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Recovery facility approved for site
Zoning board OKs use of ex-church property
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
A residential facility that uses a faith-based approach to help people recover from substance abuse was approved Thursday night to locate in a former Missionary Church property at West Rudisill Boulevard and South Wayne Street.
Andy Collins, executive director of Adult & Teen Challenge of Northern Indiana, told the Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals the group was requesting a special use to locate a Fort Wayne-based “intake center” at the building, which is in a single-family residential zone.
He said the organization is based at 1111 Bristol St., Elkhart, but is part of a 63-year-old national organization with more than 250 centers in the United States and 1,500 in the world.
Group home plan in former church set for hearing
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
A plan for a large group home for people affected by substance abuse and addiction is scheduled to have a public hearing during today s meeting of the Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals.
The filing includes few details.
Indiana Teen Challenge, which lists a post office box in Elkhart as its address, has applied to convert an 18,000-square-foot building on West Rudisill Boulevard. The building is former headquarters of The Missionary Church. First Missionary Church is along Rudisill to the west of the property.
No telephone number for the program is listed in the application. The local representative is listed as Rob Kruger, a Fort Wayne attorney. He did not return a call seeking more information.
Photos by Terri Richardson | The Journal Gazette
Currently only the strings of the Fort Wayne Terrible Orchestra are meeting because of COVID-19 concerns.
Debra Graham, founder of the Fort Wayne Terrible Orchestra, conducts the musicians. They meet each Monday for 10 weeks.
The orchestra hopes to play for friends and family once the 10-week session is complete. Previous Next
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Terrible way to relearn music
Orchestra way to reacquaint with instrument
TERRI RICHARDSON | The Journal Gazette
One by one, musicians slowly start to file into the gym of First Missionary Church.
They each put their items in one of several chairs that are spaced 6 feet apart. After settling in, the musicians begin to tune their instruments. It sounds and looks similar to watching a professional orchestra prepare for a rehearsal.
Awaiting full houses
COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette
Many weekends before the pandemic the seats inside Arts United Center would be filled by audience members eager to take in a theater show, dance production or other arts event.
But since March, the seats have been largely unused as the pandemic forced restrictions on seating capacity and gathering in large groups. To ensure distanced seating, some rows in Arts United Center are completely blocked off when it does host an event. In rows that are being used, some spots are blocked off with fabric bands that wrap vertically around the chair so the seats can t be folded down.