Meeting on first Monday of the month will continue to air on City TV
Starting in February, the City of Fort Wayne’s monthly neighborhood association presidents’ meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on the first Monday of the month.
The February meeting will be 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Omni Room.
The...
Mayor Tom Henry, Parks & Recreation Director Al Moll and Taylor Reuille from Taylor’s Friendship Circle announced today that over one million dollars has been raised for Indiana’s first Boundless Playground project. A $100,000 gift from the Park Foundation took the amount raised to a total of...
Free 5:30 p.m. event at Rhinehart Music Center welcomes families, students, business community
Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry announced today that the annual State of the City address will be held Wednesday, Feb. 10 at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne’s Rhinehart Music Center. The...
Input from nearly 700 people to help create Downtown Design Manual
Fort Wayne residents have once again expressed support for thoughtful design in downtown Fort Wayne through the downtown design survey earlier this fall. An internal team and an advisory group will use the survey's information as...
Agreement provides $2 million over 3 years for $26.4 million equipment investment in local assembly plant
Allen County Commissioners Bill Brown, Linda Bloom and Nelson Peters and Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry jointly announced today an incentive package for General Motors' investment of $26.4...
Water Service Restored
Crews from Fort Wayne City Utilities finished repair of a water main break on Parnell Avenue. Water is now restored to customers along Parnell, and the street is open.
The main break occurred just before 7:00am on Parnell between Ferguson Avenue and Vance Avenue.
No water service in 3100, 3200 blocks of Parnell
Parnell Avenue is closed between Ferguson and Vance avenues as City Utilities crews repair a water main break.
Customers in the 3100 and 3200 blocks of Parnell are temporarily without water service. The break was reported at about 7 a.m. today.
The...
Group to Focus on a Community-based Solution to City-County Space Needs
Mayor Tom Henry today announced that the first meeting of the task force of elected officials formed to find a joint solution to the building and space needs of the City of Fort Wayne and Allen County has been scheduled for...
Crews from Fort Wayne City Utilities are expected to be at scene of a water main break on South Hanna Street most of the day. Water service for customers on Hanna between East Pontiac Street and Eckart Street has been restored.
Motorists should find an alternate route between the 2700 and 3900...
Today Mayor Tom Henry and Parks and Recreation Department Director Al Moll announced the opening of a very unique exhibit at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory. “Downtown Landmarks” features a collection of highly detailed scale models of historically and architecturally significant downtown...
Two blocks feature 45 trees, new sidewalks with brick insets, southbound traffic between Berry and Washington
Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry became the first person today to drive south on the two blocks of Calhoun Street between Berry Street and Washington Boulevard, following the completion of the...
Thank you for coming. My challenge every day as Mayor, as an elected official, is to make life better for our citizens and to strengthen our community. That has been my sole motivation as we have explored the issue of City-County co-location. I believe my fellow Allen County and Fort Wayne elected...
Fort Wayne City Utilities is calling on its customers to “Cease the Grease” this holiday season. Many households do more cooking for family gatherings and other events during the holidays. City Utilities is asking that we make an effort to avoid sending fats, oils and grease (FOG) down the drain...
Construction finishing today, two-way traffic to start as part of 11:30 news conference
Calhoun Street between Berry Street and Washington Boulevard is scheduled to reopen to two-way traffic between 11:30 and noon Tuesday.
The contractor is adding pavement markings today.
Started in August, the...
Project Boosts Economy - Hires Local Workers
New trees, a new turn lane, and a new sidewalk are part of the facelift of Wayne Trace between Oxford Street and McKee Street.
This important corridor has many improvements that will strengthen the neighborhood.
“Certainly the trees, sidewalk and turn lane...
Neighbors and Trees Benefit
The City of Fort Wayne is testing new sidewalk material made from recycled rubber tires and plastics, such as milk jugs. The innovative move brings a safer path for neighbors, allows tree roots to breathe and expand and saves costs to the City.
88 square yards of the...
The dream of a joint solution to City of Fort Wayne and Allen County space needs through co-location just died today. I believed a joint solution was achievable and did everything in my power to realize that dream. The County Commissioners indicated the same. Allen County Council seemed to say
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Businesses, schools, homes to have Safe Haven decal in window to indicate where children in danger can go
Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry joined representatives from the Fort Wayne Police Department, Fort Wayne Community Schools and the Fort Wayne Mad Ants today to announce the new Safe Haven program...
HUD APPROVES EXTENSION TO ALLOW MORE FAMILIES TO BE ASSISTED
Mayor Tom Henry joined representatives from the City of Fort Wayne, the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health and the St. Joseph Community Health Foundation today to mark a milestone in their combined efforts to reduce lead paint...
40 Homes in Buyout Area
Homeowners along the frequently flooded Junk Ditch, will soon be able to cut their losses and move on. After sustaining repeated damages during past flooding events, 40 houses along Junk Ditch will be purchased and demolished, and the area turned into greenspace.
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