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To Learn About RDA Plans, Look Elsewhere

As local leaders push public funds toward high density housing, residents must look elsewhere for information regarding the long-term plans for the region.

August 4, 2018-As our State and local leaders push forward to create higher density neighborhoods, residents have had little information as to how things will progress. Fortunately, Northwest Indiana is among the last in the nation to push…

Area Residents’ Group: South Shore Plans to Take Homes Even if There is NO Funding for West Lake

“Approximately 140 homeowners in Hammond, Munster and Dyer could potentially lose their homes even if the project dies” Julie O’Connor, Concerned Families of the West Lake Corridor Project speaking to Lake County Commissioners

July 20, 2017-With funding for the West Lake Extension of the South Shore railroad facing an uphill battle in congress, a group of area residents is calling on NICTD,…

Did NICTD Just Threaten Hammond? South Shore May Build “Gateway” Station in Illinois?

Out of control Illinois bureaucrats running the show at NICTD share NWI Times article endorsing spending $300M in Hegewsisch instead of Hammond. July 7, 2017-The Northwest Indiana Times Editorial Board on Sunday suggested that the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority would fund a $300M train station and maintenance facility in Hegewisch if Hammond did not commit $27M in CEDIT money to…

Buncich Shakeup: Repay Actively Campaigns for Dem County Chair

December 14, 2016-As Lake County Democratic Chair/Sheriff John Buncich faces mounting legal problems, the opportunists behind the scenes are wrangling to ensure they grab their slice of the political pie. Even before the indictment of Chairman/Sheriff Buncich, many were calling for him to step down. On his weekly radio show, Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott said he “understood” if Buncich wanted to…