Let's work together to make

Fort Wayne an All America City !

 

All America City Award Featured Stories

 

Our International Community'€¦

Fort Wayne has an ever-growing, diverse population and it is important that our community provide every opportunity possible to all of its citizens. Our goal, by focusing on this particular project, is to highlight the key agencies and organizations that assist immigrants and refugees as they settle into their new lives. These agencies play a vital role in providing basic necessities as well as training and education opportunities. We want the rest of the nation to see the success results of our newest citizens. By coming together these agencies are providing the skills, training, and essentials needed to help our newest citizens become a part of our amazing community.

Our Growing Trails System'€¦

Fort Wayne was recently recognized as a part of Oprah'€™s Big Give program highlighting how our community came together to “grow” our trails system. Trails play many significant roles, such as supporting a healthy lifestyle, providing alternative transportation, safety, recreation, cleaner environment, and connecting our wonderful neighborhoods. Fort Wayne has numerous organizations that believe in and support our trails. Citizens, government and foundations have all come together to support, create, and promote our Fort Wayne Trails. We want to show the nation how, through community collaboration, we have created a beautiful trails system as well as a plan for continued growth.

Engaging Our Youth'€¦

Engaging our youth is essential to the future of Fort Wayne , and the city has so much to offer its youngest citizens. One of the highlights is the Allen Superior Court Great KIDS Make Great COMMUNITIES (a.k.a. Great KIDS) initiative which believes building Assets in children is a journey that should take place during the developmental years of all children. Great KIDS'€™ mission is to motivate and equip individuals and organizations, to join together in nurturing competent, caring and responsible children and adolescents. Great KIDS is unique in that through community collaboration, adults are trained to work with youth more effectively using the Assets model. In recent years, Great KIDS has also partnered directly with youth to produce the Allen County United Youth Summit, an event designed to engage youth on community issues and empower them to make a difference.

 

Let's work together to make

Fort Wayne an All America City !

All America City Sponsorship Form

Donor/Company Name: ________________________________________________________

(As you would like it to appear in any printed materials)

Name and phone number of person to be contacted for additional information:

Name:_________________________________ Phone: (____)_________________________

Fax: (___)____________________ E-mail: ________________________________________

Address:_____________________________________________________________________

City: _________________________________ State:_______ Zip: ___________________

 Yes! My company would like to support the City of Fort Wayne'€™s All America City team!

Please reserve my company the following sponsorship opportunity:

¨ Platinum Level ($10,000)

¨ Gold Level ($5,000)

¨ Silver Level ($2,500)

¨ Bronze Level ($1,000)

¨ Logo enclosed (camera ready, please do not fold. Or e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

(Please send logo as soon as possible for inclusion in printed materials)

¨ No, my company is not able to sponsor, but would like to support the All America City team with a donation of: $________

¨ Payment enclosed: $

¨ Please bill me at the above address

If additional information is needed, please contact:

Kerri Przemielewski by phone at 427-1120, or by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ALL TOGETHER NOW!!

The All-America City Award is America's original and most prestigious community recognition award.  Since 1949, the Award has honored communities of all sizes (cities, towns, counties, neighborhoods and regions) where community members, government, businesses and nonprofit organizations work together to address critical local issues. More than 500 communities have earned this distinguished title and many have earned it more than once, including Fort Wayne.

Fort Wayne has received this prestigious award twice, our last time was 1998.  We have also placed as a finalist twice since 1998.  Currently, the three areas we are focusing on to demonstrate our collaboration are the International Community, Trails, and the Allen Superior Court - Great Kids Make Great Communities.  

The application process alone represents a valuable opportunity to evaluate the way our community manages opportunities and challenges, which can make our community stronger.  Communities that earn the All-America City title realize numerous benefits, including:

  • Local, state, and national recognition
  • Greater civic pride and greater civic collaboration
  • Economic stimulus

For more information on the All America City Award process, please refer to the National Civic League website at http://www.ncl.org/

Let's work together to make

Fort Wayne an All America City !

Sponsorship Opportunities:

Platinum Level - $10,000

  • Limited Opportunity '€“ 2 sponsors only at this level
  • Company or Foundation logo will be prominently featured on all media materials, City of Fort Wayne website, shirts worn at the All America City competition, signage at our Celebration event and commemorative booklet.

Gold Level - $5,000

  • Company or Foundation logo will be featured on the City of Fort Wayne website, shirts worn at the All America City competition, signage at our Celebration event, commemorative booklet and in other media materials as space allows.

Silver Level - $2,500  

  • Company or Foundation name will be featured on City of Fort Wayne website, shirts worn at the All America City competition, signage at our Celebration event, commemorative booklet and in other media materials as space allows.

Bronze Level - $1,000

  • Company or Foundation name will be featured on City of Fort Wayne website, signage at our Celebration event, commemorative booklet and in other media materials as space allows.

Media Formats may include: printed materials, any advertising media that may be procured, signage, new releases, media alerts, information booklets, Public Service Announcements and web links. Printing deadlines will determine inclusion in many formats.

Fort Wayne Pursues the 2009

All America City  Award

  

All Together Now!

"All Together Now" exemplifies the collaborative spirit of the three projects highlighted in Fort Wayne's All-America City application. The theme is designed to create a framework for discussing how Fort Wayne is addressing its challenges and planning for its future.

By touching the lives of diverse populations, including recent immigrants, youth, and families, these projects include ALL of our neighborhoods, and they connect these neighborhoods in a way that builds a unique sense of community. Also, due to the interconnections among those providing service through, and those served by, these projects, they touch ALL of our residential, business, and governmental segments. These projects are truly inclusive of ALL demographics within our community.

In highlighting projects that promote teamwork, we strive to demonstrate how Fort Wayne is working TOGETHER to build a stronger community. Collaboration is key to success for all three of our highlighted projects. Only by standing TOGETHER will we succeed TOGETHER.

The opportunities and challenges in our community cannot wait. NOW is the time for our youth to build their leadership skills. NOW is the time for us to welcome our newest citizens as they make us stronger through diversity. NOW is the time for us to build a new infrastructure that connects neighborhoods--and neighbors--in ways that improve our quality of life.

NOW is time for Fort Wayne to demonstrate why it is an All-America City. NOW is the time for ALL of us to come TOGETHER. ALL. TOGETHER. NOW.