Fort Wayne

Home to more than 265,700 residents, Fort Wayne is the regional hub of Northeast Indiana, and the homebase of Input Fort Wayne. Known as “the City that Saved Itself,” Fort Wayne has a long history of do-it-yourself innovation. Farnsworth mass-produced the first televisions here. General Electric did the same with stoves, refrigerators, and washing machines.

Today, Fort Wayne residents are innovating in new ways, creating everything from tech startups to solutions that improve the equity, health, and vitality of local neighborhoods. Projects like Riverfront Fort Wayne and Electric Works light the way into the city's future and draw residents back into the urban core.

Fort Wayne is home to people of many cultures, including a large Burmese community. The diversity of small businesses, one-of-a-kind restaurants, and neighborhood grocery stores here attests to the area's vibrancy.

Rather than specific neighborhood names, most Fort Wayne residents identify with the city's broader zip codes or quadrants as their "neighborhood." Explore the quadrants listed on the "Places" tab of Input Fort Wayne's website to get a feel for each area's unique people, places, and cultures.

News Sari Bari helps women build new lives by making products from recycled saris.
Feature Story A passenger rail service has been proposed from Chicago, IL, to Columbus, OH, through Fort Wayne.
Feature Story Sue Parkview Greenhouse

#PeopleofNEI: Sue, growing a healthy community


Feature Story Remote work opportunities could increase the number of transplants moving to Fort Wayne. This program can help.
Feature Story Remote work opportunities could increase the number of transplants moving to Fort Wayne. This program can help.

Why did you move back to Fort Wayne? Boomerangs fill us in


Feature Story Members of the Fort Wayne Black Chamber of Commerce.

Closing the racial wage gap in Fort Wayne


Feature Story The Fort Wayne Dance Collective is hosting a class on African Dance.

Exploring African culture through dance


Feature Story Melissa Kirsten Old Fort Tee Co

#PeopleofNEI: Kirsten and Melissa, the story behind Old Fort Tee Co.


News Build Your Future Indiana is a partnership formed to address the talent shortage in the building trades.
Partner Content Parkview Health will soon be launching a new community resource called the Parkview Community Greenhouse and Learning Kitchen.
Feature Story The Clyde Theatre hosts national acts and local performers like Christiana Danielle.
News Dr. Cosette Grant-Overton, right, is President/CEO of the Fort Wayne Urban League.
News The Mid-America Windmill Museum has 52 restored windmills on exhibit indoors and outside.

5 museums you might not know about in northeast Indiana