‘Community builders’
Home builders find housing opportunities as Region’s population grows.
Micah Pollak
Moving reasons to relocate
Companies from other states are discovering Northwest Indiana’s commercial spaces come with incentives that make the move worthwhile.
IUN economist finds booming business climate in NWI
IUN Professor Micah Pollak explains the growth of businesses in Northwest Indiana compared to Cook County.
Vision for Steel City
Supporters of the city of Gary can’t help imagine a future full of options for living, working and playing.
Steel still Region’s gold
From government to private businesses, stakeholders take steps to ensure steelmaking has solid future in Indiana, including high-tech jobs and profits.
Destination for skilled trades
Despite suffering the economic effects of the pandemic, Northwest Indiana’s building industry is actively recruiting qualified talent to maintain the state’s competitive edge.
A fresh look at numbers
The use of data analytics is shaping the way accounting firms do business from inputting numbers to analyzing them to help clients better use the data to increase their productivity and profitability, according to one regional expert.
Healthy dose of growth
From 2015 to 2019, health care and social assistance was the fastest-growing sector in Northwest Indiana in terms of employment. It created 2,654 new jobs or about half of all new jobs added in the Region during that time, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
World of possibilities
Northwest Indiana is developing pathways to international business growth but also is feeling effects of global volatility.