{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-announces-over-17-million-for-northwest-indianas-marquette-greenway-project/", "Young Announces Over $17 Million for Northwest Indiana\u2019s Marquette Greenway Project", "2021-11-16", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) today announced that Northwest Indiana will receive a RAISE grant totaling more than $17 million for the Marquette Greenway Project. The grant application, which was submitted by the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC), will complete over 55 miles of trail through three Hoosier counties to support economic development in Northwest Indiana. In July, Senator Young sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation in support of the application.\n\n\u201cThe project will allow 55 miles of trail to pass through three Indiana counties: Lake County, Porter County, and La Porte County. The project\u2019s completion will directly benefit a local population of 130,000 residents, and provide interconnections throughout the Chicagoland region. Trails have proven to be a significant factor in improving quality of life, benefiting community health, and spurring economic development. The completion of the Marquette Greenway will improve the vitality of Northwest Indiana\u2019s economy and way of life,\u201d Senator Young wrote in the letter.\n\nNIRPC serves the counties of Lake, Porter, and La Porte and has played a critical role in furthering the region\u2019s economic progress.\n\nTy Warner, NIRPC Executive Director said, \u201cWe greatly appreciate Senator Young\u2019s support of the economic transformation happening in Northwest Indiana, and the Marquette Greenway is but the latest example of a truly transformational project with impacts far beyond its face value. This 60-mile active, outdoor transportation link creates enormous opportunities for Indiana residents to get connected to the incredibly unique ecosystem on the southern shore of Lake Michigan. But even beyond that, it creates a prime network to activate and grow the vitality of every community along the way. We are incredibly grateful and excited for what this project means to our region, and we can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d\n\nThe full text of Senator Young\u2019s letter is available here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-announces-over-17-million-for-northwest-indianas-marquette-greenway-project/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6522351652383804, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}