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A $70,000 federal grant, announced recently by U.S. Rep Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, will enable a four-year-old economic development program to continue its work in Northwest Indiana.
The grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, part of the Department of Commerce, will support the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission’s economic development program.
The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission will receive a $70,000 federal grant to help develop and implement a comprehensive economic development strategy.
The Economic Development Administration's Economic Development District Planning program grant targets the counties of Lake, Porter and La Porte counties. NIRPC was designated an EDA in 2019.
The Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Department will receive $247,200 from the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced the grant from a program intended to aid firefighting and emergency operations and safety.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan announced a federal grant awarded to the Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Department.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, the Chesterton department will receive $247,200 to improve operations and safety, equip and train emergency personnel, and enhance operational efficiencies.
The program‘s goal is to help firefighting and emergency response teams meet their service goals.
A project to turn the abandoned Gary Union Station into a "Fiber Smart House" officially broke ground Wednesday. When complete, the building will serve as a fiber access point, as well as a technology training center and business incubator.
Gary leaders gathered on Wednesday to celebrate the start of an $8 million dollar construction project that will turn the city’s long-abandoned Union Station into a state of the art fiber optics hub and training facility.
The development is the latest step in a yearslong effort to see the derelict building rehabilitated. First opened in 1910, the train station received rail passengers until it was shuttered in 1971 and has sat disused ever since, becoming a favored haunt of urban explorers.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced a federal grant award for the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) under the Economic Development Administration (EDA) Economic Development District Planning program.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, Vice Chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus, released the following statement on the ongoing steel industry discussions.
United States Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, said Monday he is monitoring the possible consolidation of the domestic steel industry into a single integrated steel producer.
Cleveland-Cliffs, long an iron ore miner that supplied steel mills, proposed buying U.S. Steel, long the biggest steelmaker in the world, for $7.3 billion. U.S. Steel balked at the proposal but is reviewing strategic alternatives that could include a possible sale and said it remains open to negotiations.
Northwest Indiana's congressman has requested more than $15 million in federal funds to help meet the needs of local governments and police departments; to improve airports, harbors and water infrastructure; and to support community organizations across the Region.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, is seeking the money through Community Project Funding requests, more commonly known as earmarks, that are expected to be included in the appropriations measures pending in the House to fund the federal government during the 2024 budget year.