Modern Forge celebrated its 100th anniversary last weekend with a barbecue bash at its new facility in Merrillville. The company, which has relocated operations from Blue Island, Ill., over the past couple of years, currently employs about 100...

Interested in what the Regional Development Authority has been doing to boost job creation, improve transportation and infrastructure and raise the quality of life in Northwest Indiana? Then our newest annual report is just for you! Available for...

Construction Begins at Jeorse Beach East Chicago project will create jobs and improve the community The City of East Chicago held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday to celebrate the beginning of work to restore the Lake Michigan shoreline in East...

RDA Issues RFQ for Environmental Services EPA Partnership to Clean Up NWI The RDA is soliciting Qualifications from firms interested in providing professional environmental services to support implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection...

In 2009, the City of Portage completed work on the Lakefront Park and Riverwalk, a $16 million project fueled by $10 million in grants from the RDA. Once the site of acid baths for a nearby steel plant, the park and riverwalk is now one of the...

Of all the projects in which the RDA has been involved, none has tested us more than the runway expansion and railroad relocation project at the Gary/Chicago International Airport. But perseverance and teamwork of all the partners involved in the...

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro was in Gary this morning meeting with local officials and checking out the ongoing demolition of the abandoned Sheraton Hotel. HUD, the Environmental Protection Agency, the City of Gary and the...

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...

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...

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...