Portage Economic

DevelopmentCorporation

2012 Annual Meeting Portage – A beacon of Economic Opportunity

WELCOME THANK YOU!!

A special thank you to our 2012 members for

their generous investment in our

continuing efforts to improve the Economic

Landscape of the Greater Portage Area.

John Shephard

Greg Lach

Steven Nelson

Sue Lynch

Bill Fekete

Susan Kelly-Johnson

Mayor James Snyder

Portage Re-

Development Commission

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS

$250

Tom Golab - Route 6 Development

Spiro Valvanis - Design Organization

Pete Pequet - Chester Construction Company

BRONZE SPONSORS$500

Meridian Title Corporation

PYRO Industrial Services

Whateverfitz, LLC

PSC Machining and Engineering

The Center of Workforce Development

Tobin Development

SILVER SPONSORS$1,000

Horizon Bank

Indiana American Water Company

Bloomfield Mechanical

NLMK Indiana

General Insurance Services

BMO Harris Bank

Holladay Properties

GOLD SPONSORS$2,500

1ST SOURCE BANKCENTIER BANK

Jim Stanley NIPSCO CEO

Kathleen O’Leary

NIPSCO President

PLATINUM SPONSOR

$5,000

Jonathan Nalli

President and CEO

PLATINUM SPONSOR

$5,000

2012 New Members Whateverfitz, LLC – James Fitzer

BMO Harris Bank – Dave Mika

Chester Construction Services – Pete Peuquet

Design Organization – Spiro Valvanis

The Center of Workforce Development – Linda Woloshansky

Tobin Development – Kevin Tobin

2012 Board of DirectorsAJ Monroe – City of Portage

E. Ric Frataccia – Portage Township Schools

Joe Gazarkiewicz – NLMK

Terry Hufford – Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce

Jonathan Nalli – Porter Health Systems

Tim Warner – Centier Bank

Ken Lorenz – Samuelson Insurance

2012 Board of Directors

Denise Mann – Ivy Tech Community College

Mayor James Snyder – City of Portage

Lorelei Weimer – Indiana Dunes Tourism

James Magera – First Source Bank

Shaunna Finley – Neighbors New Vista High School

2012 Executive Board of Directors

President – Diane Thalmann, NIPSCO

Vice President – Craig Menne, General Insurance Services

Secretary - Joe Bloomfield, Bloomfield Mechanical

Treasurer - Cindy Colvin, Meridian Title Corporation

President Elect 2013 - Fred McNulty, HR Dimensions

SPECIAL THANK YOUCindy Colvin

TreasurerJoe Bloomfield

Secretary

Fronius Video

FRONIUS

Workforce Development

TransportationInfrastructure

Quality Of Life

Site Selection

2012 Retention & Expansion

MonoSol

Feralloy Processing Company

Paper – Papers

Cargill

PYRO Industrial Services

Portage Electric Supply

Carmeuse Lime & Stone

PSC Machining and Engineering

Indiana Pickling & Processing

G.W. Berkheimer

Graycor

NLMK of Indiana

Manufacturing Solutions International

Neo Industries

Advanced Waste

Leeco Steel, LLC

Ratner Steel

- $15 Million Investment - 30 New Jobs - 125 jobs in

2012 during construction of 102,000 sq. ft. facility

Indiana Pickling

$7.5 Million Investment 4 New Jobs

Phoenix Services

13-acre distribution facility at the Port of Indiana – 80 New Jobs

Manufacturing Solutions International

MSI Acquired Graphic Packaging International

Spring 2012 Moved to a 157K Sq. Ft. Facility

on U.S. 20

U.S. 6 Retail Corridor

Spring 2013

Coming Soon Meijer

Panda Express NOW OPEN

New in 2012 & 2013

Texas Roadhouse

Future Site of Family Express

Biking/Walking Path is part of the Marquette

Plan

2013 & BEYONDNorthside Business Park

2013 & BEYONDU.S. 20 Corridor

Future Site of the Belmont

Spring 2013

Artist Rendering of Building

PORT OF INDIANA

THANK YOUThanks again for your support and financial

investment in the future of Portage!

Porter County Career and Technical Education

Cooperative Effort by 10 high schools

to provide High Quality, Effective

Workforce Education Programs to our

High School Youth

Director: Jon Groth

FALLON PUGHFallon is an outstanding student dedicated to community service:

She lettered in Academics Consistent A or B Honor Role Member Health Occupations Student Organization Member PHS Thespian Group

Raised over $500 for Miracle for Miranda

Raised over $500 for Battle Against Drug

Helped Package over 1500 Meals for Kids Against Hunger

Assisted with Vision and Hearing

Tests for ElementaryStudents

Fallon’s life goal is to help improve the

lives of others

Alex desires to achieve a PhD as a nurse

anesthetist

He has lettered in Acedemics

He is on the Honors Honor Role National Honor Society Technical Honor Society Foreign Language Honor Society

Raised over $6K for Hobart Humane Society

Raised over $9K to purchase AED’s for PHS

Lead community service project in making 115 comfort kids kits for the American Red Cross

Lead Fundraiser to purchase 2klbs of supplies for the Hobart Humane Society

Assist with lice checks at PHS

ALEX SCHREIER

“Cody is an intelligent quick learner, able to grasp new concepts quickly and have full understanding of such. He questions everything for a deeper understanding. I can confidently predict that he will be a great employee, and a conscientious, productive citizen of our community.”

Cody has been on the Honor Roll

since 6th grade.

Presently enrolled in Auto Technology. 

He has enlisted in the US Navy, departing 7/2/13

Plans to serve in the Navy Hospital Corps. 

CODY PIRO

 

“The number one predictor of post-secondary success is having a mature and realistic career goal.”

-Kenneth Gray, author Getting Real.

• Portage CTE students earned 997 dual credits last year.  Some of those students earned additional college credits during their junior year.

• 148 PHS students earned one or more professional certifications from their CTE class last year.

• Portage is our highest enrollment school.  We have almost 400 students from Portage this year—more than 1/3 of our total ½ day student population

• Portage is a very important partner in our CTE system.  Their administration, counselors, and students embrace career and technical education as a viable component of a student’s curriculum.

THANK YOU For providing an opportunity to

recognize some of our outstanding PHS students here today.

Career and Technical Education is here to serve the community and enhance our

future workforce.

Our mission is to provide the opportunity for our students to be successful at work!

www.pccte.org

Portage High School Class of 1973

Jim StanleyNIPSCO CEO

FOCUS FOR 2013 FRED MCNULTY

2013 Board President

2013 Incoming Board Members

WELCOME

• Mike Sarver – Horizon Bank

• Mike Micka – Holladay Properties

• Carl Simpson – Monosol

• Bridget Farkas – Portage Electric Supply Company

Executive Board 2013President - Fred McNulty, HR

Dimensions

Vice President - E. Ric Frataccia, Portage Township Schools

Past President - Diane Thalmann, NIPSCO

Secretary - Craig Menne, General Insurance Services

Treasurer - Tim Warner, Centier Bank

FOCUS FOR 2013

Educational Opportunities for Members

Website Development

Membership Growth

Thanks to all and Happy Holidays!