(La Porte, IN) - The governor was in La Porte yesterday.

 

Eric Holcomb stopped by City Hall Tuesday to pay a visit with Mayor Tom Dermody.

 

Dermody said he informed the governor about some of the positive things happening here like construction of new housing and efforts to upgrade the workforce.

 

What the mayor’s administration is doing to grow the economy, increase population and how the governor can help were other things discussed during their time together.  Dermody said he also pointed out the reasons why the state should help the city as much as possible given the assets here to capitalize on.

 

“We have the best quality of life with our lakes, our parks and being an hour from Chicago,” he said.

 

Before the governor left, he put on a pull over jacket containing the city’s new “Livin’ the Lake Life” logo given to him by the mayor.

 

“The interesting thing is when we walked out of city hall he said La Porte just seems to have a new vibe.  I appreciated that,” Dermody said.

 

Several months ago, Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch during her visit with Mayor Dermody here was given a t-shirt containing the same logo and modeled it for a picture taken at the statehouse.

 

Dermody during his 10-years as a state representative worked with Holcomb during his two terms as Lt. Governor and early during his reign as governor.  He also worked with now former governors Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence earlier in his career in the state legislature.