Lake County’s NorthWind Crossings Business Park is the latest site to be certified for speedier development and earn the status as “shovel ready” from the state of Indiana.

NorthWind Crossings, which completed environmental review with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management last week, joins seven new sites located in Blackford, Daviess, Madison, Monroe, Orange, Vigo and Wayne counties announced in September. Indiana’s 56 total “shovel ready” sites have undergone extensive title work, proof of ownership, legal and environmental review and qualify for expedited permitting with state regulatory agencies.

“The Shovel Ready program is a tool that allows us to move as industry dictates,” said Mitch Roob, Secretary of Commerce and chief executive officer of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. “We know that time is valuable and we want to give prospective new businesses every reason to bring new jobs and investment to Indiana.”
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