Fort Wayne Community Development

The City's investment package for the recently announced $71 million development in downtown will be presented at today's Redevelopment Commission meeting.

The City of Fort Wayne has outlined details of its monetary commitment to the recently announced $71 million development in downtown that includes a new national headquarters for Ash Brokerage and a residential development led by Hanning & Bean Enterprises.

The Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Fort Wayne and Ash Brokerage and Hanning & Bean Enterprises for the downtown development in the Harrison, Berry, Webster and Wayne Streets block has been released.

Applications for the next round of the City's Commercial Façade Grant program are now available online.

Highlighting the key role of downtown vitality to job creation and regional economic growth, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry today was joined by Tim Ash, President and CEO, Ash Brokerage Corporation and Bill Bean, VP, Hanning & Bean Enterprises, Inc., along with Eric Doden, President, Indiana Economic Development Corporation, elected officials and community leaders to announce plans for Ash Brokerage's new national headquarters in the heart of Fort Wayne and a downtown residential development led by Hanning & Bean Enterprises.

Beginning as early as Friday, April 26, 2013, occasional lane restrictions will be in place along portions of Randallia Drive, Beacon Street and Lake Avenue.