The network of trails linking Elkhart and Shipshewana will close two gaps in the coming year, thanks to the $29.6 million in Next Level Trails grants that Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced recently. Altogether, 70 miles of trail would be built across the state, including a part of the Marquette Greenway from Chicago to New Buffalo: specifically, 0.88-miles in Portage, Ind., with a boardwalk in the Indiana Dunes National Park.
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Elkhart: This city gains $642,600 to create 1.85 miles of paved trails, taking the MapleHeart Trail farther into Elkhart. The MapleHeart is an 8-mile trail along roads between Elkhart and Goshen.
The Elkhart addition will add to the cityâs current 4-mileÂ
Gov. Eric Holcomb
As the pandemic spread across the world creating countless problems, Fred Geyer possessed a solution in Northwest Indiana.
N95 masks, vital to protecting health care workers exposed to the coronavirus, were in short global supply, and his business, American Melt Blown & Filtration, already produced the filtration for the short-supplied N95 masks made in other countries. So why not create the entire masks in the Hoosier state?
That question led to the creation of a new company: Indiana Face Mask. This December, out of thousands of submissions, the company was one of only five nationwide to receive CDC approval to manufacture N95s. A significant achievement as the majority of N95s were made overseas prior to the pandemic.
Gov Eric Holcomb’s announcement noted that trails have been an increasing part of regional residents’ exercise routines, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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