Hammond Development Corporation

On june 12, 2018, grants provided by hammond port authority and the city of hammond were placed into a restricted account for the use of managing certain visual and performing musical and entertainment acts at the wolf lake pavilion in hammond, indiana. This program encourages tourism with the provision of free concert events. The purpose of the grant is the intention that revenue from the musical and entertainment acts will replenish and will continue to be used for this purpose in perpetuity.

On october 1, 2010, hdc took over the hammond innovation center (hic) from purdue university calumet to support the city of hammond's main initiative of attracting new high-tech start-up firms to downtown hammond. The program includes providing competitively priced office space including a built-in infrastructure of services as well as the necessary business resources to assist in the successful operation of start-up businesses.the hub of innovation is an extension of the hammond innovation center but is a new avenue for cultivating business and job creation through internship opportunities. This site focuses on introducing university interns to business tenants and contract partnerships.