Development

A native of Northwest Indiana, Rocky Schiralli received his Bachelor's degree from Indiana University, and his Master's degree in psychology from West Georgia College. His first job in the psychology profession was at Southlake Mental Health, along...

Willie Urquidi is the Foreman/Project Coordinator/Inspector for the Sewer Department of the Portage Water Reclamation Field Division. The Water Reclamation Field Division are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to help with sewer lateral back ups....

Bob Dixon is the Field Superintendent for the Portage Water Reclamation Field Division. The Water Reclamation Field Division are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to help with sewer lateral back ups. They maintain 175 miles of sewer lines and...

The Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce Business Opportunity Night is set to promote your business at Woodland Park on Thursday, April 22nd. The public is welcome to attend!If you are an entrepreneur, business consultant, internet marketing business,...

Robin Wilkening grew up in Griffith, IN, and has been a Portage resident since 1990. A realtor since 1995, she opened her own real estate company in 2005, located on Willowcreek Road. Visit her website here.In 2000, she was named the Greater Portage...

PortageLife.com is a new community-based website, focusing on an exclusively-positive view on the people, places, organizations, and businesses serving Portage, Indiana. We look to be a central hub for all of the great information out there and tell...

Mayor Olga G. Velazquez was elected as the first female mayor in the City of Portage and Porter County in 2007. She had served on the Portage City Council, Portage Plan Commission, Ways and Means, Ordinance and Budget Committees and chaired the...

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Chris Mahlmann launched Ideas in Motion, a business development agency, in January of 2006. In 2007, he and his family moved to Valparaiso, Indiana to move closer to his wife’s family, and the business really began to grow.  The 20+ years of...

After graduating from Highland High School in 1977, Tom Lounges spent a year at Purdue Calumet and then a year at Indiana University Northwest before receiving a job offer for a print and radio gig and never went back to college. Someday he hopes to...