Regionally Speaking, Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Today:  NIRPC chief transportation planner Mitch Barloga is on "Regionally Speaking" to talk about the recently-completed segments of the Marquette Greenway in Burns Harbor, and other trails in northwest Indiana (Pictured: the Marquette Greenway Trail in Portage).  The Indiana DNR worked with Burns Harbor town officials and Portage city officials on the projects.  The Next Level Trails program makes critical trail connections within and between communities.  "Mr. Pierogi" joins us from Whiting to talk about the July 23rd parade through Hammond and into Whiting, and of the big festival itself, July 23, 24 & 25.   Greater Northwest Indiana Association of Realtors CEO Peter Novak discusses the latest seven-county home sales report and a look  at the rest of 2021.  And Side Effects Public Media's Carter Barrett begins a two-part series on families needing help in dealing with mental illness.