Notice of Public Hearing

Concerning Designation of

an Economic Revitalization Area

Notice is hereby given that the County Council (the “Council”) of the County of Porter, Indiana (the “County”) on August 24, 2009 adopted Resolution Number 09-8-24 (the “Resolution”) declaring an area located in the County located at the northwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Highway 6 and State Road 49 to be an Economic Revitalization Area pursuant to Indiana Code 6-1.1-12.1 et. seq. (the “Act”) in which owners of real and personal property making application pursuant to the Act subsequently approved by the Council pursuant to the Act may receive real property tax abatement and/or personal property tax abatement pursuant to applicable procedures of the Act. A copy of the Resolution including a more detailed description of the area and a map of the area being declared to be an Economic Revitalization Area is available and can be inspected in the Office of the Porter County Assessor located at 155 Indiana Avenue, Suite 211, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383.

The Resolution also directs the Auditor of the County to file a copy of this Notice with each taxing unit that has authority to levy property taxes in the geographic area being designated as an Economic Development Area.

The Resolution also set the meeting of the Council to be held on September 10, 2009 commencing at 5:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time at the County Administration Center, 155 Indiana Avenue, Suite 205, Valparaiso, Indiana as the time and place of a public hearing when the Council will receive and hear all remonstrances and objections from interested persons to declaring the affected area to be an Economic Revitalization Area. At the conclusion of the public hearing the Council may take final action determining whether the qualifications for an Economic Revitalization Area have been met and confirming, modifying or rescinding the Resolution.

Dated this 28th day of August, 2009

Porter County Council

(August 28, 2009)