Courageous conversations can lead to change Sometimes we can feel that we are up against impossible odds. The challenges of racial and economic injustices, the difficulty many find moving forward on the path to equality and the resistance we see on a national level to policies leading to the “greater good” can leave us wondering […]
Winning Helps Boost Support for Football
High school teams find victories lead to more fans, funds for programs In his first two years as athletic director for Michigan City High School, Craig Shaman remembers when Friday night varsity football games drew about 1,000 people. That meant at least 3,000 seats were empty at the 4,000-person capacity Ames Field, which didn’t help […]
Things to Do and See in Greater South Bend – Aug-Sep 2018
Ringo Starr returns to the Morris It’s pretty amazing that we can still go to see a Beatle in 2018. Ringo Starr brings his All-Starr Band to the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend on Sept. 9. The always-charming drummer has a ton of fun with his celebrity bandmates in a revue of Beatle […]
Things to Do and See in Northwest Indiana – Aug-Sep 2018
An update on art and entertainment options across the Region Warhol: Icon and Influence Michigan City’s Lubeznik Center for the Arts presents original works by Andy Warhol on loan from the Drew and Wendy Levenfeld collection, as well as the Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University, through Oct. 13. More than 50 works spanning […]
Ready for Another Century
CPA firm Swartz, Retson and Co. serving the Region since 1919 Gregory Ward unearthed an intriguing mystery about Swartz, Retson and Co., an accounting firm that prides itself on numbers, figures and accuracy. Two years ago, the firm’s youngest partner began researching its history to determine its true age. For decades, the oldest accounting firm […]
SLYCE Leadership
Youths benefit from planning and participating in event By Sol Estrada and Adriana Cattan SLYCE is a program that brings high school students together from around the Region and focuses on improving their leadership abilities. The Southshore Leadership Youth for Community Engagement program consists of hearing from speakers who work in impactful fields within the […]
Need Training?
Region builds up resources to keep workers’ skills sharp Technology has changed the way we do business, but the need for qualified talent has remained constant. Local experts in the field of workforce development and employers who are reaping the benefits of better-trained labor say the present and future of the regional labor landscape will […]
A Different Take on Winding Down
Region finding light workout followed with a drink (or two) a good pairing Nicole Caylor says Running Vines, the name of her Chesterton winery, is a fun play on words that captures her passions. An avid runner, Caylor says that, when she opened her winery in 2015, she really wanted to incorporate her love of […]
Beyond the Benefit Basics
Businesses move toward out-of-box ways to attract, keep workers With low unemployment rates, the pressure on companies, especially those expanding, to find and keep good employees inches higher. “When you look at the current economy, we’re hearing all sorts of reports of low unemployment … from an HR perspective, the lower the unemployment rate, the […]
Employment Times are Changing
Region’s changing demographics attract health care, service-based jobs Northwest Indiana is undergoing a demographic transformation. Changes to the age, race, gender and ethnicity of those in the Region present challenges and opportunities, experts say. As in life, it’s how we respond to those changes that will dictate the success of our future. Between 2010 and […]