Regionally Speaking, Monday, July 19, 2021

Today:  The 2021 Sustainable Transportation Conference and Expo held by South Shore Clean Cities is coming next month in Michigan City, and SSCC executive director Carl Lisek is on "Regionally Speaking" to talk about it.  The event includes a luncheon chat between Lisek and U.S. Senator Mike Braun.  (a view from last year's Convention and Expo is pictured above.) UniFirst, a commercial and industrial uniform and workwear service firm, is opening a brand-new state-of-the-art facility in Hammond on Wednesday, and we talk to Unifirst senior VP Matt Croatti about it. And Side Effects Public Media's Christine Herman spoke with a university professor about the impact that the COVID pandemic's having on childrens' development -- especially as they learn to speak.  She has a report.