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Christmas pop-ups are comin’ to town

Two local cocktail bars are spreading holiday cheer with festive Christmas Bar pop-ups, perfect for getting into the holiday spirit.

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Field Team Supervisor Tom West, left, and Amanda Lapham work together to set up lights.
Millions of lights and miles of electrical cords: Behind the scenes of the Fantasy of Lights

"The route was just one single loop in and out of Sherman Boulevard, and that single loop was about a mile and a half long. Today we’ve grown to three miles long and we have 186 display scenes, so in 10 years, it has grown pretty significantly.”

Inside The Urban Hippie's new location at 111 W Columbia St Ste 101, Fort Wayne, IN 46802.
One-of-a-kind finds and community connections: Shopping locally provides perks not found online

“I meet somebody new every day. That’s part of why I started the shop. I knew that after retiring I would miss all those connections with all those people.”

Fort Wayne Vegan Restaurant Week Organizer Heather Dahman and her husband, JR Dahman, trying new dishes during Vegan Week.
Fort Wayne’s Vegan Restaurant Month spotlights inspired plant-based fare

Back by popular demand, Vegan Restaurant Month draws attention to vegan dining options and the larger national trend of the increased demand for plant-based options.

While walking through the Girl Scouts' STEM Expo, attendees see interactive demos and speak with women who work in STEM.
These initiatives are celebrating women in STEM– and aiming to inspire the next generation

“We know from research that women and girls are underrepresented at every stage of the STEM pipeline."

YLNI Board President Ian Broad-White
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.”

Betsy Kachmar, Co-President of League of Women Voters of Fort Wayne, right,  talks with Chris Castaldi about voting at the Allen County Public Library Tecumseh branch.
‘Lots of really good reasons to vote’: How community leaders are championing voter engagement

Getting people to the polls is a marathon, not a sprint —  and starts long before Election Day.

ARCH's office in downtown Fort Wayne was one of their preservation projects.
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."

Local Food Week is July 26 through August 4.
Local Food Week offers new ways to experience Northeast Indiana’s food scene

“This is just our way of promoting our local farmers, producers, and entrepreneurs in the local food scene.”

2nd Fridays, North Manchester
Main Street organizations are revitalizing the heart of Northeast Indiana communities

“Without our Main Street organizations, the historic downtowns throughout Wabash County and the work they do, we would fall to the plight of urban sprawl. They are truly focused on the economic vitality of the structures that are part of our cultural heritage of where we were, who we were, and what made our communities even become communities.”

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