Project Description

The City of Fort Wayne's Community Development Division's Neighborhood Planning and Activation Workgroup worked together with the Northeast Neighborhoods Planning Committee to develop Historic Northeast 2035, a planning document that provides a shared vision and direction for the group of neighborhoods located in the city's northeast urban core. The plan provides strategies for investing in growth, building community, and improving the quality of life for area residents.

The recommendations found in the document were shaped by nearly 1,100 interactions with residents, businesses, and stakeholders and drafted by an advisory committee comprised of neighborhood leaders in the area.

Historic Northeast 2035 is a planning document that provides a shared vision of three (3) neighborhoods located in the northeast urban core of the City of Fort Wayne. The Historic Northeast area is rich in community and character that the community looks to continue to grow into the future. In the following pages, you will find that this plan is created to:

  • Engage the residents and stakeholders of the Historic Northeast area to identify and prioritize needs and aspirations
  • Establish a shared vision that can guide the three (3) neighborhoods of the planning area
  • Celebrate the planning area’s community, character, and unique identity
  • Develop a set of goals and implementation strategies that will guide planning and development activities, neighborhood design, public improvements, and future investments
  • Provide guidance to neighborhood associations in the Historic Northeast areas, the City of Fort Wayne, decision-makers, public agencies, developers, investors, for-profit corporations and non-profit corporations

The following neighborhoods are a part of the Historic Northeast Neighborhood Plan:

  • Forest Park Neighborhood
  • Northside Neighborhood
  • North Anthony Neighborhood

Historic Northeast Events

Saturday, November 16, 2024 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Historic Northeast Tree Giveaway

The Historic Northeast Neighborhoods of Forest Park, North Anthony, and Northside are working with the City of Fort Wayne's Department of Neighborhoods and the Tree Canopy Growth Fund to give you a FREE TREE on Saturday, November 16th.

Varieties include 3-gallon potted Red Maple, White Oak, Serviceberry, and Redbud Trees that you can plant on your property.

The FREE TREE giveaway will begin at 9 AM and run until noon, or the trees are gone, whichever comes first. Join us at Northside Park on Parnell Avenue.

*Trees are meant for Historic Northeast Neighborhoods only. When you arrive, you will be asked which neighborhood you live in.

Free Tree Postcard sent out to residents

Implementation is underway!

Stay up-to-date on the progress of the plan's many projects and programs happening throughout the Historic Northeast neighborhoods.

Neighborhood Plan

Resources