Every year, thousands of retail real estate buyers, sellers, brokers, and location advocates from around the country gather for RECon, an event organized by the International Council of Shopping Centers. Karen Lauerman, President and CEO of the Lake...
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Historic Revocation Grant opens for applications
INDIANAPOLIS (July 3, 2019) – Today, Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs announced that the Historic Renovation Grant Program, is open to for applications and will be accepted until all funding is...
Hammond Police Department Recognizes Officer Enrique Cook
The Hammond Police Department celebrated Officer Enrique Cook’s friendship with 11-year-old Matthew Virden and Cook’s commitment to the Hammond community on July 2 at his Officer Recognition. Cook is an officer in the K-9 unit, which often...
Hammond Mayor to re-open Boy Scout Road
Hammond Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. announces that 136th Street in North Hammond, also known as Boy Scout Road, is expected to be completely re-opened to traffic on Wednesday, July 3. After concerns were raised at a Mayor’s Night Out about the...
La Porte Police Department welcomes two new officers
The La Porte Police Department would like to welcome two new officers to the department. Officer Ryan Allen and Officer Zach Feldmeier were sworn in on July 1 by Chief Owens. They will be training around the department until going to Indiana Law...
Hammond’s Velocity 219 Volleyball
On June 17-18, Hammond’s 1st Club Volleyball Program, Velocity 219, went to the Asics Junior National Championship at Navy Pier. Velocity’s 16 Regional team finished in the Gold bracket. The team finished 9th overall in the 16’s pool at...
Crown Point Community Foundation Awards Grants
South Lake County - The Crown Point Community Foundation awarded $74,444 in grants to the community as part of its June 1st grant cycle. These 23 grants will enrich the lives of residents throughout South Lake County (Crown Point, Cedar Lake, Lowell...
Crouch: Applications now open for new mentorship program
Today, Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs announced the peer program, designed for communities to work together on improving their quality of place programming and have productive development...
Chicago Pride Parade 2019
In an effort to accommodate an expected increase in ridership, the South Shore Line will offer additional capacity and extra passenger trains on Sunday, June 30, 2019. Extra westbound capacity to Millennium Station on Sunday Train 502 and Train 606...
Neighbor’s New Vistas Students graduate with high hopes
More than 275 students from Neighbors’ Educational Opportunities (NEO) in Portage graduated Thursday night with their high school diplomas or HSE’s (high school equivalency). NEO offers both high school and adult education classes for any...