Have you been putting off an exterior home improvement project? Now might be the right time to finally tackle it.
The Foster Park Neighborhood Association is excited to partner with NeighborLink Fort Wayne to offer Homeowner Improvement Program (HIP) matching grants to our residents for eligible beautification and improvement projects!
HIP is formatted as a split cost program that reimburses $0.50 of every $1 of homeowner contribution, up to a maximum grant amount of $300.
Funding is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Please visit www.fosterpark.org/hip to learn more. Applications may be submitted online beginning Monday, August 3rd.
Our neighborhood is excited to be part of a community planning effort to map out the future of south central Fort Wayne. The Packard Area Planning Alliance (PAPA) is collaborating with the City of Fort Wayne’s Community Development Division to develop the New Packard Plan. Once completed, this plan will serve as a blueprint for the future within the 18 neighborhoods included in the new PAPA boundaries.
We are asking for feedback from area residents to help guide this planning process. This is a critical stage to ensure the new plan includes the right goals and priorities.
Please visit www.packardplan.org to complete a short online survey and use the interactive mapping tool to identify areas of improvement.
Thanks in advance for taking a few minutes to share your thoughts.
Our friends and neighbors with the Historic 07 District Facebook page are selling branded t-shirts as a way to showcase pride in our community and raise funds for area neighborhood associations.
Congratulations to Pam Hoffman for being our July Yard of the Month winner! Pam has done a wonderful job over the years adding beautiful landscaping to her home. Well deserved!
This is a friendly reminder that the Foster Park Neighborhood Association annual membership meeting is this Wednesday!
Details: FPNA Annual Membership Meeting Wednesday, June 24th at 6:30pm Foster Park Pavilion #1 (just past the playground at Foster Park)
CLICK HERE to view the meeting agenda and proposed 2020-2021 association budget.
We are asking that all attendees practice social distancing at this meeting. We will have hand sanitizer available and plenty of room for residents to spread out.
Bryce Hill has been busy making a variety of updates and improvements to his beautiful home on Sheridan Court, and nearby neighbors have definitely noticed! Congratulations to Bryce for being honored this month for his hard work and wonderful facade!
Thanks to the neighbor who nominated this home. If you would like to nominate a neighbor for future Yard of the Month awards, email the association at fosterparkneighborhood@gmail.com.
Mark your calendars to join us for the annual membership meeting for the Historic Foster Park Neighborhood Association!
WHEN | Wednesday, June 24th – 6:30pm
WHERE | Foster Park Pavilion #1 This is the white, open air pavilion at Foster Park. NOTE: this is a different location from the past few annual meetings.
WHO | All FPNA residents are invited to attend! Households who are current on association dues will be eligible to vote.
WHAT | The annual membership meeting includes the election of board members, approval of the annual budget, and updates about area happenings.
SOCIAL DISTANCING | Given current events and public health guidelines, we are asking all attendees to practice social distancing measures to keep this event safe and comfortable for all. We selected this particular meeting location because it will lend itself better to social distancing.
We look forward to connecting with neighbors later this month!
Have you noticed a white flag in the park strip in front of your home?
We recently walked the neighborhood with the City Arborist to mark locations for the next round of street tree plantings. If you have questions or concerns, please contact the the association president at fosterparkneighborhood@gmail.com.
This is part of our ongoing efforts to keep a vibrant tree canopy along our streets for generations to come. Trees marked this summer will be planted between November and December of 2020.
The Rudisill-Broadway consolidation sewer project is progressing well. You may remember the 18-month project necessitated completely closing the intersection of Rudisill/Broadway for ten months.
The project encountered early delays when the intersection was closed in mid-July of 2019. – The planned water main relocation project was delayed by two weeks because of part shortages. – A sizeable underground tank was discovered during the early construction. It had to be excavated and removed – another two-week delay. – Heavy rains created flooding in the construction area delaying progress for a total of eight days.
These delays meant that project construction had minimal progression for about five and a half weeks, but crews have worked to catch up, and today the project is nearly 70 percent complete.
On Thursday, May 14, 2020, City Utilities hosted a Zoom meeting for the presidents of the five closest neighborhoods– Southwood Park, Foster Park, West Rudisill, Illsley Place and Oakdale, plus a representative from the Broadway Business Association.
The City shared that Rudisill/Broadway could reopen in early June with one lane in each direction and that the work in the rest of the area would go on for the next eight months. The lane openings would be between Bluffton Road and West Rudisill Boulevard. This change would create tight or possibly impassable pedestrian access on the northeast corner of Broadway and Rudisill, and the trail would remain closed. Additionally, while the motor vehicle traffic would be able to travel on this stretch of road, access to Foster Park would still be re-routed on Lexington Avenue to Hartman Road.
Because the City understands the challenges this has placed on the neighborhoods, they presented an additional option. This option would keep the entire intersection closed through early September, when the whole project would wrap-up and the streets and trail would reopen.
This option would also allow some additional needed work that might restrict street access in 2021.
Crews have discovered that a 36-inch sewer pipe needs a liner reinforcement and that additional storm sewers would help with street flooding on the corner of the intersection. This extra work can coincide if the full street closure remains through September.
Neighborhood leaders believe finishing all utility work and paving in early September of 2020 is a better option than having lanes opened and the project going into February of next year.
The City will be meeting with the contractor early next week to firm up a commitment for the option to keep the intersection closed and finish the project in September.
Historic Foster Park Neighborhood 