Parks

An 18-foot Duffy electric boat will offer memorable lake cruises for social gatherings starting this summer!  Up to six people can enjoy a relaxing boat ride around Loomis Lake.  Gate fee will be waived the day of your boat tour.  No...

When most people think about a park, they picture a playground full of swings and slides. Encompassing more than a dozen sites, the Lake County Parks and Recreation Department offers playgrounds and so much more.  Including a 100-year-old working...

Valpo Parks has initiated bids for work on the city’s newest and largest park, the Valpo Sports &  Recreation Campus. Bids for Phase I are due in July for work to begin later this summer on the park,  located on the city’s east...

Another Region summer is underway, and in Valparaiso, that means a calendar packed full of events, programs, and activities of all kinds. Valpo Parks is responsible for many of them, including Friday’s Party in the Park, where they provided updates...

The City of Crown Point is moving along with work at Sauerman Woods Park.   During a Wednesday evening meeting, Crown Point Mayor Pete Land provided an update on the  project, which broke ground last fall.   “This whole...

Pulaski County Indiana is full of outdoor and indoor attractions. Throughout the summer, the county’s special events make a visit essential. July brings the Northern Indiana Power from the Past and Bo Duke, who is played by John Schneider, will...

First officially observed in 1868, Memorial Day honors the brave men and women that made the ultimate sacrifice while in the line of duty. Today, this somber day of remembrance is held in the last week of May, and for many, it kicks off the summer...

About 270 days from now, Valpo Parks will open the gates to one of their most ambitious, and heartfelt projects to date, the Flounder & Friends Skate Park, which broke ground on Tuesday afternoon. Designed by world-renowned skate park designer...

There is no need to travel far to find an undisturbed field of green in Northwest Indiana. Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest is a huge collection of beautiful landscapes–a nature preserve located just outside of Valparaiso. “We’re a 300-acre...

On Saturday, April 22nd at 10:00 a.m., please join Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr., Councilman Barry Tyler and other city and school officials for a press conference regarding the re-opening of the basketball courts at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial...