The Anthony-Northside Neighborhood Association, Inc.

04/03/2025

This is going to be interesting, friends! Fort Wayne is doing great work strengthening neighborhoods. Hope some of you can attend!

❗FRIDAY❗

🎉 Join us FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH AT 12:30 P.M.
Topic:
The City of Fort Wayne's Community Development Division has a dedicated team of Neighborhood Planners and Activators who serve as vital links between the city and its communities. These professionals engage directly with residents, businesses, and community groups to identify challenges, set goals, and implement strategies for neighborhood development, covering areas such as comprehensive planning, corridor development, transportation planning, and annexations. Fort Wayne has also embraced Embedded Planning, an approach where planners work within community spaces to foster trust and ensure that local voices shape decision-making. This hands-on engagement has led to initiatives like the Packard 2030 Neighborhood Plan, a ten-year vision developed with the Packard Area Planning Alliance to enhance the southwest urban core through strategic investments and community driven improvements.

Speakers:
Dan Baisden: Dan, born and raised in a small East-Central Ohio community, spent over a decade working in radio broadcasting across the US. Upon a career change he obtained degrees in Urban Sociology and Urban and Regional Planning from Arizona State University (2019), then obtained a Masters in Community and Economic Development from Pennsylvania State University (2022). He has since served over 8 years of local government roles in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, respectively. He now serves as the Department Head for the City of Fort Wayne’s Department of Neighborhoods.

Michael Terronez: Michael is a Neighborhood Planner for the City of Fort Wayne’s Department of Neighborhoods. Previously, he spent two years in Ohio and Indiana under a renewable energy non-profit as a Community Engagement and Education Manager. He has obtained an Associate of Science from Black Hawk College (2016) and a Bachelor of Urban Planning and Development from Ball State University (2020). He currently serves as a Committee Member for the American Planning Association – Indiana Awards Committee, Membership Committee, and DEI Committee.

11/22/2024

Congratulations to the newly elected 2025 ANNA board.
President, Lucas Pint
Vice president, Sue Weiland
Secretary, Aaron Neff
Treasurer, Sherrell Bryant
At large members, Donna Rider, Aaron Nicholson, and Cathy Painter.
And on a personal note, a sincere thank you for allowing me to serve as president for 3 years and on the board for even more years. I look forward to seeing how this new board continues finishing up the ARP projects we began.

11/16/2024

Election season isn't over yet. If you live between McGalliard and Bethel and Tillotson and Wheeling, come out to the ANNA meeting on Thursday Nov 21, at the Rising Hope Community Center, locatwd at 1500 W Cowing Dr. We will be having our annual elections and hopefully some exciting neighborhood updates on current projects. So come and check us out.

09/16/2024

If you live between Bethel and McGalliard and Tillotson and Wheeling, you are invited to attend the next ANNA meeting. The meeting is 6:30 pm on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 1500 W. Cowing, Rising Hope Community Center, behind the main building. We have some exciting things to discuss and hope to see you there.

07/15/2024

Neighborhood meeting is Thursday at 6:30. Once again we have a location change to 1500 W. Cowing, in the building BEHIND Rising Hope Church. If you live within the roads of Wheeling, Bethel, Tillotson, and McGalliard, feel free to join us.

05/16/2024

LOCATION CHANGE THIS EVENING: due to a facilities issue, the ANNA meeting scheduled for tonight is moving to the community center behind Rising Hope Church (aka, the brick building at the back of the parking lot), located at 1500 W. Cowing. See you at 6:30.

05/10/2024

Our next neighborhood meeting is Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 pm. We meet at Community church on the corner of Oakwood and Cowing. Feel free to join us.

01/15/2024

It may be cold out, but our association is warm and welcoming. If you live between Bethel and McGalliard, and Tillotson and Wheeling, join us Thursday at 6:30 at Community church on Oakwood. See what exciting things our neighborhood association has in store for 2024.

11/14/2023

Hi Neighbors! Our official neighborhood association page has moved. You can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/muncieannacom

Preserving and enhancing the area located between Tillotson Avenue and Wheeling Avenue, and between

11/12/2023

If you live between Tillitson and Wheeling and Bethel and McGalliard, come join us Thursday at 6:30 for our monthly association meeting, held at the Community church on Oakwood. See what exciting things we are doing as we recently submitted our ARP grant to better our neighborhood. And bring your $5 dues to pay for your 2024 membership.

09/20/2023

Come meet your neighbors on Thursday, Sept. 21!