MERRILLVILLE — Providers of products and services targeted to homeowners are invited to participate in the Home & Lifestyle Shows sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Northwest Indiana. Show dates are March 7-9 for the Porter County Show and April 5-6 for the Lake County Show. Events will be held at the Porter County […]
HAMMOND — The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority celebrated their 30 years of existence throughout 2013. In addition to the award winning 30 Stops in 30 Days campaign, which brought the South Shore CVA to 30 different partners in five counties, the South Shore CVA supported local festivals and events as well as played
LaPorte native making plans for environmentally friendly development. by Heidi Prescott Wieneke Paul Boardman acknowledges there are some important details about the multipurpose sports and entertainment venue he is planning in Northwest Indiana that have not yet been announced. He has not revealed the site on which Duneland Arena would be located, for instance, or
Karen Freeman-Wilson, mayor, Gary, Ind. has been appointed vice chair of the National League of Cities (NLC) 2014 Public Safety & Crime Prevention Steering Committee. This committee has the lead responsibility for developing NLC federal policy positions on issues involving crime prevention, corrections, substance abuse, municipal fire policy, juvenile justice, disaster preparedness and relief, homeland
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WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue is launching a pilot program this week to help acclimate new international undergraduate students and create more opportunities for Purdue students to develop individual friendships with students from different cultures. Winter Welcome, which ran Wednesday to Sunday (Jan. 8-12), was part of the new Multinational Integration Xchange (MIX) program offered by
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KENDALLVILLE — Wolfpack Chassis, a manufacturer and developer of chassis and chassis related components for the recreational vehicle, manufactured housing, and specialty chassis markets, has announced the completion of a $625,000 round of financing with participation by Elevate Ventures. The company has now raised over $1.4 million in capital since its inception, roughly $230,000 of
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WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue Extension‘s annual Indiana Horticultural Congress will be Jan. 21-23 in Indianapolis with sessions designed to meet the needs of fruit, vegetable, wine, organics and specialty crop growers and marketers in Indiana and surrounding states. There also will be special daylong sessions Jan. 21 on agritourism, food safety, vegetable farming and apple
Generation Opportunity, a national, non-partisan youth advocacy organization, is announcing its Millennial Jobs Report for December 2013. The data is non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) and is specific to 18-29 year olds: The effective (U-6) unemployment rate for 18-29 year olds, which adjusts for labor force participation by including those who have given up looking for work, is 15.9 percent
Join South Shore Clean Cities for its 2014 Annual Meeting celebrating members & partners. Northern Indiana’s top overall alternative fuel users, distributors and supporters will be recognized. Attendees will be educated on new tools that will help their fleet go green! When: Tuesdy, February 18, 2014 at 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM CST Where: Avalon
A grant for $5,600 from Porter County Community Foundation to the Memorial Opera House makes possible the “Theatre for a New Audience” project conceived by the historic venue’s Artistic Director, Scot MacDonald. Thursday, February 20th, 2014 marks the launch of the program and Porter County Community Foundation will be on hand to present a check
