The City of Fort Wayne will conduct smoke testing of infrastructure in portions of northeast Fort Wayne. The work will begin around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 12. Work will take place during regular business hours. The testing is expected to last approximately two weeks.

Smoke testing allows crews to

Mayor Graham Richard today announced details of the City'€™s new, free downtown WiFi program. Wireless laptop computer users now will benefit from several downtown hotspots.

Mayor Richard was joined by downtown business owners, downtown residents, and Downtown Improvement District leaders.

There are

Mayor Graham Richard'€™s Leadership Learning Institute will continue its Community Builders workshops with a session called, “Top of the Town.” The event is from 6-8 p.m. Monday, July 10, and is open to the public.

Individuals attending are asked to meet at Freimann Square to discuss and learn about

Mayor Graham Richard today led a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on the new Regional Public Safety Academy at Southtown Centre. Mayor Richard was joined by state and local elected officials, Public Safety Foundation members, education partners, and neighborhood leaders.

Mayor Graham Richard will host the Northeast Indiana Mayors'€™ Roundtable on Thursday, July 6.

The theme for the meeting will be regional services. Two service agencies, Community Harvest Food Bank and McMillen Health Center, will be featured.

Community Harvest Food Bank is the largest food bank

A streetscape project to improve pedestrian connections between downtown attractions will begin Wednesday, July 5. The project is a recommendation of the Downtown Blueprint plan to enhance downtown.

The new streetscapes will feature decorative sidewalks with brick inlay. Historical-styled

City leaders will hold an open house, public information session from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 6, to gather public input on proposals to redesign the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge on Clinton Street near Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne. The meeting will be held at the

City leaders today were on hand as Phil'€™s Market was demolished. The City demolished the site as efforts continue to bring additional retail and housing developments to the southeast quadrant.

Future retail development would complement the City'€™s Renaissance Pointe plan announced earlier this month by

Garbage and recycling will not be collected in the City of Fort Wayne on Tuesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

Residents with collection on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday will have their garbage and recycling materials collected one day later than normal next week.

The

The Plan-it Allen! Comprehensive Plan Committee today conducted its final meeting as the first-ever City-County land use and development plan nears completion.

The volunteer committee has led the effort to create a plan that will define a vision for future growth and development. Today'€™s meeting

City of Fort Wayne and Allen County leaders today announced they will work together on a plan to develop greater efficiencies in their respective development permitting departments.

The city and county have received a grant from the Foellinger Foundation to conduct a study of the development

Mayor Graham Richard today announced plans for an urban revitalization initiative near downtown Fort Wayne.

The Renaissance Pointe development would include plans for nearly 400 new homes, the rehabilitation of more than 100 existing homes, a greenway trail, and improved infrastructure. The

The City of Fort Wayne has been notified that the Indiana Supreme Court has upheld the Indiana Court of Appeals ruling that the City of Fort Wayne can complete the acquisition of the former Southtown Mall site with no additional liability.

The Fort Wayne-Allen County Office of Homeland Security rolled out its new Mobile Communications Center today at the City of Fort Wayne'€™s Radio Shop. The 24-foot communications truck contains state-of-the-art equipment that will help to provide emergency responders with the information and

City and community leaders tonight will present a progress report to City Council on downtown revitalization through the Downtown BlueprintPlus plan.

Tonight'€™s report will announce the work of the BlueprintPlus steering committee, comprised of government, business and neighborhood leaders, is

Mayor Graham Richard will be a featured speaker at the Fiber-to-the-Home Council membership meeting and FiberFirst Minnesota workshop June 14-15 in Bloomington, Minnesota. Mayor Richard will discuss how communities can benefit from broadband technology. Mayor Richard will speak to government and

Festival goers and individuals walking downtown now have a wider, more accommodating sidewalk to enjoy along Clinton Street near Freimann Square and Headwaters Park.

City and community leaders today led a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the substantial completion of the project. The work was a key

The City of Fort Wayne has developed a user-friendly Rivergreenway brochure for residents.

The brochure is available at the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation office, 705 E. State Blvd., Allen County Public Library branches, the Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of

City and neighborhood leaders today watched as “Illsley Place-West Rudisill Historic District” signs were placed in the Illsley Place and West Rudisill neighborhoods. The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in April.