The City of Fort Wayne's Office of Housing & Neighborhood Services is beginning its next round of demolitions as part of the statewide Blight Elimination Program. Today, the City's contractor demolished an abandoned and vacant home at 615 Watkins Street.
Read more: Next Round of Blight Elimination Demolitions Begin
More than half of the property owners living in the unincorporated portion of the La Cabreah neighborhood off of Dupont Road have petitioned the City of Fort Wayne to be annexed.
If approved, this voluntary annexation would bring 174 residential properties and about 105 acres inside the City limits. Currently, the southern part of the La Cabreah neighborhood is already within the City limits. Fifty-one percent of the property owners signed the petition for voluntary annexation, which meets the threshold needed to request a voluntary annexation.
Mayor Tom Henry today announced Cindy Joyner has been promoted to director of the City of Fort Wayne’s Community Development Division.
Joyner has 16 years of experience in local government. Since 2008, she’s served as a deputy director in the Community Development Division overseeing the Neighborhood Code Compliance Department. Under Joyner’s direction, Neighborhood Code has enhanced customer service and community outreach to residents, neighborhoods and businesses. She’s been recognized for her expertise in the areas of leadership development, management, documentation, budgeting, and building strong relationships with public safety personnel, social service agencies and business and neighborhood leaders.
The Kickstart Festival Planning Committee is pleased to present Kickstart Festival 2018 in the month of May in Fort Wayne. The Kickstart Festival is a month-long celebration of bikes, music, art and theatre, ushering in a summer filled with activity in our community.
Read more: Kickstart Festival Filled with Events Celebrating Bikes and the Arts
The City of Fort Wayne’s Tall Grass/Weed Program kicks off today, May 21, 2018. Neighborhood Code Compliance is responsible for enforcing the City’s Weed Program, which calls for weeds or grass to be no taller than nine inches.
For the first time this year, Weed Inspectors will be using a new computer app that allows them to do all their documentation in the field using an iPad. Because traditional paperwork normally takes about 1.5 hours per day, this time will now be available to respond to calls from the public, increasing productivity by approximately 25 percent.
