Category: President’s Letter

Hello Neighbors! It’s another grand day in the ol’ West End. 2024 Home & Garden Tour By now many of you have likely heard, but the 2024 Home & Garden Tour and Artsfest were both HUGE successes! In fact, we broke records for the second straight year in terms of attendance, revenue and profits! A […]

Hello Neighbors! It’s another grand day in the ol’ West End. Our August membership meeting was a good one! We had very nice attendance (although we’d love to have even more) and robust conversations. To lead things off, Creager Smith from the Historic Preservation Commission provided a wonderful history of the West Central neighborhood, beginning […]

Hello Neighbors! It’s another grand day in the ol’ West End. At our July meeting we were visited by Dan Baisden with the Fort Wayne Community & Economic Development, Neighborhood Planning & Activation. Dan presented a whole host of data around the demographics of West Central. Here are some quick highlights. Safety Sundays were created […]

Hello Neighbors! It’s another grand day in the ol’ West End. Thanks to all of you who attended our April member meeting. We had such a large turnout that we had to scramble to set up more chairs – which is awesome! A reminder to others who might be reading this, but don’t attend the […]

Hello Neighbors! It’s another grand day in the ol’ West End.  As many of you probably know, this past fall West Central lost one of its legends in the passing of Jody Hemphill Smith. Jody and husband Mark co-owned the Castle Gallery and have been integral fixtures in the neighborhood for decades. Jody’s influence on […]

Hello Neighbors! It’s another grand day in the ol’ West End.  Did you know that our neighborhood used to be called the West End? This was back when Fort Wayne quite literally ended at what is now Swinney Park, or the far west end. Our neighborhood started out home to the working class who could walk […]

Happy New Year neighbors! It’s another grand – but cold – day in the West Central Neighborhood.  We held our first Member Meeting of the new year on Monday, January 15th. This was also the first meeting of your “new” board, listed at the bottom of this letter. Now being 2024 also means it’s time to […]

Hi neighbors! It’s another grand day in the West Central Neighborhood.  This year has just flown by and it’s hard to believe I’m writing to you all with the Holiday Season right upon us. Where does the time go?? Because another year just passed at our last Membership Meeting we held our annual elections for the officers. I’m […]

WEST CENTRAL HOME & GARDEN TOUR IS QUICKLY APPROACHING I hope this email finds everyone enjoying all of the downtown Fort Wayne summer activities. I cannot believe it is August already and that the home and garden tour is quickly approaching. This year’s tour will be held on September 11th and 12th. I am excited to […]

As I write this email, I cannot believe that it is already the middle of May. It appears that the cold weather is behind us and summer is on its way. Unfortunately, with warmer weather and more people out and about the neighborhood will see an increase in crime. Therefore, I have asked our neighborhood police liaison Treven […]