Preservation is About The Future: The Economic Impact of Historic Preservation and Heritage Tourism in Fort Wayne
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Date: September 2025
Fort Wayne’s commitment to historic preservation has created measurable economic impacts in job creation, heritage tourism, property value growth, tax generation, and more. This report was commissioned to quantify the contribution of Fort Wayne’s historic resources to the local economy. The areas of investigation in this report include the impact of rehabilitation through historic tax credit activity and investment in historic districts, heritage tourism, property values, and housing and affordability.