Building Indiana Blog is a weblog maintained by the staff at Building Indiana News magazine.

Building Indiana is the largest statewide business-to-business magazine in Indiana, reaching 60,000 readers six times a year. In each issue, the award-winning publication chronicles business and economic development throughout the state, covering topics as diverse as tourism, real estate, finance, human resources, business management strategies and much more.

Building Indiana is published by Diversified Marketing Strategies, a full-service marketing communications and public relations agency headquartered in Crown Point, with offices in Indianapolis and Warsaw.

But enough about us. This blog isn’t just a way to share the latest important news and developments going on in Indiana. It’s a way for us to get to know you, our readers. We want to know what you think about the goings-ons in Indiana.

So take a look around, and share your thoughts with us.

About the Banner: Pictured is the crew of Sweney Electric at the Taylor Forge plant in East Chicago in 1952. The life-sized photo forms the background of the “history wall” at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 697′s state-of-the-art headquarters and apprenticeship training center (.pdf) completed in Merrillville in 2011. Individuals are identified below (click for larger view).