CHESTERTON – Sweetville has opened in Chesterton’s downtown shopping district. The business specializes in fudge, candy products and has a bakery. The treat shop is at 201 S. Calumet Road, not far from Thomas Centennial Park. Sweetville is operated by Steve Brickner, Courtney Dyer and Jane Deligatti.
MERRILLVILLE – Superior Construction Company Inc. was the unanimous choice for 2013 Contractor of the Year, the highest award given by the Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable (NWIBRT). The company accepted the honor at the annual Construction Awards Banquet, hosted by NWIBRT and the Construction Advancement Foundation (CAF) at Avalon Manor in Merrillville. The Contractor of
MICHIGAN CITY – Economic Development Corporation Michigan City, Indiana (EDCMC) has announced the resignation of Kevin Kieft as executive director. Kieft’s resignation goes into effect immediately as he resigned to accept an opportunity at the Indiana Economic Development Corp. He served the organization for nearly seven years, originally named the business development manager in 2006
PORTAGE – Holladay Properties in Portage recently closed on the sale of the 73,000-square-foot Ashland Building at the Ameriplex at the Port. It originally was built for Sanofi-Adventis and is currently home to MonoSol Rx. The $6.1 million sale to Space Center Inc. closed in early May and was brokered by Mike Micka.
MERRILLVILLE – Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP Partner Sean Kenyon has been awarded the honor of Influential Woman in the Law category. The award was presented at The Influential Women of Northwest Indiana Awards Banquet at Avalon Manor on May 23. “Hoeppner Wagner & Evans is pleased to have Sean honored for her contributions in
GARY – Chicago restaurant management veteran Jack Strode and family have reopened the Miller Bakery Café. Strode has managed iconic Chicago restaurants including Smith and Wollensky, Rosebud Prime and the Cheesecake Factory. He is also the third generation of his family to grow up along the shores of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Strode saw a unique
SOUTH BEND – 1st Source Bank has been ranked in the top 15th percentile of community banks by Seifried & Brew LLC, a community bank risk management firm. 1st Source was selected from among banks with assets between $100 million and $5 billion. According to Seifried & Brew, 1st Source “demonstrated exemplary performance of
SOUTH BEND – The accounting firm of Kruggel, Lawton & Company has announced that Erin Heldstab has been hired as marketing director. Heldstab will develop and oversee core marketing communication functions of the firm. Heldstab has over nine years of marketing communication experience. A large part of her career was spent as manager of communication
MERRILLVILLE – Tranco Industrial Services has been honored with the Safety Recognition Award from the Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable. The company received the honor at the Annual CAF/NWIBRT Construction Awards Banquet at Avalon Manor. Bill Lucaitis, President of Tranco Industrial Services, said it was an honor for his company to accept the accolade. “It shows
MICHIGAN CITY – Morse + Harris Marketing was recently recognized for excellence in marketing communications for work it produced for Methodist Hospitals in Gary and Metro Recycling in Griffith. Of nearly 4,000 entries, the agency received a Silver Award in the 30th Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards for a physician recruitment brochure it created on behalf
