Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation breaks ground on Packard Park Redesign
The $1.9 million redesign of Packard Park is expected to be completed in the summer of 2025.
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The Elex: Construction on phase two of Electric Works is underway
The Elex is a mixed-use development located on the Electric Works campus.
Push for Progress Founder Tori Grieser talks community, fashion and representation
“I always wanted to design for kids. Kids just don't have a lot of stuff that's just theirs. You'll see a lot of brands make a kid’s line– or a kid version of what they sell to adults and it leads to styles that aren't really for kids."
Pontiac Street Market launches delivery service
“Pontiac Street Market is more than a grocery store and we know barriers exist. We wanted to be able to provide food access to all people within our community.”
4 questions with YLNI Board President Ian Broad-White about the 200 Acts of Kindness Campaign
“Some people don't necessarily want to be recognized or patted on the back or seek out that attention just because they did something that was a small, kind gesture, but I think more so today than ever we need to shed light on that.”
Sunbound Books: An independent bookstore joins the lineup of small businesses in the 05
“I kept waiting for someone else to open a bookstore and no one did, so I guess I will.”
Through her lens, McKayla Nevers brings a new perspective to Fort Wayne
“I love Fort Wayne. I've been here my whole life and to see Fort Wayne come from what it was to what it is now and to be able to capture that and kind of document that– it just feels really special.”
A sweet expansion: How Brightpoint’s small business loans helped Classic City Creamery grow
“Being a CDFI means more than just being able to loan dollars out. It's also providing up-front technical assistance for the businesses– helping them with their business plan, with their projections, registering with the Secretary of State— anything that will give them a better chance at getting started and being successful.”
ARCH is testing new ways to share the history of Fort Wayne’s historic neighborhoods
“One of the things that we thought was important was giving people a connection to their own neighborhood history because those historic northeast neighborhoods are old."
Fox Island Park is open again– but the cleanup is far from over
“Nature does what nature does. Nature will heal herself. The forest growth will not recover to previous levels in our lifetimes, but we all hope to be good stewards so that this is here way beyond the lifetimes of anyone currently available to see it.”
