SOUTH BEND – Jeff Gibney, director of Community and Economic Development for South Bend, has named Tamara Nicholl-Smith as director of downtown business recruitment. Nicholl-Smith will be responsible for developing and implementing long- and short-term business recrjuitment programs for downtown. Her immediate focus will be to find uses for the College Football Hall …
WEST LAFAYETTE – Extension specialists at Purdue University will hold workshops Sept. 8-9 for farmers on how to use natural resources on their land for outdoor recreation businesses and other income-producing enterprises. The workshops will focus on agritourism, trail riding, hunting, fishing, bed-and-breakfast inns and how each can become a viable business. The …
VALPARAISO – Porter-Starke Services will host a mental health and substance abuse awareness breakfast Friday, Aug. 27. The keynote speaker is Steve Ford, an actor and son of former President Gerald Ford. His topic is, “Living Health, Balance and Hope.” Ford plans to talk about how is life was challenged with mental health …
CHESTERTON – Timothy D. Rice, president of Lakeside Wealth Management Group in Chesterton, has been named one of 401k Wire’s 300 Most Influential Advisors in Defined Contribution. The recognition is based on feedback from the most successful advisors in the defined contribution field. Rice is one of the founding lecturers of The Retirement …
INDIANAPOLIS – Erik Hromadka, former editor of Indiana Business Magazine and a former contributing editor for Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly, has agreed to become a member of the magazine’s editorial advisory committee, said publisher and CEO Glee Renick-May. “Although my new role as chairman and CEO of Global Water Technologies precludes my ability …
VALPARAISO – Derrick Carter, a Valparaiso University School of Law professor, has been named the Jack A. Hiller Distinguished Faculty Award winner. The award annually honors a VU Law School professor who is an exceptional teacher, scholar and role model. He joined the faculty in 1991 and has taught and done research in …
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University will host the annual Indy International Wine Competition Aug. 4-6. Winemakers from around the world will take part. “We house four experts in the wine industry and this will give us an opportunity to showcase the work we are doing here at Purdue,” said Jeanette Merritt, wine marketing …
SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Redevelopment Commission has announced that two bonds used in the development of more than 476,000 square feet of commercial space in Erskine Commons, a 50-acre site near Michigan Street and Ireland Road , will be paid off early. The site was home to a landfill but now is …
HAMMOND – Valparaiso attorney Kenneth J. Allen and his wife, Nina, are funding the purchase of child identification kids for kindergarten and first-grade students in Northwest Indiana public schools. The kits are being distributed by the United Way. Representatives from the Lake, Porter and LaPorte County United Ways joined Allen in making the …
LAPORTE – The LaPorte Hospital Foundation’s ninth annual Tour de LaPorte bike, run and walk event will be Sunday, Aug. 22 at the LaPorte County Fairgrounds. Proceeds from the event will benefit local cancer patients and their families in need of financial assistance. Last year, Tour de LaPorte raised more than $40,000. …
