson Straka’s life for more than a decade. The single mom and certified holistic health coach drinks at least one green smoothie a day in her effort to eat clean, natural, nutrient-dense, healthy foods. Her advice to anyone who […]

Filed Under: 2019-Feb-Mar, Made in Indiana Tagged With: Allyson Straka, Dutch Farms distribution, Entrepreneurship, Frozen Garden, healthy eating, product placement, smoothies, Strack and Van Til, Valparaiso

Fun leads to business success

December 3, 2018 – By Carrie Napoleon Leave a Comment

Patricia Sidener, here with husband Philip

Region entrepreneurs find niche entertaining youths and adults It’s a noisy path to Patricia Sidener’s office at the back of her Griffith gastropub. Bells and buzzers beep in the background while loudly playing music fills in any potential void in the cacophony as you walk past the rows of video games and pinball machines that […]

Filed Under: 2018-Dec-Jan, Entertainment Tagged With: arcade games, business of entertainment, Entertainment for adults and children, indoor entertainment, indoor fun, video arcades

Pursuit of wellness ongoing

October 1, 2018 – By Carrie Napoleon Leave a Comment

Franciscan Yoga

Experts: Message of healthy living heard but changing culture takes time Finding ways to keep Hoosiers healthy means better quality of life for residents and an improved bottom line for businesses. “Wellness is good business in the long run,” said Marci Crozier, administrative director of health promotions with Franciscan Health. Crozier said dealing with lifestyle […]

Filed Under: 2018-Oct-Nov, Health Care Tagged With: America's Health Rankings, Community Healthcare System Munster, Franciscan Health, health care, United Health Foundation, United HealthCare, wellness

A Different Take on Winding Down

August 2, 2018 – By Carrie Napoleon Leave a Comment

Trek bikes

Region finding light workout followed with a drink (or two) a good pairing Nicole Caylor says Running Vines, the name of her Chesterton winery, is a fun play on words that captures her passions. An avid runner, Caylor says that, when she opened her winery in 2015, she really wanted to incorporate her love of […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Wellness Tagged With: leisure, pint rides, relaxing, Running Vines Chesterton, Trek store schererville, wine yoga

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February-March 2021

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Around the Region

Track pursuits pay off

Viewpoint: Victory for mass transit

Telemedicine movement

Putting human resources first

Region’s building boom

Boost for buying local

Workforce champion

Ready for next challenge

Launched out of need

It takes an army

Commemorating 30 years

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