Four homes in the Oxford Neighborhood are now more attractive and safer thanks to the TenPoint Façade Program. The program is a partnership between Fort Wayne UNITED’s TenPoint Coalition and the City of Fort Wayne’s Office of Housing & Neighborhood Services.
The Fort Wayne Public Art Commission is inviting artists to submit their qualifications to design and paint one of two murals that portray local stories of civil rights and social justice.
The murals will be the first in the Faces of the Fort project, recommended in the recently adopted Art for All Public Art Master Plan. Faces of the Fort is inspired by the successful Atlanta “Off The Wall” project, which honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of civil rights including, but not limited to, race, gender, sexual orientation and immigration status. Faces of the Fort will include murals throughout the city and will focus on storytelling as a way to amplify and preserve the cultural legacy of Fort Wayne’s diverse neighborhoods.
In order to help protect the health and safety of the public and Community Development employees, the following measures have been taken as of May 4, 2020.
June 2, 2020 -- Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry announced today that the City of Fort Wayne is working with Indiana Legal Services, Volunteer Lawyer Program and Brightpoint to help prevent evictions and ensure local residents have a roof over their heads.
In its second phase of coronavirus relief efforts, the City’s Office of Housing &Neighborhood Services is investing $150,000 to help create a Tenant Assistance Legal Clinic and is also contributing $200,000 to a financial assistance fund that helps low-income residents with rent, mortgage and utility payments. The funds are part of a $1.7 million one-time allocation provided by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development as part of the CARES Act.
May 26, 2020 -- The City of Fort Wayne’s Tall Grass/Weed Program kicks off today, May 26, 2020. Neighborhood Code Compliance is responsible for enforcing the City’s Tall Grass/Weed Program, which calls for weeds or grass to be no taller than nine inches.