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And what a summer to live, work and thrive here. It tells the it’s been so far! COVID-19 is still region’s success stories, from business expansions, entrepreneurship, leadership front and center in our lives, but and philanthropy to quality of life, arts and we’ve seen a glimmer of hope that cultural events. Our hope is that readers of things may one day return to nor- Greater Lafayette Magazine will become active participants in the world around mal, or something close to it. And them and join in our mission to make that hope is apparent right here in Greater Lafayette the place where progress, creativity and community come together. Greater Lafayette, as restaurants start to reopen, businesses AUDIENCE welcome customers into stores Greater Lafayette Magazine serves as the Barrington Woods leading quality-of-life and business trade again and baseball fields and basketball courts start to see some publication for the area. Leveraging our action. This issue of GLM highlights some of the entrepreneurs, award-winning team of writers and design- neighborhood now selling in Lafayette. ers, Greater Lafayette Magazine attracts a businesses and programs that make our communities hum along, diverse group of readers who are engaged even in the roughest times. in the community as consumers, visitors, The cover story on our love for dogs is a prime example. business leaders, volunteers, residents and • Homes starting from the 250’s • future residents of Tippecanoe County. This Myriad locally owned businesses cater to a dog’s every need – from publication is for anyone that appreciates a a top-notch grooming to puppy training to a swanky overnight stay good story that not only reveals something • Across from Wyandotte Elementary School • new about our community but offers insight – and if you have a dog, you’ll want to check them out. The feature and pride for the place we call home. on how restaurants have recovered from the effects of COVID-19 • Basement sites available • is nothing short of inspirational. Some reimagined their menus, ADVERTISING To advertise or to receive information about others switched gears to offer carry-out options, while others advertising in Greater Lafayette Magazine, reinvented themselves altogether. contact Scott Walker at (765) 742-4044. You’ll also meet some remarkable Greater Lafayette entrepre- PRINTER neurs: Brittany Whitenack, who founded the Antique Candle Co.; The National Group Isaac Childres, the mastermind behind the board game CIRCULATION Gloomhaven; and David Ross, the 1893 Purdue University Greater Lafayette Magazine is published graduate whose work and visionary thinking set the university For more information call four times a year (January/April/July/ October), with a print distribution of 4,000, on course to be the world-class institution it is today. 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By spring 2021, the first Michal hopes those amenities in- in Purdue’s effort to retain its best families will be able to move into clude health care and a large grocery and brightest. two- and three-story townhomes store, which could lead to the end of “There are folks working right that will have a private outdoor liv- another long-standing complex. now with the PRF and the university ing area and a two-car garage. “What I’m hoping is two things: to try to attract similar businesses to Single family detached homes one, work with the university to Saab, aerospace and aviation com- will be available this spring as well, put in a micro-hospital or health panies,” Michal says. “We’ve got a ranging in size from 1,600 to 3,536 care facility,” he says. “The oth- great partnership with Rolls Royce. square feet. These semi-custom er thing … we’d love to get a We’re also trying to re-establish a homes will have the option of mas- 20-30,000-square-foot grocery right commercial service with the airport. ter bedrooms upstairs and down- there off the corner of State and Mc- We’re hopeful on that. Decades after his parents lived stairs, as well as ranch design. Cormick. With Purdue and access “We’re trying to help promote and in Married Student Housing while By summer 2021, Old Town to students, plus 500 rooftops, we support the university as it chang- attending Purdue University, Rich anticipates the completion of 142 think our chances of landing a gro- es the world through its faculty, Michal is playing a role in a “once in apartments spread out over four cery will increase substantially.