LEAP 2020 Elected Officials





For many, getting in to see the family doctor can prove challenging due to a high volume of patients and only so many appointments in a day. Chad Bogue is ready to take up the mantel as Portage Medical Group’s first Family Nurse Practitioner....
“It’s La Porte’s time,” said Julie West-Schroeder, La Porte’s First Ward City Council Member. Helping to continue the growth of La Porte and make it the excellent city its citizens know it is, La Porte Economic Advancement Partnership...
Every firefighter goes through intensive training to receive the state certifications that qualify them for a job as a firefighter. Why not take those certifications and turn them into a degree? At Ivy Tech Community College, firefighters can do just...
“You don’t have to go through this journey alone,” said Wendy Mang, Community Development Manager at the American Cancer Society (ACS), and a cancer survivor herself. When Mang was first diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, she began...
Throughout life, we are all faced with stressors and bumps in the road, especially when it comes to our finances. The knowledgeable staff at 1st Source Bank strives to educate people in financial wellness so some of those bumps are a lot less...
It’s the season for giving, but at Centier Bank, giving actually lasts all year long. With a long history of community engagement and philanthropy, Centier Bank has giving back ingrained in the company culture. “We are wired in our DNA to be a...
Nothing says Merry Christmas like watching children tell Santa their secret holiday wishes. On Tuesday evening, Porter Regional Hospital’s associates and families gathered for just that, and some merry-making, too, at the hospital’s annual...
A small girl stands beside her piano-playing mother, ready to turn the pages of music. This is one of the many events she has attended alongside her mother, so the scene is a familiar one. She looks around and sees the audience, all community...