Friday, June 19, 2020 -- West Central Coffee, located at 1006 Broadway, the southwest corner of Washington Boulevard and Broadway, is now open. Assisted with a City of Fort Wayne Commercial Facade Grant, West Central Coffee offers high quality, locally roasted coffee, specialty drinks and pastries. This follows a three-year renovation and restoration of the 120-plus year old mercantile building.
Walking or biking from The Landing to the downtown alleys and murals just got a lot easier. Crews recently painted a new green pedestrian and bike path along Harmony Court (beside PNC Bank Tower) and the alley behind Coney Island.
Read more: Walking/Biking Path Connects The Landing to Downtown Alleys
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.
2020 Census and Update on River's Edge Development (1/20)
West Columbia Street (The Landing) Streetscape (10/19)
Video Tour of Historic Wildwood Park Neighborhood (9/10)
Economic Development (6/19)
Bottle Works Lofts Grand Opening (5/19)
Riverfront Fort Wayne Phases II and III (4/19)
Lead Paint and Regional Neighborhood Network Conference (2/19)
