Creating a business-friendly environment in Indiana didn’t happen overnight, and there’s still opportunity to make conditions even better. That was the message shared by Elaine Bedel, president of the Indiana Economic Development Corp., during the annual Entrepreneurial Excellence (E-Day) Awards event Nov. 15 hosted by Avalon Manor in Merrillville and presented by the Northwest Indiana […]
Ivy Tech Community College earns 14 national marketing awards
Ivy Tech Community College announced Nov 12 it won 14 awards at the recent National Council for Marketing and Public Relations Professionals district conference in Toledo, Ohio. Ivy Tech earned four gold medals, three silver medals and seven bronze medals for a variety of marketing projects and initiatives at the NCMPR awards for the 2017-18 […]
Report shows 540,000 Hoosiers working in advanced manufacturing; highest level since 2001
Advanced manufacturing employment in Indiana now features more than 540,000 workers employed in the sector, the highest employment level since 2001, according to a new report from Detroit-based LIFT—Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, a Manufacturing USA institute. Employer demand spiked in Indiana, growing by 30 percent between the second quarter of 2018 and third quarter of […]
NIPSCO names new VP of communications, external affairs
Jennifer Montague has been named vice president of communications and external affairs for Northern Illinois Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) in Merrillville. She will report to Violet Sistovaris, NIPSCO president, and be based at the company’s headquarters in Merrillville. Montague will oversee the company’s customer focused branding, marketing, economic development, municipal relations, media relations, advertising, charitable […]
Eastport Centre Business Park companies raise more than $22,000 to support United Way of Porter County programs
Businesses based in Eastport Centre Business Park in Valparaiso raised more than $22,000 to support United Way of Porter County social service programs. Participating businesses included Chester Inc., McAfee Animal Hospital, Sensit, 1st American Management, Great Lakes Labs, Vertical Financial Group, Shoremet, Fairway Laser and Ivy Tech Community College. “Eastport Centre businesses are amazing to […]
Duke Energy announces executive appointments, new Indiana state president
Duke Energy, which serves about 820,000 customers across central and southern Indiana, announced two new executive appointments, including a new president for its Indiana operations. Stan Pinegar, currently vice president of Indiana government affairs, will become Duke Energy’s state president in Indiana, succeeding Melody Birmingham-Byrd who will become Duke Energy’s senior vice president and chief […]
Holcomb says pursuit of Amazon HQ2 shows Indiana a global destination for business
Indiana may have missed out on landing the coveted second headquarters of internet giant Amazon but Gov. Eric Holcomb believes pursuit of the company positioned the state as a global business destination. “I am proud of Indiana’s efforts to pursue Amazon’s second headquarters,” Holcomb said in a Nov. 13 statement, issued the same day Seattle-based […]
Ports of Indiana names new board member
Kari Pfau Estes of Jeffersonville has been appointed to the Ports of Indiana Commission. Estes’s family business, George Pfau Son’s Co., was founded in 1869 and is in its fifth generation of family leadership, according to a statement from the office of Gov. Eric Holcomb. Estes earned her bachelor’s degree from Miami University and masters […]
Lenders recognized for bringing business investment into Indiana, Illinois
Area lenders were honored for their efforts in securing business investments into the greater Northwest Indiana area. The Regional Development Co. (RDC) in Valparaiso, a non-profit organization and certified development company which administers the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 504 Loan Program, released its 2018 year-end accomplishments and lender awards during its annual membership meeting […]
AAA says Thanksgiving 2018 holiday travelers can expect heavier traffic, busier airports than last year
AAA projects 54.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 4.8 percent increase from last year. The 2018 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel volume since 2005 with 2.5 million more people taking to the nation’s roads, skies, rails and waterways compared with last year, AAA […]
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