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Annexation Helps Fort Wayne Grow
Since the 1950's the Long Range Planning staff has been attempting to work
toward that objective by incrementally annexing areas surrounding Fort Wayne's
boundaries. But annexing incrementally has not always worked or allowed the city
to keep pace with urban growth. So Long Range planners initiated a new approach
to annexation--the annexation of large urban areas beyond Fort Wayne's corporate
limits.
The first attempt at this new approach, the Northeast Annexation, was
challenged in court by area property owners. After numerous legal hurdles, the case
was finally put to rest in 1991 when the court ruled in favor of the City of Fort
Wayne.
Winning this legal battle has not only helped to unify urban areas within Allen
County, but now Fort Wayne can boast, unlike many other Midwestern cities, that it
is a growing city with a population of 183,000 persons.
Additional residents and property spread the costs of providing urban services
more equitably. Several years of hard work by Community & Economic Development
have resulted in a stronger community for the 1990's and beyond.
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Object Description
| Title | Annual report (1991) |
| Creator | Fort Wayne (Ind.). Community & Economic Development |
| Topic | Economic Development |
| Subject |
Fort Wayne (Ind.). Community & Economic Development--Periodicals City planning--Indiana--Fort Wayne--Periodicals |
| Geographical Coverage | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Date of Original | 1991 |
| Time Period | 1900-1999 |
| Source | Print version: Fort Wayne (Ind.). Community & Economic Development. Annual report. 1991 ed. (Fort Wayne, Ind.: Community & Economic Development, 1991), 25 p. |
| Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
| Relation | Continues: Fort Wayne (Ind.). Division of Community Development & Planning. Community development & planning annual report. |
| Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
| Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
| Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from black and white 400 dpi, 1-bit uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Digital Format | text/pdf |
| Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
| Identifier | 30000122013463 |
| File Name | 30000122013463.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 7 |
| Transcript | Annexation Helps Fort Wayne Grow Since the 1950's the Long Range Planning staff has been attempting to work toward that objective by incrementally annexing areas surrounding Fort Wayne's boundaries. But annexing incrementally has not always worked or allowed the city to keep pace with urban growth. So Long Range planners initiated a new approach to annexation--the annexation of large urban areas beyond Fort Wayne's corporate limits. The first attempt at this new approach, the Northeast Annexation, was challenged in court by area property owners. After numerous legal hurdles, the case was finally put to rest in 1991 when the court ruled in favor of the City of Fort Wayne. Winning this legal battle has not only helped to unify urban areas within Allen County, but now Fort Wayne can boast, unlike many other Midwestern cities, that it is a growing city with a population of 183,000 persons. Additional residents and property spread the costs of providing urban services more equitably. Several years of hard work by Community & Economic Development have resulted in a stronger community for the 1990's and beyond. 6 |
