Need a great idea to promote your brand and build your business? Then join Diversified Marketing Strategies today at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville for the 2010 Idea Show.
There is no cost to attend. More than 30 national suppliers will be on hand to present the latest in promotional and wearable items, new and unique [...]

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Building Indiana’s inaugural “Big Schmooze” reception to benefit the United Ways of Lake and Porter counties will be held Thursday, September 16 at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville.
The Big Schmooze will recognize key business and economic development leaders from the area who were featured in Building Indiana’s July/August “Who’s Who” issue. Works of art created [...]

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National Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) expert, Scott Taylor, will speak August 4, 2010 at special Business Development Seminar/Lunch from 10:00am-2:00pm at the Northwest Indiana Forum (6100 Southport Road, Portage, IN). The session will focus on the expansion of the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor’s Foreign-Trade Zone #152 to cover Lake, Porter, La Porte, Starke, Newton and Jasper [...]

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Windsor Machine Group (Windsor, Ontario), makers of automotive headrests, seating components, exhaust suspension systems, modular assemblies, rubber and plastic products and structural brackets and braces, will expand its Princeton plant in Gibson County and hire 50 new employees.
“With the help of the Gibson County Economic Development Corporation, Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana, Indiana Office [...]

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South Shore Sports Promotions, the sports sales department for the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority, is bringing back Leon’s Triathlon to Northwest Indiana in 2010 after a 15-year hiatus. Leon’s was formerly one of the largest triathlons in the Chicago area and brought professionals from around the nation.
June 6 will bring what is being [...]

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Tomorrow’s Midwest Smoke Out at The Venue at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond has sold out! The last available tickets for the event were snapped up early this morning.
The sell-out means that 1,500 cigar aficionados and super-stars in the cigar industry will visit Northwest Indiana for the first-ever Midwest Smoke Out on April 22. Attendees [...]

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Between Friday, April 9, and Friday, April 23, Wagner’s will donate $2 to Opportunity Enterprises for every full slab, half slab or packaged rib sold at their Porter and Valparaiso locations. This offer will apply to both dine in and carry out orders.
“We have been looking for a way to support our community,” says [...]

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Tickets are now available for the 2010 Opportunity Enterprises Celebration of Achievement Breakfast, to be held on Thursday, April 8 at Strongbow Inn in Valparaiso. Doors will open at 7:00 AM with a program from 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM.
Following an awards ceremony celebrating the accomplishments of OE clients, staff, volunteers, and community partners, the [...]

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Indiana University Northwest faculty members and authors Gary Wilk, Ph.D., and Stephen McShane will sign copies of their new book, “Steel Giants: Historic Images from the Calumet Regional Archives,” at an event to be held in the Savannah Center on Thursday, Dec. 17, starting at 4 p.m.
The program will begin with a PowerPoint presentation about [...]

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Wingtip Aviation, a local aircraft charter service, will host an open house December 15 at Buddy & Pals in Crown Point. The company is inviting small and mid-sized business to stop by and discover how air charter services can build their businesses without busting their budgets.
For more information, visit www.wingtipaviation.com. For complete details on the [...]

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