We're just back from the Whiting lakefront, where families and friends from the region celebrated the dedication of dozens of new park benches at the Whiting Lakefront Park. The $22 million project was fueled by a 2010 RDA grant. Whiting Mayor Joe...
Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority
RDA Update: Routing Rail South Shore Expansion
This week, the RDA and South Shore operator NICTD hosted representatives from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Region 5 office, whose area of responsibility includes Northwest Indiana. The group toured possible sites for the $571 million...
Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority Weekly Update: July 30, 2014
What's New? Transit-Oriented Development For last week's Strong Cities, Strong Communities event in Gary, URS, the transportation consulting firm that created the joint NICTD/RDA strategic business plan for the South Shore trains, excerpted part of...
RDA Catalyst: News from the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority
RDA Continues to Lead NWI Into the Future The Board of Directors of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) continued to focus on jobs and connectivity to Chicago by agreeing to consider funding a transit center in Valparaiso and...
RDA Grant a Vital Aspect of Improved Whiting Lakefront Park
In Whiting, the Regional Development Authority (RDA) provided a $22 million grant to help fund the transformation of the Whiting Lakefront Park. Together with expanded opportunities for additional residential and commercial development around the...
Marquette Park Restoration Honored with Cook Cup
Indiana Landmarks has awarded the 2014 Cook Cup to the City of Gary for the restoration of Marquette Park. As the famous nineteenth-century architect of Chicago’s lakefront Daniel Burnham directed, “Make big plans; aim high in life and work…”...
RDA Approves Job Creation Incentives
The Board of Directors of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority today authorized the use of $3.3 million from the RDA’s No-Interest Securitized Forgivable Loan Fund to support job creation efforts in Northwest Indiana. The funds will...
Hammond, RDA Celebrate Boardwalk Opening
Hammond residents and officials marked the opening of the new boardwalk and bike trail at Wolf Lake in a ceremony on the new span this afternoon. “This is one of the most unique bike trails I’ve ever seen,” said Hammond mayor and cyclist Tom...
RDA’s Bill Hanna Talks South Shore Expansion on Lakeshore Report
The Lakeshore’s Steve Walsh sat down with Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority President and CEO Bill Hanna to talk about the proposed expansion of the South Shore Commuter Rail line.
RDA Ecourages You to Attend “Laying the Tracks for the Future”
On behalf of the Emerging Leaders Network, the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority encourages you to attend “Laying Tracks for the Future.” A call to action to EXPAND THE SOUTH SHORE LINE! The Emerging Leaders Network has worked to...