Merrillville Town Councilman Shawn Pettit

As self-storage facilities pop up around Northwest Indiana, Merrillville officials are considering whether it's time to slow their development.

The town of Merrillville has acquired the Moe Auto Repair property on Broadway.

The town of Merrillville is working to make sure its needs are met with the money it'll have available next year. The town council adopted the 2024 budget Tuesday. It totals just over $45.4 million, having been cut by almost $2 million from the initial proposal.

A permit has been issued for the Region's first million-square-foot industrial building. It's part of the Silos at Sanders Farm development coming to Merrillville.

An ongoing dispute between the Merrillville clerk-treasurer and the town council means some town employees will have to wait longer for a pay raise. Clerk-Treasurer Kelly White Gibson says she's decided to forgo a pay raise the council approved for her, so her employees could get raises, instead.

The town of Merrillville continues working to acquire land that was being used as an informal hunting ground. The 10-acre property near the Sandpiper subdivision is privately owned, despite the fact that it's legally a park and drainage easement and has no road access.

Merrillville officials are touting the town's development boom. The town issued 174 building permits in August for a total of almost $42 million in improvements.

The town of Merrillville is looking to keep hunters out of residential areas. Residents are calling on the town to take ownership of a stretch of open land in the Sandpiper subdivision off of 93rd, after a bow hunter was apparently using the site. The 10-acre property is privately owned, despite the fact that it's legally a park and drainage easement and has no road access.

The Merrillville Town Council has finalized a tax abatement for the town's next industrial park. The 195-acre Silos at Sanders Farm development will contain five buildings along Mississippi Street. As part of the abatement, taxes will be phased in over the next 10 years, with no real property taxes at all for the first three years.

Merrillville's next industrial park took another step forward this week. The town council moved ahead with a tax abatement for Crow Holdings' Sanders Farm development, stretching along Mississippi Street from 93rd to 101st avenues.