MAAC Foundation Receives READI Funds for Public Safety Innovation Campus

MAAC HQ and Kathryn Hall groundbreaking (Photo provided, MAAC Foundation)

(Photo provided, MAAC Foundation)

In Valparaiso, the MAAC Foundation says it has been awarded $500,000 in Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative funds from the Northwest Indiana Forum. The first responder training campus says the READI 2.0 funds will contribute to a $9 million expansion of its Public Safety Innovation Campus in the form of a new two-story building designated the MAAC HQ and Kathryn Hall. The facility will serve as the organization’s primary office space and feature more than 10 additional classrooms and training rooms. The campus serves departments from across the Region and beyond, including firefighters, police officers and EMTs. The MAAC also hosts several academies each year including a career fire academy, a volunteer fire academy, an EMT training course, and a fire and rescue vocational program for high school juniors and seniors. Here is a link for more information.