{"id":115206,"date":"2025-01-27T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=115206"},"modified":"2025-02-05T09:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T14:23:59","slug":"2025-fort-wayne-state-of-the-city-address-20250219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/01\/27\/2025-fort-wayne-state-of-the-city-address-20250219\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Fort Wayne State of the City address &#8211; 2\/19\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tCity_of_Fort_Wayne_seal_04262020-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-78711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tCity_of_Fort_Wayne_seal_04262020-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tCity_of_Fort_Wayne_seal_04262020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tCity_of_Fort_Wayne_seal_04262020.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker will deliver her first State of the City Address at noon on February 19, 2025, at the Grand Wayne Center in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>News release from the City of Fort Wayne:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Mayor Tucker\u2019s first State of the City Address to be held February 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (January 27, 2025) \u2013 Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker will deliver her first State of the City Address at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at the Grand Wayne Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to the public. Guests should plan to be seated by 11:45 a.m. A small reception will follow the speech.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Tucker will highlight successes from 2024 and look ahead to plans for 2025. The theme for this year\u2019s speech is \u201cForging New Footprints Together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An ASL interpreter will be present at the speech. <\/p>\n<p>The speech will be carried live on the following platforms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CityofFortWayne\/\" target=\"_blank\">City of Fort Wayne Facebook page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MayorSharonTucker\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Sharon Tucker Facebook page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FortWayneIND\" target=\"_blank\">City of Fort Wayne YouTube page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mayorsharontucker\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Sharon Tucker Instagram page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hs-belmont-beverage\/09400.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Belmont Beverage store at the corner of 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