Wabash

About an hour southwest of Fort Wayne, Wabash is a high-achieving arts community with strong local spirit and Wabash will. Known for being the first electrically lighted city in the world, this innovative, close knit community packs small town charm where residents actively invest and shape their city's future.

Sean Wang, left, and Scott Fergusson, right, celebrate the Chapman's tap room in downtown Fort Wayne at Fortezza Coffee.

Tapping into small town community

Across northeast Indiana, Chapman’s Brewing taprooms are putting the "local" back into "local beer."

The case for a public market at Electric Works

How the original community gathering place brings northeast Indiana back together.

Rick Kinney bought and raised funding to restore the Clyde Theatre in Fort Wayne.
Historic theatre renovations create a sense of ‘place’

These projects are taking on new lives of their own, reinvigorating their communities with fresh visions and potential, full of local character.

Gladwell's book, The Tipping Point, explores the broken windows theory that inspired Mondragon's ministry.
Telling better stories in northeast Indiana

How neighborhoods, businesses, and organizations are making our community a better place. 

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