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.

Feature Story Single-stream recycling bins are picked up to be sorted at a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).

Is your recycling really getting recycled?


Feature Story Open Streets encourages people of all ages to play in the street.

From downtown to playground: This is the power of Open Streets


Feature Story This year marks the 50th annual Three Rivers Festival.

5 things Three Rivers Festival says about Fort Wayne


Special Report Infant mortality Allen County northeast Indiana

SPECIAL REPORT: ‘Every life lost impacts us all’


News Fernando Tarango is a part-time New Zealand resident.

Fort Wayne musician lands role of a lifetime in New Zealand


Partner Content Parkview Health is taking the Ronald McDonald House Care Mobile to northeast Indiana residents.

Taking pediatric care on the road


Feature Story Monicat Data co-founders Cassie Utt, Jasmine Russell, and Kurt Blomberg.

Building Fort Wayne's creative economy with data


Partner Content Gupta, right, takes notes from Sharma's instruction.

Why one young physician chose to grow in northeast Indiana


Feature Story Trinity English hosted a 10-week public "Dialogue on Race" this spring.

‘People of every age and race are here’


Feature Story NeighborLink assigns volunteers to local service projects.

What does it mean to be a good neighbor?


Special Report Cropped EW Chart

The case for a public market at Electric Works


News Derek Berkes owns Waiter on the Way in downtown Fort Wayne.