Headwaters Junction and the popularity of railroad tourism could be a “pied piper” for downtown: The Journal Gazette reports… One thing that can’t be denied is that trains draw crowds….
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The effort to create a combined railroad and riverfront attraction gained traction this summer with the donation of $15,000 from Steel Dynamics and $26,000 from the Fort Wayne Community Foundation….
Fort Wayne Business People covers the I-think-I-can momentum behind Fort Wayne riverfront development and its Phase 1 attraction: Headwaters Junction. Based on suggestions by the SWA Group, the City of…
The News Sentinel reports on the first tourist excursions out of Fort Wayne this year: Standing next to a steam locomotive overwhelms the senses. The ground rumbles. The train whistle…
What could Headwaters Junction do for the local economy in Northeast Indiana? Though a marketing and feasibility study for Headwaters Junction is planned for later in 2015, studies of a…
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…
Last night, SWA Group unveiled the evolving plan for the city’s river district. During their presentation, they again claimed that Headwaters Junction will be an important attraction that activates the…
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,…
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,”…
Fort Wayne’s rivers, rails, and trails are set to become significant cultural and tourism assets. The city’s three rivers will meet within a future riverfront district. An ever-expanding trail network…