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Fort Wayne, Ind.- The City of Fort Wayne is celebrating National Historic Preservation Month throughout the month of May.

To promote and commemorate the month, the City’s Community Development Division will share facts and photos about historic buildings, districts, and places across the City via social media posts on the Fort Wayne Neighborhoods Facebook page. The division also encourages residents to share current photos of historic buildings or culturally significant places that are at least 50 years old.  Share your photo, location, and a brief statement as to why the building or place is important to you on your social media accounts using the hashtag #HPFW23.  The photo submission deadline is May 31.  All participants will have their names submitted for a drawing to win a private tour of the Allen County Courthouse or four tickets to a 2023 Fort Wayne TinCaps game.

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April 26, 2023 - The City of Fort Wayne’s Metropolitan Human Relations Commission and the City of Fort Wayne’s Office of Housing & Neighborhood Services today hosted the 2023 Fair Housing Summit at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Conference Center, 4000 Parnell Ave.

The annual event featured keynote speaker Dr. Andre M. Perry, author of Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives & Property in Americas Black Cities and coauthor of the groundbreaking 2018 Brookings Institution report The Devaluation of Assets in Black Neighborhoods. Dr. Perry is a nationally known and respected commentator on race, structural inequality, education, and economic inclusion.

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Fort Wayne, Ind. – Mayor Tom Henry and the City of Fort Wayne’s Neighborhood Planning and Activation Workgroup announced today that a record 47 neighborhood improvement grant projects are being awarded, totaling more than $200,000. These projects range from new landscaping in common areas to replacing neighborhood signage.

The announcement was held at Adams Elementary School on New Haven Avenue in the Harvester Neighborhood. Harvester is using their grant to install creative artistic crosswalks, ‘the JET-Way’ (school mascot), that promotes safety and connects students from the elementary school to nearby McCormick Park. Gret Machlan, Harvester Neighborhood President, Misty Zent, Harvester Neighborhood Vice President, and Allison Holland, Adams Elementary School’s principal, were at the announcement to celebrate the Neighborhood Improvement Grant program.

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Fort Wayne, Ind. – The former General Electric plant, now known as Electric Works, has been included on the National Register of Historic Places, the nation’s official list of properties considered worthy of preservation.

The General Electric Fort Wayne Electric Works Historic District is located immediately southwest of downtown along the Broadway corridor. It is a 15-acre complex that contains 22 buildings.  It is composed of both the newly opened Electric Works, and the “East Campus” which is planned for future historic rehabilitation and adaptive reuse.

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Fort Wayne, Ind. – Mayor Tom Henry and the Community Development Division’s Neighborhood Planning and Activation Work Group today announced that September 14 will be the date for the City of Fort Wayne’s annual Inspire Leadership Neighborhood Conference.

The goal of the conference is to energize and equip residents with the tools they need to continue doing great work in our community. The event will be free and lunch will be provided for all registered Fort Wayne residents, but space will be limited. Pre-registration will be required. Further registration details, including location and keynote announcements, will be provided later this spring.