September 8, 2023 - The School Children’s Flower and Vegetable Association (SCFVA) celebrates student dedication and long-standing cultivation of student interest in nature with the 2023 City-Wide Blue-Ribbon Show. It is planned for Saturday, September 9, at the McMillen Community Center, 3901

September 1, 2023 - The City of Fort Wayne today announced cooling stations will be open Tuesday and Wednesday due to high temperatures forecasted to impact our area.

-The Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

-Weisser Park Youth Center, 802 Eckart St.,

To support Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control Angel Fund, Fire Police City County FCU will host its biannual Strikes for Charity. This fund helps provide crucial life-saving medical care to the shelter animals. 

The 2023 Strikes for Charity will occur on Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to

August 31, 2023 - Friendly, the Clean Drains Fort Wayne spokes-otter, is extending the registration deadline for Clean the Drains Day to September 6, 2023, because of the holiday weekend. The extension gives individuals, neighborhoods, churches, businesses, and organizations a few extra days to

August 30, 2023 - The community is invited to join Mayor Tom Henry, the City of Fort Wayne’s Public Works Division, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), military officials, and federal, state and local government officials, for a ceremony to dedicate the renamed and renovated Fort Wayne

August 29, 2023 - The City of Fort Wayne’s offices will be closed on Monday, September 4 in recognition of Labor Day.

August 28, 2023 - Friendly, the Clean Drains Fort Wayne spokes-otter, invites everyone who loves our rivers to join her on Clean the Drains Day, September 23. Sign up today. Don't delay.

Outfitted with the Clean the Drains' kit, you and your team of friends, neighbors, co-workers or schoolmates can

August 28, 2023 - The City of Fort Wayne invites residents to attend a public meeting to discuss expansion of the 6-Mile Creek Trail.

August 24, 2023 - Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control encourages the community to keep all pets indoors if possible. Animals exposed to high temperatures, high humidity, and inadequate ventilation can become ill or irritable, and may pose a danger to themselves and to people.  

August 22, 2023 - Due to the extreme temperatures expected this week, GFL will begin collecting garbage and recycling at 5:00 a.m., rather than 6:00 a.m., Wednesday – Friday this week. 

August 21, 2023 - The City of Fort Wayne today announced cooling stations will be open Wednesday and Thursday due to high temperatures and heat indices forecasted to impact our area.

Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control is back with its fifth annual fundraiser, Howl-O-Walkoween with the popular pet costume contest!

The 2023 Howl-o-Walkoween will be held Saturday, October 21^st at Promenade Park Pavilion located in beautiful downtown Fort Wayne. The event will run from 2 p.m. to 6

August 21, 2023 - Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control announces 253 adoptions during its participation in BISSELL Pet Foundation’s Summer National “Empty the Shelters event. From July 6-31, a total of 31,861 pets were adopted from 337 shelters in 44 states. The Foundation teamed up with MetLife Pet

Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control is having an adoption sale on all cats and kittens. This sale will occure through the end of August. All cats and kittens’ adoption fees will be waived. The adoption sale also applies to cats and kittens at off-site locations, including Covington Veterinary

August 18, 2023 - For those who are attending Open Streets Fort Wayne from noon-4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 20 along the Calhoun Street corridor, please be aware that Washington and Jefferson boulevards are the only east/west corridors that will remain open. Those attending the 1:05 p.m. Fort Wayne

August 16, 2023 - In celebration of reaching the 100-year milestone, Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Director Steve McDaniel dedicated improvements to Bowser Park today along with Fort Wayne Deputy Mayor Karl Bandemer, park and neighborhood representatives and public officials.

August 9, 2023 - Mayor Tom Henry and the Fort Wayne Police Department announced today that it is imperative Fort Wayne residents are aware of the alarming rates of fatal overdoses involving fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than

August 8, 2023 - Response from Mayor Tom Henry related to Councilman Jehl’s statement about LIT investments.

“Unfortunately, Councilman Jehl has a very myopic view of this supplemental local income tax appropriation. In minimizing that a portion of the funds “[do] not go to any specific part of

August 8, 2023 - Open Streets Fort Wayne today announced the list of over 100 activities that will be offered on Sunday, August 20, 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. The free, community, people-powered event will provide participants with a safe space to bike, walk and play along more than 20 blocks. There will

August 3, 2023 - Mayor Tom Henry today announced specific projects to invest financial resources in to continue to move Fort Wayne forward in a positive direction.

In May, Mayor Henry and City Administration leaders announced that the City of Fort Wayne had received a local income tax supplemental