How can you support a stronger post-COVID economy in Indiana? Be an arts advocate
"The arts' impact on the economy and small business community cannot be understated."
Zip Codes: 46803, 46806, 46816 South East Fort Wayne is the most diverse quadrant of the city. Home to a wide variety of cultures, languages, cuisines, and churches, its family-run restaurants and grocery stores will take you on a journey around the world. From August-September 2021, this quadrant is the focus of Input's community journalism program called Voices of South East, made possible by support from the Foellinger Foundation. For two months, Input will be producing weekly stories that generate conversations around assets, challenges, and opportunities in South East—as determined by residents themselves. Voices of South East is part of Issue Media Group's national On the Ground series. Previous On the Ground programs have taken place in Fort Wayne, Memphis, Tampa, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Cincinnati, Flint, and Detroit.
"The arts' impact on the economy and small business community cannot be understated."
"This piece was emotional for me and based on passion and anger."
As photographers, friends, and Co-Founders, Mariah James and Amber Reid share plans for their new coworking space in the Old East End building.
The Input Street Team makes an educated guess about what the City's mysterious Project Mastodon might be.
"The arts community in Fort Wayne is an enthusiastic group that can really build off of your work as a writer."
The Fort Wayne Trails are seeing record usage during COVID-19.
What would you do with 24 hours in Fort Wayne? We're asking locals to be your guide for a day.
"We hope that by voicing our concerns together here in Indiana that it will help bring the proper attention to Burma whether it is through donations or making necessary changes."
Co-Founders of the local activist group share their mission to be advocates of equity and justice for the Black community—and to support Black entrepreneurship.
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