Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority

The 2016 update to the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority's Comprehensive Strategic Plan is now available online. The new report details how South Shore commuter rail expansion will have a transformative effect on Northwest Indiana:...

As we work toward expanding commuter rail service in the region, the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority is committed to ensuring communities around the South Shore line have a voice in the development coming to their neighborhoods. To...

The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) Board of Directors were presented Thursday with the executive summary to the update of the RDA's Comprehensive Strategic Plan (CSP). This update was required by the General Assembly as part...

Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority President and CEO Bill Hanna recently had the opportunity to update stakeholders in Chicago and Indiana on the RDA's vision for commuter transit and transit oriented development (TOD) in the region....

One of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority's key tasks is implementing the Marquette Plan to increase public access to, and facilities on, the Lake Michigan shoreline. To this end, the RDA and shoreline communities have invested more...

The decline of heavy manufacturing is producing a "long-term structural shift" in the economy of Northwest Indiana, say Indiana University Northwest assistant professor of economics Micah Pollack and his colleague professor of finance Bala...

The Porter County Council has agreed to contribute $317,197 to a pot of state and local funds that will unlock more than $10 million in federal funds for the reconstruction of the main runway at the Porter County Regional Airport. While a large sum,...

The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (NWIRDA) is seeking sealed proposals from qualified consulting firms to implement a federally sponsored Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Pilot Planning Project in support of TOD efforts for the...

The Board of the Directors of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) on Thursday elected officers for 2016 and welcomed the newest Board member, Tom Golab. The Board re-elected Don Fesko to the position of Chairman. Former...

2016 kicked off with some great news out of Hammond, where the mayor announced that the city had landed Grammy-winning Hip Hop artist Ludacris as the headliner for this summer's Festival of the Lakes concert series. The announcement was another coup...