Tagged: Lafayette

Governor Mitch Daniels is picking a pair of Lafayette residents to sit on a state commission and board.

Mark Wolfschlag will be part of the State Board of Health Facility Administrators.  His term ends July 1st, 2015.

The board establishes criteria and issues licenses for becoming a health facility administrator.

Wolfschlag is the president and owner of Mulberry Health and Retirement Community in Mulberry.

Patrick Richard will serve on the Indiana Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission.

Greater Lafayette is looking to further establish a relationship with China.

Leaders from Lafayette, West Lafayette, and Tippecanoe County met with a group from the Shandong Province, Thursday.

The goal was to share culture and discuss business opportunities.

Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski calls the community’s relationship with China the best in the state.

A Lafayette facility is losing 45 of its roughly 600 employees.

Evonick is cutting its workforce at its Tippecanoe Laboratories site.

The specialty chemical manufacturer is changing its business model and officials say the reductions are needed to increase flexibility and stay competitive in the market.

The Laboratory produces active pharmaceutical ingredients.

The employees losing their jobs will receive a severance package and Evonik is vowing to provide outplacement services.

Company officials says the reduction is not based on performance.

Fourth District Congressman Todd Rokita thinks a deal will get done to prevent the country from going off the so-called fiscal cliff.

He expects lawmakers to agree to terms by the December 31st deadline.

The Republican believes his party has presented an approach that reflects compromise.

“We've offered revenues if the President wanted revenues in cutting out deductions and loopholes and credits that we thought are unfair, in exchange for keeping tax rates low for all of us,” he said.

More than 80 Ivy Tech students are preparing for a disaster situation.

Those in the nursing program participated in a mock factory acid-spill, Tuesday.

Ivy Tech is designated as an alternative care site in case of an emergency.

This is the first time the students have done a mock event on campus.  They usually go to off-campus sites.

Ivy Tech is designated as an alternative care location in case of a disaster.

Lafayette is hoping to save more than $30,000 a year by refinancing a series of bonds.

The Redevelopment Commission agreed to adjust three; one for a downtown parking garage and two for the development of Renaissance Place.

The savings is realized primarily through a reduction in interest rates.

The city is now paying between five and six-percent on the bonds.  By refinancing and consolidating, the interest drops to about two-percent.

Over the terms of the bonds, the city will save about $400,00, according to Development Director Dennis Carson.

A process to bring a fiber optic network to homes and businesses in West Lafayette is taking another step forward.

The city’s Economic Development Commission signed off on $2.5-million in bonds for Metronet to install the infrastructure.

Chairman Bill Baitinger believes this type of project will help attract more business to the community.

The city council and redevelopment commission still must approve the bond issuance, which is expected before the end of the year.