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Fort Wayne, Ind. - MSA
The information in our study covers the Fort Wayne, Ind., Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In each community, the Knight Soul of the Community study identified factors that emotionally attach residents to where they live 
Community Strengths & Weaknesses
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The chart below examines the drivers for community attachment (Basic Services, Economy, Safety, Leadership, Education, Aesthetics, Social Offerings, Openness, Social Capital, Civic Involvement).
February 07, 2011
Knight Soul of the Community 2010: Fort Wayne Implications
The purpose of Knight Soul of the Community is to provide communities a roadmap for understanding what attaches residents to their community and why it matters – not to be prescriptive on what communities should do with the information. However, the findings do point to some general implications and suggestions, some of which the community may be already undertaking, or provide new opportunities for consideration.
November 15, 2010
'New research: If you love your town, prosperity follows'
From The Christian Science Monitor:
If you sometimes stop and wonder why you donate to your local school’s annual fundraiser, help plant trees on your town’s main drag or offer free hot cocoa at every street fair, the answer is because you're either very generous or you know what's good for your local economy.
September 30, 2009
Comparing the findings in Fort Wayne and Akron
By Vivian Neal
Being the program director for both Fort Wayne and Akron, my first impulse is naturally to contrast the two communities to see how our study findings differ in each one. This year, I was surprised by how much the findings in both communities reflected one another. In both communities:
Given all these similarities, why is it that Fort Wayne comes in above average among all Knight communities for community attachment while Akron comes in below average?
September 29, 2009
Poll finds newcomers like it best in NW Indiana - Post-Trib.com
Northwest Indiana's newest residents are among its happiest, says a poll of region dwellers released Tuesday.
A survey of 400 people in Lake, Porter, Jasper and Newton counties found region residents are among the least "attached" to their community among 26 metropolitan areas in the "Soul of the Community" study commissioned by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. But survey respondents who have lived in the region six years or fewer had a better opinion of Northwest Indiana, noted Knight Foundation consultant Katherine Loflin.
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