Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. has named Peter D. Novak, Jr., as the city’s appointee to the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA).
Novak replaces Purdue University Calumet Chancellor Howard Cohen, who recently resigned from the board in order to concentrate on university affairs.
Novak joins six other appointees on the RDA board, the establishment of which [...]

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With the opening of the Courtyard by Marriott and Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Phoenix/Chandler Arizona, Merrillville-based White Lodging has surpassed the 20,000 managed guestrooms milestone.
Established in 1985, White Lodging has grown from four hotels in Indiana to a current managed portfolio of 144 hotels in eighteen states with over 6,000 employees. These hotels [...]

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Powers Energy will locate its new Lake County bioethanol plant in Schneider, the company announced today.
The $295 million facility will distill ethanol from the gas created by heating organic garbage.
Construction of the facility will employ between 300 and 400 workers, according to Powers Energy President Earl Powers. The facility itself will eventually employ 165 to [...]

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Powers Energy has chosen a site in Lake County for a $285 million bioethanol plant. Details are scheduled to be announced this week.
Porter County is exploring reimbursing cities and towns for borrowing expenses related to the county’s struggles to get tax bills out.
NWIBRT’s 2009 Reliability Seminar will be held on October 22.
One worker was injured [...]

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NICTD is not taking a position on the establishment of a regional transit authority.
Flood damage in Newton County is estimated at $250 million.
St. John eliminated three positions, including the building commissioner.
Ground was broken yesterday on the final phase of the Cady Marsh Ditch Flood Reduction project in Griffith.
The City of South Bend approved a 2010 [...]

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St. Catherine Hospital is today opening the Med-Clinic, a new convenient care clinic made possible by a national grant aimed at lowering health care costs by providing an alternative to Emergency Department visits.
The State of Indiana recognized the need to decrease non-emergency emergency room visits and is piloting the Med-Clinic at St. Catherine Hospital, an [...]

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Existing single-family residential home sales were down 14.5 percent statewide (.pdf) in August of this year versus August of 2008, according to the Indiana Association of Realtors. However, the median sales price declined only 4.5 percent.
In northern Indiana, unit sales and media prices declined across the board, but the size of that decline varied widely [...]

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The College Football Hall of Fame is leaving South Bend for Atlanta, but the city will still be paying for the building long after the Hall is gone.
Porter-Starke Services is moving forward with a new $1.5 million facility in Portage.
New York Blower in LaPorte has laid off 14 more workers, bringing the total number of [...]

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Two Northwest Indiana Purdue University Calumet professors and another from Chicago have received the university’s annual Outstanding Faculty Awards for the 2008-09 academic year.
The award winners are: Professor of Electrical Engineering David Kozel of Crown Point (Outstanding Teacher), Professor of Biological Sciences Charles Tseng of Munster (Outstanding Faculty Scholar) and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Harvey [...]

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The Greater La Porte Economic Development Corporation will present ”Made in LaPorte County” Friday at Marquette Mall in Michigan City from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The La Porte County Council is backing up the Brinks truck in an effort to secure a new refrigerated warehouse facility.
The Northwest Indiana Times held a symposium to try to [...]

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