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Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the City of South Bend as a winner of Bloomberg Philanthropies U.S. Mayors Challenge, a yearlong competition that challenged city leaders to uncover and test bold, inventive ideas to confront the toughest problems faced by cities today. Nine cities will receive $1 million to begin implementation on potentially breakthrough solutions…

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$100 million in new economic impact is within our grasp. $100 million every year. All we have to do is reduce our real costs for business travel. Look at this snapshot of the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2018. Diverting our money from the Chicago and Detroit economies back to our own is already making a difference. We’ve…

Read More “Project Propel is on it’s way to major economic impact across the region”

GOSHEN — Lippert Components employees in the hundreds were brought together under the unifying banner of sport Saturday for the company’s first soccer tournament at Goshen College. A first for Lippert, a supplier of components to the recreational vehicle, residential housing and numerous other industries, the tournament was the brainchild of Julio Cruz Reyes, a…

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Mark Melnick and Kyle Hannon of Ivy Tech will be presenting on a number of initiatives that can help our local economy when it comes to workforce training. Here is a brief look at the topics that will be covered: Attracting and keeping skilled workers is the biggest challenge facing employers in Elkhart County. Some…

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Thank you for your willingness to partner with the newly formed IT Sector Partnership (ITSP) for the South Bend – Elkhart Region. Our mission is to identify what the most important IT skills and technologies in our region are and then train people in those areas. For us to get the ball rolling we need to…

Read More “IT Needs Survey for the South Bend – Elkhart Region”