Fort Wayne, Ind. -- Rain gardens around the City of Fort Wayne will soon be easier to spot thanks to a grant of $18,750 from Wells Fargo.

As part of a commitment to improve river water quality, Fort Wayne is helping to install 20 demonstration rain gardens at public locations around the community. The grant from Wells Fargo will pay for interpretive signs placed at the rain garden locations. The signs will help inform residents about the impacts of urban storm water and how the quality storm water runoff can be improved by rain gardens before it gets into streams and rivers.

Event Spotlights Project Milestones, Launch of Residential Marketing Campaign

Fort Wayne, Ind. – Together with the members of the New Harrison, LLC, development team, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry today celebrated the official kickoff for The Harrison, the residential and commercial component of Harrison Square and the final piece of the signature downtown complex.

Overlooking the already busy worksite from the suite-level lounge at Parkview Field, project principals Simon Dragan, Mark Hagerman and Chris Schoen joined Mayor Henry in a symbolic cake-breaking ceremony. The event commemorated the formal start of construction and the completion of financing for The Harrison. It also signaled the launch of a new marketing campaign for the development’s 44 upscale apartments.

Challenges more residents to get involved

Graphs from news conference attached at bottom of release.

Fort Wayne, Ind. – Year-end numbers show that the City of Fort Wayne's One Cart recycling program has been a huge success!

With city households participating at an average rate of 70 percent, the City has been able to save nearly $150,000 in fees by reducing the amount of garbage taken to the landfill. At the same time, a shared revenue agreement enabled the city to receive more than $425,000 for its recyclables in 2011.