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Southeast Strategy UpdateThe City of Fort Wayne's Community Development Division and the Southeast Area Partnership worked together to develop the Southeast Strategy Update, a comprehensive plan focused on reinvesting in Fort Wayne's southeast quadrant of the City. The plan provides strategies for investing in growth, building community, and improving the quality of life for southeast residents. 

The recommendations found in the document were shaped by an advisory committee comprised of members of the Southeast Area Partnership along with other community leaders. The Strategy is built around five topic areas: 

  • Economic development and revitalization;
  • Neighborhoods and housing;
  • Transportation and infrastructure;
  • Community and pride; and
  • public spaces and interconnectivity.

Click HERE to read the Southeast Strategy Update

Southeast Strategy Projects In Progress

Powell Web Powell Park is the first completed project outlined in Public Spaces & Interconnectivity. Located in the Renaissance Pointe neighborhood, the newly reconstructed neighborhood park offers a basketball court, gathering space for families, and areas to rest. 
McKinnie Web McKinnie Commons will be the second completed project outlined in Public Spaces & Interconnectivity. Located at the intersection of McKinnie and South Anthony, the newly constructed public amenity space actively reimagines a traffic thru-lane and supports additional pedestrian activity in a neighborhood shopping area. 
Pontiac Grocery Image copy Pontiac Street Market located on the Pontiac Street corridor in the Oxford and Renaissance Pointe neighborhoods aims to provide a much-needed grocery store to provide fresh food options in an area currently underserved or classified as a food desert. The project is outlined as a top priority in the Economic Development & Revitalization chapter of the Southeast Strategy. 
Pontiac Streetscape Pontiac Streetscape was identified as a corridor that needed improvement in the Economic Development & Revitalization chapter of the Southeast Strategy. Historically serving as the primary commercial corridor for the Renaissance Pointe and Oxford Neighborhood, the project will include streetscape beautification, green infrastructure, and pedestrian accessibility.  
Pontiac Gateway Image copy The Pontiac Gateway project saw the reconstruction and beautification of the oldest roundabout in Fort Wayne, located at the intersections of Pontiac, Wayne Trace, Pioneer, and Adams in Southeast Fort Wayne. Serving as the gateway to the McMillan Park, Harvester, and Eastside Neighborhoods, several improvements were made and the project was identified as a major intersection that needs to be considered for investment in the Transportation & Infrastructure section of the Southeast Strategy. 
Pontiac Rezoning Pontiac Street Rezoning will be the first proactive zoning project completed outlined in Community & Pride. The goal of this project is to rezone Pontiac Street to provide a more appropriate zoning district for the actual land use, and to encourage more compatible land uses and development patterns that support the adjacent neighborhoods. 
South Anthony Corridor Image Rebuild South Anthony is a multi-phase project which is expected to see the portion south of Rudisill Boulevard to be reconstructed to make it safer for residents to access schools, parks, and businesses. South Anthony is identified as a major arterial that needs to be considered for investment in the Transportation & Infrastructure section of the Southeast Strategy. 
   

Southeast Strategy Additional Materials

A week-long public input and design charrette was held in 2019 by YARD & Company in partnership with the City of Fort Wayne's Community Development Division. All materials are considered drafts: