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Legacy Foundation sends $4 million to Lake County parks

Plus, downtown Crown Point stars in a new JCPenney ad and wants you in the next one.

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Legacy Foundation awards $4 million to seven Lake County public-space projects

Gary's $1 million is the biggest of seven grants

Source: Northwest Indiana Business Magazine

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Value
Gary$1M
Highland$886.3K
Hammond$645.2K
Hobart$500K
Griffith$500K
Lowell$300K
New Chicago$168.5K

If you like a good park, this one's for you. The announced $4 million in Love Where You Live grants for seven projects at IBEW Local 697 in Merrillville on Oct. 28. Crown Point isn't on the list, but the money goes to neighbors: Gary, Hammond, Hobart, Griffith, Highland, Lowell and New Chicago.

Gary's Legacy Park & Art Walk Project includes a splash pad, waterpark, pool restoration and pickleball courts. Highland's grant will turn a long-vacant former gas station at 8436 Kennedy Ave. into a community gathering place. A Lilly Endowment grant supported the initiative.

  • Hammond: $645,200 for the Optimist Lake Project
  • Hobart: $500,000 for Festival Park improvements
  • Griffith: $500,000 for year-round multi-sport recreation
  • Lowell: $300,000 for Historic Town Square
  • New Chicago: $168,500 for basketball court revitalization

Legacy Foundation put $4 million into seven communities

$4 million
in Love Where You Live grants
7
Lake County communities with funded projects
$100 million
in assets the Legacy Foundation manages

Sources: GreatNews.Life, Northwest Indiana Business Magazine

“That in five years from now, and ten years from now, we would see people still benefiting from them.”

Kelly Anoe, president and CEO of the Legacy Foundation

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News Notes

JCPenney

Downtown Crown Point is featured in a new JCPenney ad. Residents can sign up to be part of a second ad campaign later this month, with a gift exchange set to film next week. The Times of Northwest Indiana

New eatery

Cocktails will fly through tubes at a new Italian restaurant in Crown Point. The Times of Northwest Indiana

Gary

After delaying its vote a week, the Gary Common Council unanimously approved a $111 million budget for city operations and a $5.3 million budget for the airport Monday, in time for the state deadline. The city is also set to demolish historic City Methodist Church on Wednesday. The Times of Northwest IndianaThe Times of Northwest Indiana

Gary's council approved a $111 million city budget and a $5.3 million airport budget

Source: The Times of Northwest Indiana

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Airport$5.3M

Dyer

Berkot's Superfoods held a grand opening last week after a top-to-bottom remodel of the former Walt's supermarket in Dyer. The Times of Northwest Indiana

CO safety

November is Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month, and NIPSCO is encouraging communities across the state to take simple steps to protect their families. Carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless gas produced when fuels such as gasoline, wood, natural gas, propane or oil burn incompletely. Times-Union

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The Wrap

Some Region rivalries have been going longer than most of us have been alive. On Nov. 3, 1961, the Andrean 59ers won the first-ever "Battle of Broadway" over the Merrillville Pirates, 14-7. Then there's 1972, when Munster kicked a field goal, Lowell didn't, and Munster won 3-0. Now that's a defensive struggle.

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Legacy Foundation sends $4 million to Lake County parks

Plus, downtown Crown Point stars in a new JCPenney ad and wants you in the next one.

The TLDR

  1. Legacy Foundation awards $4 million to seven Lake County projects
  2. Downtown Crown Point stars in a new JCPenney ad
  3. Gary council approves $111 million city budget
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