Mayor Graham Richard tonight announced the creation of a Green Ribbon Commission made up of community and business leaders that will help the City develop a comprehensive energy and clean air plan for the community. Mayor Richard made the announcement during his Report to the People speech to the southwest

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Mayor Graham Richard's "Money in Your Pocket" campaign will host a Super Saturday event from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at the Wayne Township Trustee's Office, 320 E. Superior St.

To date, nearly $950,000 in tax refunds have been received by eligible, working families through the Earned...

Mayor Graham Richard will participate in a panel discussion on the economic outlook in Fort Wayne.

The Associated Builders and Contractors Economic Outlook is from 7:30-9 a.m. Tuesday, March 21 at Don Hall'€™s Guesthouse, 1313 W. Washington Center Rd.

The panel discussion will focus on what the

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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has released its request to have the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consider changing Allen County from non-attainment to attainment status for ozone levels.

Menards officials and Mayor Graham Richard tonight led a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the Menards store at Southtown Centre. The 240,000 square foot store will be open from 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and until 10 p.m. on Fridays. The store will be open from 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

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Mayor Graham Richard will present opening remarks at the upcoming E85 Retailers Workshop at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at Ceruti'€™s Summit Park, 6601 Innovation Blvd.

The event is hosted by the Central Indiana Clean Cities Alliance. Clean Cities is a U.S. Department of Energy sponsored program promoting...

Mayor Graham Richard tonight announced that the City will invest $58 million in transportation, water, sewer, and stormwater projects in 2006. Mayor Richard made the announcement during his Report to the People speech to the Northwest Area Partnership.

"A commitment to infrastructure assists us in

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City officials today led a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of the nearly $2 million Parkerdale sanitary sewer extension project. The project will also result in the elimination of 118 septic systems.

The City'€™s Solid Waste Department is partnering with National Serv-all to collect the remaining brown National Serv-all garbage containers that residents used before the City'€™s new garbage container program was implemented in January.

Residents who have not had their old National Serv-all

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Mayor Graham Richard tonight announced a Leadership Learning Institute program. The initiative features a series of meetings designed to help residents learn new skills and strengthen the community. Mayor Richard made the announcement during his Report to the People speech to the Northeast Area

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Mayor Graham Richard tonight announced that Wendy'€™s will build a new restaurant at Southtown Centre. Mayor Richard made the announcement during his Report to the People speech to the Southeast Area Partnership.

The installation of traffic signals at the U.S. 27 entrance into Southtown Centre will begin this week.

On Monday, March 13, the signals will be placed on flash and the entrance to Southtown Centre will be opened. The signals will be fully operational on Thursday, March 16.

Tonight, Mayor Graham

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The City of Fort Wayne has launched a "One Call to City Hall" program. A pilot program, which focuses on pothole, snow and ice calls, is underway. "One Call to City Hall" is designed to improve customer service through technology and convenience.

The City of Fort Wayne'€™s sixth annual International Festival will be held from noon-8 p.m. Saturday, March 11 at the Grand Wayne Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd.

The theme for this year'€™s festival is “Unifying the Community.” The festival is sponsored by the City of Fort Wayne and the...

The City of Fort Wayne has saved over $300,000 since 2005 by purchasing vehicles for City use through a new bidding process.

The City partnered with Allen County in the creation of the new bid process, which allows for all surrounding municipalities, school systems and other governmental entities

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Mayor Graham Richard today announced a new study shows a demand for housing in downtown Fort Wayne. Mayor Richard'€™s announcement came at the beginning of a daylong event, “Downtown Partners in Progress,” to showcase the housing study and downtown partnership development programs.

Mayor Graham Richard'€™s office has announced the rescheduled dates for the two Report to the People sessions that were postponed earlier this month.

Thursday, March 16; 6:30 p.m.

Northwest Area Partnership (NWAP); Northridge Baptist Church, 1300 E. Cook Rd.

Wednesday, March 22; 6:30 p.m. ...

Mayor Graham Richard will be the featured speaker at the Goshen College Business Luncheon from 12:55-1:30 p.m. Thursday, February 23 at Goshen College'€™s Fellowship Hall of College Mennonite Church.

Mayor Richard'€™s speech is titled “Fort Wayne: The Power of High Performance Partnerships.” Mayor

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Mayor Graham Richard'€™s Reports to the People for this week have been postponed due to the Mayor being ill.

Postponed meetings:
Wednesday, February 15; 7 p.m.

Southwest Area Partnership (SWAP); Canterbury High School, 3210 Smith Rd.

Thursday, February 16; 6:30 p.m.
Northwest Area Partnership

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A group of community leaders will meet to begin studying the feasibility of a downtown mixed-use baseball stadium. The meeting will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 14 at the Baker & Daniels law office, 111 E. Wayne St.

Last October, Mayor Graham Richard announced a call for action to begin

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