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🌱 How 422 new homes could reshape Fort Wayne’s housing market
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In today's newsletter:
- How 422 new homes could reshape Fort Wayne's housing market
- How Fort Wayne just enforced its homeless ordinance—and what's coming next
- Fort Wayne resident's fake check scare shows how this scam works
Today's riddle: Where is the worst place to hide in a hospital ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
1. Allen County Awarded $9.9 Million to Expand Housing in Fort Wayne (wowo.com) — Allen County just landed nearly $9.9 million in state loan funding to expand housing infrastructure in the Fort Wayne area, paving the way for 422 new homes and rentals. Lawmakers say the money will help extend utilities, roads, and other essentials so more residents can find affordable places to live as local demand keeps climbing. 
2. Fort Wayne to collect $2,500 from provider that violated city's homeless relocation ordinance (journalgazette.net) — Fort Wayne will collect $2,500 from Hendricks Behavioral Health for violating the city's homeless relocation ordinance, which restricts transporting unhoused people into the city without prior shelter approval. The story also details Mayor Sharon Tucker's push for City Council funding of the proposed Anchor Resource Center and the growing philanthropic support behind it, setting up a key Sept. 1 vote that could shape local homelessness services.
3. Fort Wayne woman warns of fake check scam targeting residents (21alivenews.com) — A Fort Wayne woman is alerting neighbors after receiving a fake $2,450 "mystery shopper" check tied to Kroger and instructions to buy gift cards and keep a cut. After Kroger and Fifth Third Bank confirmed the offer was a scam, she's urging residents—especially older adults—to be skeptical of unsolicited checks and gift-card payment requests and to report scams through the Indiana Attorney General's office.
4. Science Central bike rally cancelled; Fort Wayne Police Department bike safety event rolls on (journalgazette.net) — If you were planning on Science Central's Bike Rally this Saturday in Fort Wayne, it's been canceled due to low registrations, but the free Bike Safety Event with Fort Wayne Police is still on in the museum's parking lot. The article also shares statewide flooding travel warnings and highlights Downtown Fort Wayne's newly rebuilt website, designed to better connect residents and visitors with events, businesses, and parking information.
5. Fort Wayne Zoo welcomes baby giraffe (21alivenews.com) — Fort Wayne Zoo has a brand-new baby giraffe, born August 10 and already six feet tall, and staff are easing him into the outdoor habitat. Visitors may not see him right away, but the zoo says he's healthy, thriving with mom Faye, and will be introduced gradually as he gains confidence.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Toddler Storytime
Shawnee Branch Library Tecumseh Branch - Meeting Room
10:30 am - Fossil Magnets
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6:00 pm - Mosaic Coasters
Pontiac Branch Library Pontiac Branch - Meeting Room
2:00 pm - Paint Outside the Brush
Pontiac Branch Library Pontiac Branch - Meeting Room
1:00 pm - HYPNOTIST GARY CONRAD AT THE FORT WAYNE COMEDY CLUB →
Fort Wayne Comedy Club, 1324 Minnich Rd, New Haven
7:30 pm - Gary Conrad →
Fort Wayne Comedy Club, 1324 Minnich Rd, New Haven
7:30 pm - Mom & Me Mindful Movements
Shawnee Branch Library Tecumseh Branch - Meeting Room
10:30 am - Build Your Self-Care Toolkit
Shawnee Branch Library Tecumseh Branch - Meeting Room
3:30 pm - New Haven at Fort Wayne Bishop Luers →
Bishop Luers High School, 333 E Paulding Rd, Fort Wayne
5:00 pm - Ethan Timm at 469 Sports & Spirits →
469 Sports & Spirits, 1324 Minnich Rd, New Haven
7:00 pm - Toddler Fun!
Shawnee Branch Library Tecumseh Branch - Meeting Room
10:30 am
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