Today, Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker announced that 28 Fort Wayne neighborhoods are receiving improvement grants to help make them safer, more attractive and more enjoyable for residents.
News release from the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana:
Mayor Tucker announces improvement grants for 28 neighborhoods
Arts United supports 3 of the grantsFort Wayne, Indiana (April 13, 2026) – Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker announced today that 28 Fort Wayne neighborhoods are receiving improvement grants to help make them safer, more attractive and more enjoyable for residents.
Mayor Tucker joined representatives from the Woodhurst Neighborhood today for the announcement and highlighted their award, which will help fund construction of a concrete connection from the neighborhood to the Rivergreenway. The connection will be made at the back of property owned by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5310 Old Mill Rd.
“I’m appreciative and supportive of the Neighborhood Improvement Grant program. We’re bringing residents together to enhance quality of life offerings and make a positive difference,” said Mayor Tucker. “With strong, engaged, and growing neighborhoods, we’re better equipped to get to where we want to go as a thriving city that’s moving in the right direction.”
Community Development’s Neighborhoods Department awarded more than $119,000 in grants up to $5,000 to complete projects in one of four areas: placemaking, transit improvements, landscaping, and neighborhood identification or branding. Arts United provided matching funds for three grants to support the installation of public art. Those projects include painted crosswalks in the North Highlands Neighborhood, a large mural in the Packard Area Planning Alliance and a large mural in West Central Neighborhood.
Examples of funded projects include installing new playground equipment, benches, historic markers, painted crosswalks, street trees, branded signage, water fountains and landscaping. A complete list of all the 2026 neighborhood improvement grants is attached.
“This is the ninth year of the Neighborhood Improvement Grant program, one of our most popular grant programs at the City,” said Director of Neighborhoods Dan Baisden. “We’re excited to add to it this year by partnering with Arts United to include a few additional awards focused on bringing public art to our neighborhoods. It’s partnerships like this that help us extend our grant resources further and make a bigger impact for our neighborhoods.”
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2026 Neighborhood Improvement Grant Program Awardees
- Brierwood Hills – $2850- repair of community entrance placard
- Broad River – $5000- support for neighborhood micro-grant improvement program Canyons of North Pointe Woods- $5000- native plant landscaping at entrances to community
- Concordia Gardens – $5000- installation of upgraded playground equipment at community park
- Crestwood – $4027 – landscape around new entrance signs and message boards
- Eastside – $5000- installation of benches, waste bins, and sidewalk flower planters at prominent intersection
- Emerald Lake – $5000- reconstruction of community entrance sign
- Fallen Timbers – $5000- reconstruction of community entrance sign
- Hamilton – $5000- installation of 4 information boxes across neighborhood
- Harvester – $500- planting flower bulbs along major thoroughfare
- Historic Oakdale – $4800- restoration of historic entrance pillars throughout neighborhood
- Indian Village – $5000- restoration of historic entrance sign
- Lafayette Place – $4414- installation of 15 neighborhood identity signs
- Lakes of Buckingham – $4363- add bench seating to community picnic area
- Manor Park – $3510- installation of upgraded playground equipment at community park
- Memorial Park – $4850- installation of new water fountain at Memorial Park
- Michigan Ave – $2963- installation of 10 neighborhood identity signs
- North Highlands – $10k (Public Arts special award)- artist painted crosswalks at entrance to Hamilton Park
- Packard Area Planning Alliance – $10k (Public Arts special award)- installation of large artist designed mural celebrating community history
- Renaissance Pointe – $5000- beautification though landscaping across neighborhood
- The Association of Chandler’s Landing – $2437- create a gardened picnic sitting area along community trail
- The Knolls – $1500- installation of raised beds in community garden
- Timberlake – $5000- replanting tree line along community pond
- West Central – $10k (Public Arts special award)- installation of large artist designed mural at highly visible location
- Winterset Square – $5000- installation of new community entrance markers
- Woodhurst – $5000- installation of concrete trail connection to the River Greenway
- Woodmark Condominiums – $3500- installation of solar lighting throughout community
- Wyndemere Community – $5000- removal and replanting of trees at community entrance
Download the list of the City of Fort Wayne’s Neighborhood Improvement Grant awards
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