Potential homeowners have an opportunity to learn about down payment assistance at an upcoming homeownership seminar from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, February 22 in the Chase Auditorium on the second floor of

Mayor Graham Richard'€™s Report to the People to the Southeast Area Partnership scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the League for the Blind & Disabled has been postponed due to inclement weather. The report will be rescheduled. The new date will be announced in the coming weeks.

The City of Fort Wayne, Allen County and the City of New Haven have announced snow status changes.

Effective at noon:
* The City of Fort Wayne will no longer be under a Snow Emergency. City Street Department crews have worked to clear main arterial streets. However, several City streets remain

Due to the inclement weather, the Board of Public Works and the Board of Stormwater Management will not meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, February 14 in the Omni Room of the City-County Building. Contractors'€™ preparing bids in anticipation of tomorrow'€™s meeting will have until 9 a.m. Wednesday,

Plan-it Allen!, the first-ever, joint land use and development plan for Allen County and Fort Wayne, will be presented to several governing bodies in February and March.

Preliminary timeline:

Feb. 13: Introduction to Fort Wayne City Council

Feb. 19: Fort Wayne Plan Commission public hearing

Feb.

Mayor Graham Richard tonight announced the City this year will invest nearly $2 million to expand and improve greenways and trails. The Mayor made the announcement during his Report to the People speech to the Northeast Area Partnership.

Greenway highlights for 2007

* Resurface nearly two miles of the

The City of Fort Wayne has added language translation links to its website, www.cityoffortwayne.org.

The languages are Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Arabic. The website uses Google Translation Tools to perform the language translations.

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Tonight'€™s Neighborhood Associations'€™ Presidents Meeting has been cancelled due to inclement weather. The meeting was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. in the Omni Room of the City-County Building. The next meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, March 5.

Today is National EITC Awareness Day across the country. The City of Fort Wayne participates in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program to assist lower income working families apply for tax refunds.

In 2006, $1.1 million was brought back to working families in the community. In 2005, $1.6

The Sewer Advisory Group will host an upcoming public meeting to allow residents to learn more about proposed changes to the City'€™s sanitary sewer rates. The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 7 in the Omni Room of the City-County Building.

The proposal calls for increasing

Leaders today announced the schedule for the Indianapolis Colts-Chicago Bears “Blue Friday” Rally at 4 p.m. Friday, February 2 on the plaza of the City-County Building.

Schedule of Events

*Mayor Graham Richard and Allen County Commissioners will make welcome comments and read proclamations

Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard today will send a letter to Indianapolis Coach Tony Dungy and Chicago Bears Coach Lovie Smith inviting them to visit Fort Wayne following the Super Bowl.

The City of Fort Wayne has created the Top 10 reasons why the coaches and their families should visit Fort Wayne.

Mayor Graham Richard today was the featured speaker at the Downtown Rotary where he presented a preview of his upcoming 2007 Report to the People sessions.

Mayor Richard discussed the importance of investing in downtown and re-emphasized his support for Harrison Square, a proposal to bring a signature

The City of Fort Wayne, Allen County and IPFW have reached an agreement on a memorandum of understanding to examine the potential re-use of Memorial Stadium.

Last month, the City of Fort Wayne announced plans for a proposed mixed-use downtown development, “Harrison Square,” that would include a

The City of Fort Wayne and Allen County will host a Community Indianapolis Colts-Chicago Bears “Blue Friday” Rally at 4 p.m. Friday, February 2 on the plaza of the City-County Building. (The event will be moved to the City-County Building lobby in the event of inclement weather).

Following the

The City of Fort Wayne today released the schedule for Mayor Graham Richard'€™s 2007 Report to the People sessions.

Each Report to the People session will feature a recap of accomplishments and a look ahead to what city government will work on to improve services. All of the reports are open to the

The City of Fort Wayne has developed a first-ever energy policy to improve government services and promote energy savings and cleaner air quality. The energy policy was made official through an executive order signed by Mayor Graham Richard.

Key elements of the energy policy:

Energy conservation

Mayor Graham Richard has named John Urbahns as the City'€™s Director of the Division of Community Development.

Urbahns has worked in the City'€™s Division of Community Development since 1996. Most recently, Urbahns served as Deputy Director of Community Development with a focus on planning, policy

Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard has written a book, Performance is the Best Politics: How to Create High-Performance Government Using Lean Six Sigma.

The book shares the stories of city employees pursuing excellence in city services. It also explains how Fort Wayne became a national leader in