MERRILLVILLE – The Indiana Economic Development Association meets Thursday and Friday at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza for its summer conference. It will focus on best practices in business. The 200 expected attendees may participate in a golf outing at Lost Marsh and a dinner cruise reception by Horseshoe Casino. “This is not just […]
HAMMOND – Regional Development Authority officials, along with representatives of Hammond and Whiting, recently dedicated the opening of a new pedestrian bridge connecting the two communities. The George Lake Pedestrian Bridge goes over Indianapolis Boulevard. The $4 million project joins the lakefront trails in Hammond and Whiting and is part of the Marquette Plan’s vision
MERRILLVILLE – SpringHill Suites Bloomington, a new 158-room hotel in Bloomington, will be managed by White Lodging Services of Merrillville. The hotel is owned by KPM Hotel Group. It is expected to open in 2013 at 501 N. College, not far from the Indiana University campus. The hotel is part of the Marriott brand and
SOUTH BEND – Beacon Health System is the new name for the parent structure combining Elkhart General Hospital and Memorial Hospital of South Bend. The naming process involved input from board members from Elkhart and Memorial and took six months to complete. The two organizations officially affiliated Nov. 23, 2011. The names of the two
VALPARAISO – Valparaiso University has announced that beginning in the fall, it will over degrees in Master of Ministry Administration and Master of Health Administration at its new Hyde Park campus in Chicago. Classes will be available at the Lutheran School of Theology this year and in 2013, will be offered at the new Valparaiso
MERRILLVILLE – The winners of the Influential women of Northwest Indiana were announced recently at the Radisson Star Plaza. More than 100 women were nominated in 11 categories. Business Influential Woman – Violet Sistovaris, senior vice president and chief information officer, NiSource. Business Up and Coming Woman – Julie Bieszczat, vice president, Barney Enterprises Management
CROWN POINT – The Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable will hold its 2012 golf outing Monday, July 23, at White Hawk Country Club. Tee time is 9 a.m. The even supports NWIBRT, a not-for-profit group of companies dedicated to improvement of construction and maintenance projects in the region. The outing includes businesses and elected officials. Check-in
LAPORTE – Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital has announced that Brenda Rocha has joined the hospital as vice president, nursing clinical effectiveness. She will provide leadership for the integration of quality, safety and service into clinical practice and processes. She received her associate in applied science degree from Sawyer College of Business in Merrillville; her
VALPARAISO – United Way of Porter County held its 2nd annual fund-raising golf outing at Sand Creek Country Club in Chesterton. The event has 171 registered golfers and raised more than $50,000. The top team was Bob Scheller, Jim Donahue, Justin Blackburn and Chris Fisher of Lake Park Surgicare. United Way of Porter County supports
GARY – The 19th annual fundraising gala for TradeWinds helped push the organization’s capital campaign to $1.4 million. The goal is $3.5 million, said CEO Jon Gold. “We were delighted that we increased attendance over last year, enjoyed greater underwriting and brought in more dollars for building our fund. All in all, it was an
