Mayor Matt Murphy talks about the immediate future of the City of Valparaiso.
VALPARAISO â With recent announcements of two major companies planning large investments to bring their firms and jobs to Valparaiso, it appears the city is poised to emerge from the pandemic as strong as ever. We feel like we never stopped, Mayor Matt Murphy said of the city s successes during the 2020 and entering 2021. We were impacted by the pandemic, but we kept going with our objectives. We consolidated our utilities, created a nonprofit called Home Team Valparaiso and we initiated the strategic planning process.
Valparaiso Mayor Matt Murphy
The Greater Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce, which represents nearly 800 businesses in Valparaiso, Porter County, and greater Northwest Indiana, named a new chairman of its board.
Greater Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce President Rex Richards announced Nitco President Thomas Long would chair the board of directors.
âThomas Long has served in a leadership capacity prior to being chosen as chair in the roles of vice chair of public policy and then as chair elect, Richards said.
Long serves as president of Hebron-based Nitco, which provides internet service, wifi, home phone service, and cable television to Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, and Stark Counties with a robust customer base in rural areas. The 125-year-old utility continues to grow, expanding a municipal fiber network to Chesterton in 2017 and buying TV Cable of Rensselaer in 2018.
The Greater Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce, which represents nearly 800 businesses in Valpo and beyond, named a new vice president/chief financial officer.
Greater Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce President Rex Richards announced Christine Pazdur was promoted to serve as vice president and chief financial officer, putting her in charge of the Valpo chamber s financial affairs.
The Loyola University graduate, a longtime Valparaiso resident, has worked at the chamber in downtown Valpo since 2009.
She most recently served as the chamber s accounting director, overseeing accounting for the chamber and also doing accounting functions for the Valparaiso Economic Development Corp.
âChristine has performed outstanding in her budget projections and the way she worked to provide the auditors with important information to ensure compliance with auditor recommendations,â Richards said in a news release. Her work product has been exceptional.â