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And, to a certain extent, “advanced manufacturing” - requiring unique engineering and technology application - is a combination of both.(9) It seems fair to say that Allen County is somewhere in the Act 3.5 stage.Īnd, more generally, anyone who has lived in the Fort Wayne area from the difficult post-Harvester years to the present must admit we are in a much better place.

But the Fort Wayne area has taken steps to lessen its dependence on manufacturing and grow in other areas, such as health care and education services, along with other service-related jobs. It’s a tall order for Allen County to move completely from its manufacturing base to a knowledge-based economy. Act 4 is “the knowledge-based economy,” which calls to mind high tech centers like Silicon Valley and Research Triangle in North Carolina, but also - closer to home-Indianapolis, which has diversified into biosciences, pharmaceuticals, and as a sports and convention center.

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In his 2011 Quest Paper on “100 years of the Fort Wayne Economy,” fellow Quester Mac Parker described Fort Wayne’s economy as moving through four “Acts.” Act 1 was the canal period, Act 2, the railroad period, and Act 3, the manufacturing period. The hard lesson of a community being too reliant on a few large employers has motivated government, business, and community leaders to focus for many years since Harvester’s closing on diversifying our economy. The excerpt below is the Current Trends portion of the article. David Steiner authored and presented an article titled 'Trends in Industry in Allen County' for the Quest Club of Fort Wayne.

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