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Individual Freedom

Jason Arp runs through some personal freedom issues that have come up in the last two years on council. We talk a lot about property rights, economic and tax policy on this channel, we wanted to add some variety.

Imbalanced investment

Many residents of Fort Wayne have some sort of family tie to the old GE factory on Broadway. My wife’s grandfather worked there most of his adult life, going back to when the family lived on Indiana Avenue just south of Rudisill Boulevard. The facility’s size is impressive; more than one million square feet of developable space. It has loomed […]

Similarities in Foreclosed NC Deal and Fort Wayne’s ‘Electric Works’

In 2003, Capitol Broadcasting in concert with the city of Durham, North Carolina, put forth an effort to reinvigorate downtown Durham by redeveloping the American Tobacco Company properties there into apartments, retail space and offices. The project, costing far more than its real market value, reportedly ended in bankruptcy. Now we learn there are troubling similarities with a project proposed […]

Similarities in Foreclosed NC Deal and Fort Wayne’s ‘Electric Works’

This was distributed by Indiana Policy Review March 15, 2018 by Jason Arp In 2003, Capitol Broadcasting in concert with the city of Durham, North Carolina, put forth an effort to reinvigorate downtown Durham by redeveloping the American Tobacco Company properties there into apartments, retail space and offices. The project, costing far more than its real market value, reportedly ended […]

The Landing & Riverfront Fort Wayne

City Councilman Jason Arp describes the financing of the Landing project in downtown Fort Wayne. The Landing is a mixed use commercial and residential real estate project in close proximity to the riverfront. The project will use $34 million of public finance to construct and rehab a collection of buildings with a market value of $11 million when its all […]