MUNSTER – In an effort to do its part as a community bank, American Savings FSB is taking part in the U.S. Treasury’s Small Business Lending Fund. The fund is a dedicated investment fund that encourages lending to small businesses by providing capital to qualified community banks. “This program is a win-win for the community […]
CROWN POINT – Investments by the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority since 2006 will have a cumulative economic impact of more than $1.1 billion by 2015, according to a study by Indianapolis-based Policy Analytics LLC. Conducted at the request of the RDA, the study found that some $210 million have been invested in shoreline development,
HAMMOND – Lakeshore PAWS will participate in Wag Your Tail Wednesdays at the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority. The event is 4-7 p.m. Pet owner and their pets can have their picture taken with Santa for $5. Visitors are encouraged to bring donates for pet rescue organizations. Lakeshore PAWS is based in Valparaiso.
CHESTERTON – There will be a stakeholder meeting for those affected by the Little Calumet East Branch from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the Westchester Public Library Meeting Room in Chesterton. The meeting will provide information from Save the Dunes’ summer monitoring data results and photographs of the watershed taken by technical committee members.
CROWN POINT – Economic forecasts point to a period of growth in the next six months for Northwest Indiana. The report was delivered at the annual meeting of the Construction Advancement Foundation by Michal Pollak, assistant professor of economics at Indiana University Northwest. “The next six months could see up to a 4.77 percent increase
HIGHLAND – Strack & Van Til has announced it will buy seven WiseWay and PayLow stores. Details of the transaction were not disclosed, although both said the deal should be completed by the end of the year. WiseWay stores in Chesterton, Hobart and Valparaiso will be rebranded as Strack & Van Til, while PayLow stores
SOUTH BEND – F Cubed, a start-up company based in Innovation Park on the campus of the University of Notre Dame is moving out of the incubator because of business growth. The company will soon move into the former St. Joseph High School across from the campus. The company will invest $2.6 million into a
SOUTH BEND – Curtis Products has announced it is moving into the former Bosch building in South Bend. The company is consolidating several area locations into a single building. More 300 employees will work there when the move is completed. Curtis Products is a tube-bending company. Under an agreement with the city’s Redevelopment Commission, it
LAPORTE – The Louis Berger Group, Inc. of Morristown, N.J., and SolaRover of LaPorte have partnered to donate a mobile hybrid solar generator to Citi Field to provide alternative energy to locations still without power in Superstorm Sandy’s aftermath. “We are proud to support the City of New York City with this donation of
LAPORTE – The LaPorte County Extension Homemakers have compiled a cookbook to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Indiana Extension Homemakers organization. These tried and true recipes have been submitted by current Extension Homemakers and they, in turn, have submitted recipes from their mothers and grandmothers who were past members of clubs in LaPorte County.
