Our love letter to Fort Wayne’s neighborhoods
Input Fort Wayne is declaring 2026 to be "The Year of the Neighborhood." Here's why.
Neighborhoods
In the City of Neighborhoods, change starts small. Ideas from one block can take root and drive change across the entire city.
This year, we’re bringing you those stories. We’re reporting on neighbors organizing and actually getting things done, solutions that address crime and blight, and how neighborhoods are defining progress in Fort Wayne.
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Latest in Neighborhoods
What’s it really like to live in downtown Fort Wayne?
Three residents share perspectives on the good and bad of downtown living.
#PlacesofNEI: Sunrise Mart in the North Anthony Neighborhood
Sunrise Mart is a neighborhood grocery store that offers a wide selection of fresh produce, meats, dairy products, and pantry items.
Memorial Park Neighborhood is banding together to bring pride, identity, and community back
“This is the chance for the neighborhood to help establish a sense of pride and identity. And then to also let both residents and visitors know that they're inside of a neighborhood that's active and well cared for and has leadership working hard to establish the association and build up residence.”
‘Strong neighborhoods build strong cities’: Fort Wayne’s ground-up approach to community development
“We’re out in the neighborhoods as much as possible. Whether we’re at coffee shops, during neighborhood walks, or even standing at local markets, our goal is to build authentic relationships.”
New ‘Neighborhood 101 Guides’ offer support for residents looking to make an impact
“The 101 Guides are meaningful because they’re a way to help communities come together and better their neighborhoods.”
#PlacesofNEI: Dine at an ‘unPhogettable’ Fort Wayne favorite, Banh Mi Pho Shop
Located in the Hoagland Masterson neighborhood, Banh Mi Pho Shop features appetizers, pho, fried rice, rice noodles, bowls, Vietnamese sandwiches, soups, bubble teas, smoothies, and more!
#PlacesofNEI: Construction begins on land development in Southeast Fort Wayne
Roosevelt Reserves is the largest single-family housing development in Southeast Fort Wayne in the last 50 years.
Fort Wayne Media Collaborative Healthy Neighborhoods Panel Discussion
Local leaders and housing advocates discuss the elements of a healthy neighborhood, the challenges communities face in designing, building, and maintaining healthy neighborhoods and possible solutions to those challenges.
What makes a ‘healthy’ neighborhood? Attend the Fort Wayne Media Collaborative’s upcoming panel
"The Fort Wayne Media Collaborative is excited to host its inaugural public event, a panel discussion on Healthy Neighborhoods."
What’s it really like to live in downtown Fort Wayne?
Three residents share perspectives on the good and bad of downtown living.
#PlacesofNEI: Sunrise Mart in the North Anthony Neighborhood
Sunrise Mart is a neighborhood grocery store that offers a wide selection of fresh produce, meats, dairy products, and pantry items.
Memorial Park Neighborhood is banding together to bring pride, identity, and community back
“This is the chance for the neighborhood to help establish a sense of pride and identity. And then to also let both residents and visitors know that they're inside of a neighborhood that's active and well cared for and has leadership working hard to establish the association and build up residence.”
‘Strong neighborhoods build strong cities’: Fort Wayne’s ground-up approach to community development
“We’re out in the neighborhoods as much as possible. Whether we’re at coffee shops, during neighborhood walks, or even standing at local markets, our goal is to build authentic relationships.”
New ‘Neighborhood 101 Guides’ offer support for residents looking to make an impact
“The 101 Guides are meaningful because they’re a way to help communities come together and better their neighborhoods.”
#PlacesofNEI: Dine at an ‘unPhogettable’ Fort Wayne favorite, Banh Mi Pho Shop
Located in the Hoagland Masterson neighborhood, Banh Mi Pho Shop features appetizers, pho, fried rice, rice noodles, bowls, Vietnamese sandwiches, soups, bubble teas, smoothies, and more!
#PlacesofNEI: Construction begins on land development in Southeast Fort Wayne
Roosevelt Reserves is the largest single-family housing development in Southeast Fort Wayne in the last 50 years.
Fort Wayne Media Collaborative Healthy Neighborhoods Panel Discussion
Local leaders and housing advocates discuss the elements of a healthy neighborhood, the challenges communities face in designing, building, and maintaining healthy neighborhoods and possible solutions to those challenges.
What makes a ‘healthy’ neighborhood? Attend the Fort Wayne Media Collaborative’s upcoming panel
"The Fort Wayne Media Collaborative is excited to host its inaugural public event, a panel discussion on Healthy Neighborhoods."
