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Brian Walker is Founder of the TakeaStan ChessClub in Fort Wayne.

Let’s play! How Fort Wayne’s chess subculture is growing and using the game to bridge community gaps

Chess has been rising in popularity as a "hip" pandemic pastime since The Queen's Gambit hit Netflix in 2020. But you might not realize Fort Wayne has a thriving chess subculture of its own.

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Kaylan Buteyn is an artist and Founder of the Artist/Mother community and podcast, which focuses on the intersection of being a caregiver and an artist.
Creatives and caregivers: Meet the Fort Wayne transplant who launched Artist/Mother podcast

"Artists need to be friends with other artists, but when that friendship is also compounded with the shared identity of being a parent, it’s an amazing connection."

The future national headquarters of Do it Best is under construction at Electric Works. it will be located on the upper floors of Building 26 on the West Campus. (December 2021)
How can Electric Works help Fort Wayne attract, retain, and develop talent? Early tenants weigh in

“It’s the difference between just wanting something to happen and actually seeing it happen.”

Dr. Ying Shang is Dean of the College of Engineering and School of Computer Sciences at Indiana Tech.
Q&A with Dr. Ying Shang at Indiana Tech, one of three female, Asian deans of engineering in the U.S.

"Northeast Indiana, with manufacturing being the top employment sector in the region, will face tremendous challenges ahead of us due to the rapid development of new technology."  

Amara Marion, an eighth grader at Memorial Park, poses with her trumpet at a hotspot for local music in Fort Wayne, the Clyde Theatre, Club Room, and Crescendo Coffee & More.
This FWCS program is helping students access music instruments and education

How b Instrumental provides students with greater access to careers in the music industry.

Jennie Plasterer, who grew up in Huntington, owns the award-winning, plant-based pizza and comfort food restaurant, Kitchen 17 on Broadway in Chicago.
Meet a Chicago pizza entrepreneur bringing jobs and ‘vegan comfort food’ to her Indiana hometown

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down in-house dining service at a vegan pizza restaurant in Chicago, it resulted in new business opportunities and revitalization in downtown Huntington.

Impact Upgrade is a Fort Wayne-based tech company helping nonprofits be more tech-savvy and mission-focused.
This Fort Wayne-based tech company helps nonprofits save money and focus on their missions

Meet Impact Upgrade, a tech company saving nonprofits tens—sometimes even hundreds—of thousands of dollars all while helping them be more tech-savvy and mission-focused.

Language Matters takes a holistic approach to language services, helping people in Indiana and beyond better communicate and collaborate.
Meet a young company in Northeast Indiana spanning language and cultural gaps in communities

Twin brothers originally from Chile, Arturo and Lucas Fonseca share how they founded their company, Language Matters, as students at Grace College.  

Nicholas Cramer owns Big Tooth Co., a Fort Wayne company that makes quality, heirloom furniture by hand using sustainable business practices.
This sustainable woodworker in Fort Wayne is turning felled trees into furniture for Electric Works

Nicholas Cramer, Owner of Big Tooth Co., shares the story behind his business—which plants a tree for every table it creates—and why he left the corporate world to pursue his craft.  

Senior Morgan Metzger at Manchester Junior-Senior High School taste tests sausage bread made with local pork from 4-H as part of the school's Farm to School efforts.
How can Northeast Indiana improve its health, equity, and economy? At the root is local food systems

With food insecurity and supply chain shortages on the rise during the pandemic, many say the time to change food systems is now. Here's what's happening in the region's local food movement.

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