Northwest Indiana Business Magazine

Northwest Indiana’s Leading Regional Business Magazine Since 1991

  • Home
  • Industries
    • Banking
    • Education
    • Health & Wellness
    • Manufacturing & Technology
    • Professional Services
    • Real Estate & Building
    • Small Business & Entrepreneurship
    • Tourism & Recreation
    • Transportation & Logistics
  • Community
    • Around the Region
    • Business News Bits
    • Economic Development
    • Events
    • Leadership
    • Making a Difference
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts & Entertainment
    • Sports
  • Opinion
    • Viewpoint
    • Publisher’s Note
  • Jobs
  • Webinars
  • Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Past Issues Archive
    • Advertise With Us
    • Business News eNewsletter
    • Subscriptions and Renewals
    • Contributing Writers
    • Editorial and Business Advisory Board
    • Magazine Team
  • About
    • Contact
    • Advertise With Us
    • Subscriptions and Renewals
    • Our History
    • Privacy
    • Terms
  • Log In
You are here: Home / Archives for Community / Economic Development

Indiana company to test Army vaccine

February 28, 2011 – By NWIBM Staff

            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 […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Economic Development

Hasiak named to Munster Plan Commission

February 28, 2011 – By NWIBM Staff

            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 […]

Filed Under: Banking, Business News Bits, Economic Development

Transportation focus of leadership luncheon

February 23, 2011 – By NWIBM Staff

            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 […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Economic Development

Transportation Secretary speaks in Chesterton

February 17, 2011 – By NWIBM Staff

            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, […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Economic Development

Sinking Shipping?

February 15, 2011 – By Rick Richards

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 […]

Filed Under: Economic Development

Indiana mayors can learn about China

February 9, 2011 – By NWIBM Staff

            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 […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Economic Development, Education

Starke, Pulaski businesses get a boost

February 3, 2011 – By NWIBM Staff

            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 […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Economic Development, Leadership

NWI Forum names board members

January 26, 2011 – By NWIBM Staff

            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 […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Economic Development, Leadership

New hospital spurs new development

January 25, 2011 – By NWIBM Staff

            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 […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Economic Development, Health Care

Innovation Park lab helps start-ups

January 20, 2011 – By NWIBM Staff

            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 […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Economic Development, Education, Technology

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • Next Page »

Print Issue

February-March 2021

Magazine Articles

In this issue

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

Categories

Archives

  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Business News Bits
  • Archive
  • Advertise With Us
  • Subscriptions and Renewals
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact

© Copyright 1991-2021 Linker Media Group, Inc · All Rights Reserved