Business View Civil Municipal June 2023

73 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 6 Mayor Todd Jones highlights, “The biggest asset of the City of Elwood is, first and foremost, its people. We have extraordinary people in this community.” Rich with history, it was in Elwood’s Callaway Park that Wendell Willkie gave his 1940 presidential nomination speech, solidifying a legacy that is still celebrated in the community today, while the park remains a popular gathering place for residents and visitors to the city. The Elwood Golf Links, a municipally owned 18-hole course is another community hotspot, which was reopened in 2017 with the help of the Elwood Community Development Corporation (ECDC). As for other recreational amenities, Michael Farrer, of the City of Elwood Legal Department, and member of the Elwood Community Development Corporation portrays, “Sports is a big thing in the Midwest. If you grew up in a small town in the Midwest, you grew up playing sports, I guarantee you that. We have lots of neighborhood basketball courts, and tennis courts, and I believe ELWOOD, INDIANA Mayor Todd Jones