Kendallville

About 40 minutes northwest of Fort Wayne, Kendallville is a quaint city with a downtown on the National Registry of Historic Places. Home to quirky attractions like the Mid-America Windmill Museum, this city has spirit and shows it at the annual Northern Indiana Bluegrass Festival, as well as the autumn Apple Festival.

Ephraim Smiley of Smiley’s Garden Angels has been farming for more than 25 years.

Indiana farming is changing, just ask growers and youth at this South East Fort Wayne community farm

“There’s a wind of change blowing across the country, and we represent that. We’re changing things—one plant at a time.”

Katz, Sapper & Miller, a CPA firm with an office in Fort Wayne, added a height adjustable desk to their reception area.
Small ways to transition your office into a more inclusive, ‘Universal Design’ space

As more people experience spaces created using Universal Design Principles, the more the market is demanding them.

The Indiana Rail Experience in Northeast Indiana features various train rides throughout the year, including an all-day ice cream train and a wine and whiskey train.
Climb aboard a historic steam locomotive with the Indiana Rail Experience

The Indiana Rail Experience in Northeast Indiana features various train rides throughout the year, including an all-day ice cream train and a wine and whiskey train.

Indiana Michigan Power Center’s Corporate Headquarters in Fort Wayne has glass walls wherever possible to maximize access to natural light.
Want your employees to come back to the office? Rethink how your workplace impacts mental health

Creating work environments where employees can thrive is simpler than some might think. Here’s how some Fort Wayne businesses are prioritizing mental health in their design decisions.

Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) briefs journalists about his "Yes in my backyard" bill, requiring local planners to report when they are implementing historically discriminatory land use and zoning policies.
Indiana senator’s ‘Yes in my Backyard’ bill sheds light on discriminatory land use & zoning policies

Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) briefs journalists in the Fort Wayne Media Collaborative about a bill, requiring local planners to report when they are implementing historically discriminatory land use and zoning policies.  

Reusser web design agency has a four-day workweek and a hybrid schedule. They collaborate in their Downtown Roanoke office two days each week.
Hybrid work: What is it? Where is it happening in Fort Wayne, & how does it affect business culture?

A hybrid or flex model of work is emerging as the “new normal,” and it's changing how people interact with their offices—and their cities.

Parkview RN and artist Jason O’Connell, left, stands with one of his coworkers featured in his mural at Parkview Heart Institute.
Meet a Parkview RN who painted a mural, commemorating his coworkers’ experience during the pandemic

“As a nurse and as an artist, my role is to make someone feel better by standing by them when they need someone to be with them. As a nurse, I may be delivering medicine. As an artist, I’m delivering beauty. Either way, I’m delivering care.” 

Portrait of Sachiko Janek, the creator behind Sachi Sometimes.
What is Holiday Hootenanny? Meet a vendor behind pop-up shops growing Fort Wayne’s vintage scene

Input Fort Wayne sat down with Sachiko Janek to learn more about the upcoming Holiday Hootenanny and Fort Wayne’s vintage scene.

Branch Manager Christopher R. Wiljer helps Librarian Kristina Lay with the computer at the Allen County Public Library's Monroeville branch.
Bridging the digital divide: Indiana’s rural communities seek solutions to improve internet access

As more of the world goes digital during the pandemic, high-speed internet is becoming a basic need—one that rural Indiana is largely lacking.  

For centuries, Black-owned farms have played a key role in how Black Americans have forged their own identities, independence, wealth, health, and wellbeing amidst systems designed to repress them.
The history & future of Black farming in Indiana: Leaders meet to address systemic racial barriers

"When things are better for Black farmers, they're better for white farmers, and they're better for communities."  

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