COVID-19 food challenges increase demand to localize Northeast Indiana’s food system
“For about 40 years, the American consumer fell asleep on what was going on in the agricultural sector. Then, all of a sudden, they started waking up."
Solutions
Solutions highlights innovative ideas, programs, and partnerships addressing community challenges in Fort Wayne and beyond. Through solutions-focused reporting, the series explores how organizations, neighborhoods, and leaders are working together to improve health, housing, economic opportunity, and quality of life.
Mental health awareness is increasing in Fort Wayne—along with culturally competent services
“There’s been a shift toward people realizing what it’s like to feel anxious all the time or feel depressed or isolated.”
An ‘affordable’ city? Service workers say COVID reveals critical gaps in Fort Wayne’s housing system
As summer begins and the U.S. emerges from the pandemic, the crisis is still escalating for service agencies navigating housing and eviction challenges.
Fort Wayne funders and nonprofits share innovations in ‘essential’ systems during COVID-19
“This pandemic has opened my eyes to how weak the infrastructure is for the very fundamental needs we all have as humans.”
