From the City of Fort Wayne: Mayor Tom Henry today announced positive progress is being made in the City of Fort Wayne’s riverfront development efforts, including the first grant from…
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SWA Group has unveiled its first conceptual plans for the city’s riverfront which includes an expanded park in Bloomingdale, a recreational area and lake within and adjacent to Lawton Park,…
As reported by the Journal Gazette: But the two celebratory excursions next week are only a preview to what Lynch and other railroad enthusiasts hope will become a more permanent…
In a Sunday editorial, Visit Fort Wayne endorsed a variety of ideas to help create the next big attraction in Fort Wayne, or as they called it “the next zoo,”…
A week after being posted, a special short film featuring the 765 has earned over 20,000 views. In a few short hours, it also made the rounds of Coca-Cola’s corporate…
The centerpiece to Headwaters Junction re-introduced itself to Fort Wayne in a big way on October 26th and 27th. Every major television and newspaper in the city (as well as…
On September 1st, tickets to ride behind Headwaters Junction’s central attraction on trips between Fort Wayne and Lafayette went on sale. Tickets sold out in less than 2 hours. As…
WANE-TV Reports that the City of Fort Wayne has chosen SWA Group as the consultants for Legacy Fort Wayne’s Riverfront Development study. In one of SWA’s renderings, the illustration of…
“Enthusiasts Delighted as Steam Train Chugs Through Town” says CBS Pittsburgh. “Steam locomotive, a crowd favorite, motors through Western, Pa,” reports Pittsburgh’s Tribune-Review Photo by Todd Dillon.
Interestingly, out of the many proposed riverfront development projects, Headwaters Junction is the only multiuse development project the RFP requires consultants to consider. That plan, proposed by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, calls for moving the locomotive steam engine No. 765 to downtown and using it as the centerpiece of an educational and entertainment venue located on a portion of the North River property.
The North River property, despite not being on the river, is featured prominently in the study proposal request. The property, formerly occupied by OmniSource, is a site of about 37 acres northwest of Clinton and Fourth streets.
The 2007 North River Now development plan is required reading for prospective consultants. And rather than follow the contours of the rivers downtown, the map outlining the study area takes in the North River property, making it clear city leaders want the study to prompt its development.