Category: News

Haverfield Aviation Inc. Will Lease Two Buildings at Smith Field

Fort Wayne, Ind. Officials at the Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority (FWACAA) and Greater Fort Wayne Inc. are pleased to announce today that Haverfield Aviation Inc. will move into two buildings at Smith Field Airport (SMD) at the end of October. Haverfield Aviation Inc. is headquartered in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where it is the leading provider… Read more »

Casey Cox to Fulfill Remaining Term of the Late State Rep. Phyllis Pond

Greater Fort Wayne Inc. is excited to welcome Casey Cox to our Northeast Indiana state legislative delegation. Representative Cox was sworn in last week to serve the 85 District. He is fulfilling the remainder of Representative Phyllis Ponds term who retired and then passed away in September. Through his experience on the Fort Wayne Redevelopment… Read more »

Recent Ribbon Cuttings

There is a great feeling in the air, and its not just the crisp, autumn weather. October is turning out to be an exceptional month for celebrating business growth in our metro area. Greater Fort Wayne Inc. investors, like Physicians Urgent Care, Fun Spot Painting, Summit Brands, ENS, Costco and Downtown Self Storage commemorated their… Read more »

Time to Register Spring Internships

Students across Northeast Indiana are beginning to look for internship opportunities for the spring semester. Have you posted your internship yet? Have you begun the process of looking for the perfect intern to help out this spring? Graduate Retention has increased our efforts on high school and college campuses in Northeast Indiana to recruit applicants… Read more »

Internships increasingly pave way for employment

Article provided by the Journal Gazette, 10/7/13 WASHINGTON Annelise Madison arrived on the campus of Washington and Lee University in 2010 looking for the best way to leverage studies in history and political science into post-college plans. The first stop on that path was an early internship, followed by more. Now a senior at the… Read more »

Report finds growing ‘middle skills’ gap

Article by The News Sun The largest and fastest-growing segment of Indianas skills gap comes from “middle-skill” jobs, those that require at least a high-school diploma but less than a four-year college degree, said a report released Monday by the Indiana Skills2Compete Coalition. The findings were presented at a news conference by coalition co-chairs Sen.… Read more »

Educator Consortium Updates

The GRP team is very excited to say that we have SOLD OUT of space for this week’s Educator Consortium at Ultra Electronics-USSI. Due to the rapid sell out of the program, we are currently working with USSI to confirm a SECOND Educator Consortium to be held later in the month. We will email you… Read more »