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Washington Park in Michigan City is set be the home of a destination all-inclusive playground and fitness park.

At the Guy Foreman Bicentennial Amphitheater on Monday, city officials and residents heard details regarding a proposed $5 million project which will be located in Fedder’s Alley.

A playground and fitness park for children and adults of all ages and abilities is coming to Fedder’s Alley at Washington Park.

The Fedder’s Alley playground and fitness park will feature accessible equipment. It will also have sensory areas and safe surfaces that allow all children to explore and interact.

By this time next year, the hope is to have a playground for all children, no matter what their abilities, at Michigan City’s lakefront.

Plans for the all-inclusive playground at Washington Park were unveiled Monday with help from U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, who helped secure $1 million in federal funding toward the projected $5 million price tag.

Calumet College of St. Joseph has been awarded a $3 million federal grant to support Hispanic and low-income graduate students, the office of U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, announced this week.

The Department of Education awarded Calumet College of St. Joseph a $3 million grant.

The funding comes from the Department of Education’s Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans program. The program provides grants to expand educational opportunities for Hispanic students.

Four Northwest Indiana municipalities are set to receive grants under the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant program.