The Valparaiso Rotary Club is accepting grant requests for Valparaiso Rotary Club Community Development/Service Grants. The grants may be awarded for the procurement of a specific item or items, usually as part of a larger project, or for service...
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Purdue Offers Training in Efficient Use of Health-Care System
Purdue University is offering Indiana employers a program designed to train their employees in efficient use of the health-care system. Healthy Workforce is a component of the Healthcare Technical Assistance Program and incorporates expertise from...
Lakeshore Public Television Seeks Donations for Award-Winning Holiday Gift Auction
Lakeshore Public Television invites local organizations to participate in the station’s annual on-air, online Holiday Gift Auction by donating a new product or service. The award-winning Lakeshore PTV Holiday Gift Auction airs Saturday, November 7...
SBDC Offers Business Feasibility Workshop
The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center is hosting “Want to Start a Business?” from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 15 at the Hammond INnovation Center, 5209 Hohman Avenue. The feasibility workshop is designed to help would-be...
Popular Band Doing Away With Album Concept, Continuing Evolution of Music Business Paradigm
The band that brought you such ear-pleasing anthems as "Creep" and "Karma Police" announced this week that it plans to stop making albums, and focus on singles. Interesting concept, and it might prove fruitful. Although, I fear my life would have...
Valparaiso Web Site’s ‘Spreading the Good News’
Chris Mahlmann was raised to view the proverbial glass as half full. That lifelong attitude inspired him to create ValpoLife.com, a comprehensive web site unveiled this spring covering positive news and events occurring in and around Valparaiso....
Making the Entrepreneurial Call
I read an interesting summary of some academic research that suggests it’s not always best to be ahead of the crowd in launching a new business or product line. The deciding factor, according to the researchers, is the learning environment....
NW Indiana Forum Holding Business Leadership Roundtables
The Northwest Indiana Forum (Forum) will host a series of roundtables to tap in to the issues of business leadership in Northwest Indiana. The first of the series will be held in Starke County on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at the Knox Community Center...
State Chamber Accepting ‘Small Business of the Year’ Nominations
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce is seeking the top small business in the state for its annual competition naming the “Indiana Small Business of the Year.” The honor is given to a Hoosier company that demonstrates best practices in business...
Chamber Seeks ‘Best Places to Work’ Applications by Dec. 4
Applications are now being accepted for the state's annual competition naming the "Best Places to Work in Indiana." In its fifth year, this Indiana Chamber of Commerce program honors the top companies in the state as determined through employer...