The Indiana Department of Natural Resources awarded the City of Fort Wayne a $900,000 grant Tuesday as part of the Hoosiers on the Move statewide trails plan.
The City's grant will fund Phase IIB, or about 1.7 miles, of the planned Wabash & Erie Canal Towpath Trail. This 5.5-mile trail will...
19 discharge sites had 100 percent compliance for 2007
Mayor Tom Henry recognized 19 industrial customers of City Utilities today for 100 percent compliance in pretreating wastewater in 2007.
Participants in the program partially treat on site the waste they produce before discharging it into the...
Mark Becker's imminent departure leaves important vacancy
Mayor Tom Henry announced he's asked his Transition Team to reconvene to assess and screen candidates for the position of deputy mayor. Henry recently accepted the resignation of Deputy Mayor Mark Becker, effective May 31, 2008.
To fill...
Community leaders will make recommendations on potential funding alternatives for sewer improvements, better water quality in rivers
Demonstrating his commitment to community involvement and improved river water quality, Mayor Tom Henry announced today that he has assembled community leaders to
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City Utilities starting on 18-year plan to improve water quality in local rivers by significantly reducing combined sewer overflow
City Utilities has started the nearly $240 million plan to improve Fort Wayne's river quality and wants to inform and educate customers throughout the process, Mayor Tom...
Residents can report 6 most common problems directly on Web site
In continuing to make City government as responsive as possible to residents, Mayor Tom Henry announced today that the six most common requests to the 311 call center can now be made online.
Reports of potholes, missed garbage or...
City Utilities provides City water to all former Aqua customers on schedule
Mayor Tom Henry celebrated today the completion of providing City water service to 9,000 former Aqua Indiana north customers.
Approximately 4,000 customers, the final and largest section of the transition area, will start to receive
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Aqua Indiana north transition to be complete this week
Fort Wayne City Utilities will begin providing City water to the final 4,000 customers in the northern system previously owned by Aqua Indiana on Thursday. This includes the neighborhoods of Pine Valley, Autumn Ridge, West Autumn, Chapel Creek,...
The Fort Wayne Fire Department is going forward with the hiring process for the 2008 Recruit Class. FWFD has sent letters to those individuals still in the process.
The number of individuals in the 2008 Recruit Class may be reduced in light of Indiana House Bill 1001. If all goes as expected with
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Collaborative Purchasing Plan Stretches Taxpayer Dollars
Mayor Tom Henry announced plans for a purchasing partnership summit he will host June 25. In continuing a campaign promise, Mayor Henry is inviting representatives from other taxing entities to bring forward ideas or best practices on how to...
Flooding caused damage between Pemberton Drive, North River Road
A section of the Rivergreenway is temporarily closed for repair and clean-up following this winter's flooding on the Maumee River.
The trail between Pemberton Drive at mile marker 2.0 to the North River Road trailhead at the 5.75 mile...
Web site seeks to provide easier and greater access to the public
Today, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry and the Allen County Commissioners announced that work is underway on the creation of a joint Web site to house information regarding both City and County public meetings. The new Web sitewill seek to
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City, trails organizations look to continue financial, community support for safe recreation, alternative transportation routes
In less than six weeks, the City of Fort Wayne and its four partner trails organizations raised more than $1.25 million as part of Oprah's Big Give Fort Wayne Trails.
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Alan Candioto brings experience and vision to City position
Mayor Tom Henry is pleased to announce the hiring of Alan R. Candioto as the City of Fort Wayne's Human Resources director. Candioto has served as a human resources executive in the private sector and brings more than 38 years of...
Mayor Tom Henry and Fort Wayne Fire Department Chief Peter X. Kelly honored firefighters and other local heroes Tuesday night, April 8, during the FWFD Service Awards at the Auditorium of the Public Safety Academy. FWFD presented awards to 31 firefighters for exceptional service either on- or...
The City's flood control project south of Foster Park has temporarily closed a portion of the Rivergreenway. While the Foster Park loop will remain open, the Rivergreenway between Hartman Road and the Airport Expressway remains closed to all trail users through the rest of 2008.
The flood
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Preliminary construction underway, project will widen St. Joseph Center Road to 4 lanes
City officials are encouraging drivers to avoid St. Joseph Center Road between St. Joe and Reed roads now that construction is underway to reconstruct and widen the roadway.
The project was implemented to...
30 acres in St. Joseph, Milan townships become part of Fort Wayne March 31
Approximately 30 acres in St. Joseph and Milan townships will become part of the City of Fort Wayne at 12:01 a.m. Monday, March 31, as part of a voluntary annexation approved by Fort Wayne City Council in November 2007.
The
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Mayor Henry to seek input during neighborhood partnership meetings
Mayor Tom Henry today Tuesday he will solicit public input on the budgetary impact of recent actions by the state legislature. Mayor Henry will ask residents to attend the neighborhood partnership meetings during the month of May.
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New sidewalks, trees connect places of interest using Downtown Blueprint ideas
Continuing his commitment to downtown revitalization, Mayor Tom Henry kicked off the start of the Barr Street streetscape improvement project Monday.
This improvement project running from Main to Wayne streets is...
