The latest survey from Consumer Reports magazine has good news and bad news for contractors.
The good news? More than half of homeowners — 54 percent — say they are planning a home remodeling project within the next 12 months.
The bad news? Sixty-five percent also say they will do at least some of the work themselves [...]

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The LaPorte Regional Health System (LRHS) Board of Directors has named G. Thor Thordarson President and CEO.
Thordarson has been serving in dual capacity as Interim President/CEO and Vice President of Corporate Operations since March 1. He joined LRHS in June 2008.
“At a time when the economy and health care reform are throwing curves at the [...]

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Gayle Van Sessen bows out today after 15 years as executive director of the Greater Crown Point Chamber of Commerce. Van Sessen is headed south to rural Tipton County, where she will take up the mantle of executive director of community and economic development.
Startup airline Viza Air is exploring the possibility of providing service to [...]

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The former Lake County Nurses Home in Crown Point, IN, will be transformed into a new performing arts center if Indiana Ballet Theater founder Gloria Tuohy has her way.
Tuohy and Theatre CEO Jane Leslie recently brought Ron Harding, president of Atlanta-based American Fundraising Institute Inc., to the nearly 80-year-old red brick building for a walk-through.
It [...]

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