ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) today announced that Prosper Capital, a division of Prosper Women Entrepreneurs (PWE), is a winner of the 2015 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. The 80 winners represent 39 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. They were celebrated at White House Demo Day to showcase America’s …
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Gibson has been recognized as one of the 2015 Indiana Companies to Watch, an awards program presented by the State of Indiana and the Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (OSBE) and endorsed by the Edward Lowe Foundation. Twenty companies from Indiana will be honored as outstanding second-stage companies during the seventh annual Indiana Companies …
MUNSTER — Community Hospital Medical and Dental Staff elected new officers for a two-year term effective July 1. David Robinson, MD will serve as president, Terrence Dempsey, MD as vice president and Howard Marcus, MD as secretary. In his position as president, Dr. Robinson will provide leadership for the 600 medical and dental physicians on …
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HOBART — Officials from the City of Hobart joined executives from Becknell Industrial, an industrial business park owner/developer to officially break ground on a 159,813 square foot distribution/manufacturing speculative building of precast concrete construction at NorthWind Crossings. This is the first of its kind for Northwest Indiana in 2015 with delivery of the building slated …
First Merchants Bank sponsored the Annual Highland Friendship Race in July. In addition to the sponsorship, a team of volunteers helped register participants and handout their shirts and bibs for the race. The money raised from this event is going to help implement kids running programs in local communities and schools, and the race organizers …
MICHIGAN CITY — One of Michigan City’s most trusted eye doctors and surgeons has opened a new office in Michigan City. Douglas VanPutten, MD, who has been providing expert eye care to La Porte County communities for more than 25 years, has joined IU Health La Porte Physicians. VanPutten began seeing patients this week in …
INDIANAPOLIS — Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann announced that 20 companies from 11 Indiana counties have been named ‘Companies to Watch’ by the Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (OSBE). “I congratulate each of the Hoosier businesses on being selected as one of Indiana’s ‘Companies to Watch’ in 2015,” said Lt. Governor Ellspermann. “In Indiana we …
John Phair leads Holladay Properties in creating headlines and jobs across much of Indiana. by Michael Puente Hardly a week goes by when Holladay Properties isn’t in the news. Whether it’s opening new commercial complex to construction of a new hotel location, Holladay Properties is involved in many business dealings across the northern part of …
Upcoming events in Northwest Indiana and Greater South Bend. Northwest Indiana by John Cain The fall season abounds with arts offerings! Hammond’s Towle Theater presents “Perfect Wedding,” September 11-27. An appalling situation occurs when a bridegroom wakes up on his wedding day to find a strange girl beside him in bed. Worse, during the ensuing …
Winners of the 2015 South Shore Leadership Awards. by Jerry Davich Keith Kirkpatrick asked hundreds of guests to raise their champagne glasses to symbolically toast the newest Leaders as Heroes inductees. More realistically, Kirkpatrick hoped his toast at the jam-packed Avalon Manor in Merrillville raised awareness to the importance of publicly recognizing our region’s “doers, …
