WEST LAFAYETTE – Bioscience Vaccines Inc. and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have signed a contract to test the company’s Matrix Immune Modulator with a biodefense vaccine. Bioscience Vaccines is based in the Purdue Research Park. As part of their physical training and preparation, soldiers go through a […]
Hasiak named to Munster Plan Commission
MUNSTER – Jill Hasiak, vice president of cash management at Citizens Financial Bank, has been elected chairperson of Munster’s Plan Commission for 2011. “Munster is the headquarters of Citizens Financial Bank and we feel a special relationship to the residents and businesses in Munster and Lake County,” said Dale Clapp, executive vice president […]
Transportation focus of leadership luncheon
MUNSTER – The 7th annual Business Government Leadership Luncheon will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 25, at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster. The speaker is Barry Bateman, director of the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. He will speak on air and rail connections. Also planned is […]
Transportation Secretary speaks in Chesterton
CHESTERTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will be the keynote speaker FOR “The Rail Summit” Thursday, March 24, at Sand Creek Country Club. He will address the role of freight, commuter, passenger and high-speed rail transportation in the northern Indiana economy. Also taking part will be U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, […]
Sinking Shipping?
Indiana’s deepwater port at Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan stokes the state’s economy to the tune of $14 billion a year and provides more than 104,000 direct and indirect jobs. It’s a key component of Northwest Indiana’s economic engine – and it could all disappear on Jan. 1, 2012, if an environmental provision put in […]
Indiana mayors can learn about China
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University has organized a workshop for Indiana mayors to learn more about China and economic development in the state. “The Indiana Mayoral Roundtable on China will help the leaders of Indiana’s cities learn more about China and how to better attract Chinese investment to their communities,” said Wei Hong, professor […]
Starke, Pulaski businesses get a boost
CROWN POINT – The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center has joined forces with the Starke County Economic Development Foundation to strengthen the small business community in Starke and Pulaski counties. “The efforts of the SBDC coupled with the Small Business Center will enhance our ability to meet the needs of entrepreneurs and […]
NWI Forum names board members
PORTAGE – The Northwest Indiana Forum has elected new board members for 2011. New directors are Ron Bush of DRD; Rob Crookston of Microbac Labs; and Andrew Fox of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad. Directors elected to continue on the board are George Douglas of North Coast Distributing; Tom […]
New hospital spurs new development
CHESTERTON – Even though construction of the new Porter hospital at U.S. 6 and Indiana 49 south of Chesterton is far from complete, other development in the area has begun. Porter County Commissioners are considering a request to rezone 110 acres west of the site for a commercial, office and residential development. The […]
Innovation Park lab helps start-ups
SOUTH BEND – Its small size belies its importance to economic development in South Bend. An analytical laboratory only 847 square feet in size is now open in Notre Dame’s Innovation Park. The lab can be leased by the hour or by the day by businesses. And along with the lab, tenants have […]