HAMMOND – The Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network and the Indiana National Guard are partnering to host a series of programs around the state where home owners can speak with a counselor in order to work with lenders on their home mortgages. The workshops are free and will be held from 3 p.m. to […]
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana CPA Society will hold a Fraud Conference Thursday, Aug. 26, at the Marriott East in Indianapolis. The conference will examine fraud in the current economic conditions, look at investigative resources and learn how to protect their clients, organization and self. Speakers are Tracy Coenen of Sequence Inc., and Ransom McClung
VALPARAISO – WorkOne will present the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board’s 2010 State of the Workforce Report starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1 at Strongbow Inn, 2405 E. U.S. 30, Valparaiso. The report will highlight industries that are surviving and those that are reinventing themselves. Workforce development experts will talk about the skills
SCHERERVILLE – Prime Real Estate will hold its fifth anniversary celebration with an open house starting at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2 at 738 E. U.S. 30. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served. For more information, call (219) 322-9009.
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet’s mechatronics engineering technology program has received a $613,862 grant from the National Science Foundation. Purdue Calumet is working in partnership with College of DuPage in Illinois and Ivy Tech Community College, along with the packing industry to develop new methods of packaging. The mechatronics engineering technology program
Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly is looking for the region’s leading CEOs and chief financial officers. Our readers are knowledgeable and experienced members of one of the nation’s most productive business regions, so we’re turning to you for input into answer that question. Nominees should hold their position at a company based or conducting business in the
What’s your pleasure? Camping or canoeing? Hiking or bird watching? Chocolate or steam locomotives? Lighthouses or baseball? You don’t need to travel to far from home. All of that and more is available to see, do and experience in Northwest Indiana. And each of these must-see attractions is less than a tank of gas away.
PORTAGE – The Northwest Indiana Forum will host a special Business Development Seminar at its office at 6100 Southport Road, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 4. The speaker will be Scott Taylor, an expert on foreign trade zones. The session will focus on the expansion of the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor’s Foreign
HAMMOND – An exhibit of paintings, drawing, photographs and sculptures from Illiana Artists will be on display at the Indiana Welcome Center from Aug. 17 to Sept. 17. The work will be displayed in the W.F. Wellman Exhibit Hall under the theme, “Tourism in Northwest Indiana.” Members of the Illiana Artists Association
INDIANAPOLIS – The Summer-Fall issue of Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly is off the press and the cover story looks at several examples of entrepreneurial success in the region. One of those, LeAnn VanSchoyck, owner of L.R. Men’s Clothier & Tuxedos in LaPorte, is featured on the cover. Must read stories include a profile
