Barr Street cultural streetscapes nearing completion

         My apologies for the photos, but I wanted to have something to show the progress of the project. Press release...

White Lodging and the City Council

I have confirmed that White Lodging, developer of the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel will be in front of the Fort Wayne City Council on...

OmniSource: Follow-up and environmental study release denial

There has been some press in the last month or two concerning the OmniSource property acquisition by the City for use as the North...

Harrison Square Sunset

The sunset on Harrison Square for the final time in 2008 this past Wednesday. Photo from the City's OxBlue webcam.   Courtyard by Marriott Hotel With Wednesday's sunset,...

Gotta Delay That Goodbye For A Second…

To say the least, 2008 has been one of the worst years, for various reasons, in my lifetime.  Well, guess what?  Just when you...

OmniSource Asking Price Follow-up

Yesterday, I reported about Jeff Neumeyer's story on Indiana News Center about the City asking President-elect Obama for $10 million to acquire and prepare...

OmniSource, What’s The Asking Price?

In tonight's Indiana News Center newscast, Jeff Neumeyer reported the following: Officials with the City of Fort Wayne are hoping the incoming Obama administration will...

St. Joseph Hospital Demolition PR

Press Release from St. Joseph Hospital: (Thurs., Dec. 18, 2008) - Demolition will begin on Mon., Dec. 22, of a vacant, antiquated building on St....

Big Dollars and baseball stadiums

A photo of the under-construction ballpark taken from the Winston-Salem Dash's website.  The thing that strikes you about this is that the ballpark appears...

Lanka’s Retrospective

      Ben Lanka at the Journal Gazette has two articles in today's paper looking back and ahead at the Fort Wayne City Council and...