Made in La Porte County: Students Learn About Products Made All Over La Porte County There is a lot more to La Porte County than meets the eye. On Thursday, spread out at 1900 Whirlpool Drive, more than 50 local businesses showed students and...
Greater La Porte Economic Development Corporation
Younger Life Plaza 618 Fundraising Progress August 2015
The Younger Life Plaza 618 Fundraising Committee announced significant progress in the drive to secure funding for the new healthy, open-air Downtown La Porte construction project set to begin this fall. Over $130,000 of private funds have been...
La Porte Component Parts Manufacturer Expands Production
Winn Machine, a job-shop producer of component parts for the utilities and heavy equipment industries, plans to expand its production capacity through the acquisition of new equipment. The company currently has 16 people on staff and plans to add 3...
Indiana Power Transmission Parts Manufacturer Expands in La Porte
B&B Manufacturing, a producer of custom and standard synchronous drive products including timing belt pulleys, roller chain sprockets and related parts announced plans to expand its operations in the City of La Porte retaining 74 employees and...
Jaeger Unitek Opens New Plant
On Friday, September 19th Jaeger Unitek celebrated the opening of their new plant at 115 Koomler Drive. The project represents 52 new jobs, 75 jobs retained within the community and an investment of $4.5 M in this new facility. The City of La Porte...
RockZip High Balloons Named Finalist in 2014 Lightning Pitch Competition
Michigan City native Austyn Crites and RockZip High Balloons, an innovative company that designs and builds highballoons that are affordable to launch, has been named a finalist in the 2014 Lightning Pitch Competition at the NewSpace Conference in...
Manufacturing at it’s Best: Made in La Porte County
The Michigan City and Greater La Porte Economic Development Corporations are proud to present the “Made in La Porte County” Products Showcase. The event takes place on Friday September 27, 2013 from 9am-3pm at the La Porte Civic Auditorium. The...
Reserve Your Space for the Inaugural 504 Certified Broker / Developer Program
The Regional Development Company is offering this training / networking program for commercial / industrial real estate brokers and developers. The training is easy and takes only one hour. Upon completion you will receive your 504 Certified Broker /...
La Porte County Breaks Ground on Rolling Prairie Sewer Extension
As the sun broke through the clouds on this rainy April morning, La Porte County broke ground on the Rolling Prairie Sewer Project. Over 50 community partners joined La Porte County representatives to celebrate the beginning of the waste water...
Silence is Golden
This year I am the president of the Greater La Porte Economic Development Committee (GLEDC). Few citizens outside of the business community are aware of our activities. Part of the reason for the anonymity is that much of GLEDC’s work is done out...