Many who I have talked to in the last few weeks may get the impression that I think Valpo is a perfect community, without any flaws or weaknesses, issues or challenges, and that every person that you encounter as you go about your life here is a...
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Diversity is All Around Us
Valpo Velvet’s Grand Opening
Valpo Velvet Ice Cream Shoppe's grand opening was last Thursday, so we headed down there to check it out. We had a great time, had some great food and met a lot of fantastic loyal Valpo Velvet customers. How great is it that we are able to have our...
Read MoreGive Your Business the 20 Questions
As a parent of any teenager knows, the routine of asking them the 20 questions about what they are doing, who are they doing it with, when are they going to do it, and whether whatever it is that they are doing is good for them, is a critical part of...
Read MoreAn Open Invitation
Thank you for visiting the worship page of ValpoLife! As you may already know, we strive to be an innovative new connection point to a fast-growing online community of Valparaiso area citizens. Our goal is to be a comprehensive, media rich, and...
Read MoreWhy Does Every Athlete Need a Coach and You Don’t?
Basketball season is going strong. With the NBA's superstars trying to lead their respective teams to this season’s championship. Although these athletes are, unquestionably, the leaders of their respective teams, they cannot accomplish their goals...
Read MoreWhat Do You Love About Valpo?
What do you love about Valpo? As part of our launch for the new ValpoLife.com, we are looking for your comments, your stories, your photos, videos, or any other bit of information you would like to share, telling us all of the things that you love...
Read MoreAre You Really “Open” For Business?
After spending my whole career—one way or another—in the business development field and being a bit crazy about the subject, I continually find many little things businesses could be doing to improve their results. Recently, I was searching for a...
Read MoreBuilding Your Business
Keep Up the Work – Even in Tough TimesBuilding your business is one key job requirement of leaders in any company, every day, regardless of what the economic times hold. It is easy to get buried working in your business and not spending enough time...
Read MoreBuilding Your Business
Keep Up the Work – Even in Tough Times Building your business is one key job requirement of leaders in any company, every day, regardless of what the economic times hold. It is easy to get buried working in your business and not spending enough...
Read MoreMaking Great Progress!
Especially over the past few days I have been very excited to see the kind of progress this site has made and the way in which everyone is going about working on it and figuring out all the pieces and parts that will not only help us build a great...
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