(La Porte, IN) - Plans are moving forward to create a firefighter training facility in La Porte.

Fire Chief Andy Snyder said the money to pay the cost wasn’t there until the Health Care Foundation of La Porte came through with a $500,000 grant. After pitching the idea to the HCFL, “they were fully supportive of it,” he said.

No actual cost figures have been obtained yet because the proposal is still very early in the planning stages. However, Snyder estimated the entire cost would be roughly around $1 million, with the city perhaps coming up with the rest of the funding.

The city’s Board of Public Works & Safety this week voted to allow Snyder to accept the grant.