As America’s milk consumption declines, some farmers find alternatives
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Milk consumption is down 42% from what it was a half-century ago — from 247 pounds per person in 1975 to just 144 pounds today, and that has put a squeeze on dairy farms.
Milk consumption is down 42% from what it was a half-century ago — from 247 pounds per person in 1975 to just 144 pounds today, and that has put a squeeze on dairy farms. There are about half as many dairy farms as there were in 2003, a loss of more than 38,000 licensed operations.
But those that remain are finding ways to adapt.
A decline in sales forced Tom Murray to shut down milk production at his dairy farm in 2019. “If we could make money, we’d still be doing it,” Murray told CBS News’ Michelle Miller.
Murray had to sell off his prized heifers, including the descendants of his best, Lucinda. She set the world’s milk production record in 1997 by producing 21 gallons a day, compared to the average of about 14 gallons, he said.
“We had good cows, so to make that decision was very personal but also very needed for economic stability of this property,” said Murray.
“When we’re competing against the Walmarts and the Lowes of this world, on this size scale, we just don’t cut it. We just don’t have that scale of efficiency.”
While dairy is on the decline, cheese consumption has nearly doubled over the last four decades. New York, where Murray’s farm is located, is already among the nation’s top producers and ranks No. 1 in yogurt, cottage cheese and sour cream production.
So, Murray switched his focus from milk to cheese. He owns the Muranda Cheese Company, which he has continued to expand with live music and tasting events.
“We’re trying to create a market to make our own cheese and create a destination here in the Finger Lakes. It just happens to go good with all the craft beverage facilities that are already here,” said Murray.
That’s one approach. Doug Young has another.
Young went big, increasing the number of cows at Spruce Haven Farms from 120 to 2,000.
“You have to have high levels of production, production per cow and per farm and then you can spread the cost of expertise. There are so many areas of expertise in dairy that there’s no way one person can be good at all of them,” Young said.
“Whoever’s responsible for breeding the cows or feeding the cows or taking care of sick cows, they have to be so good at it, they have to be as good as a veterinarian,” he said.
Young also joined forces with his neighbors, including Kevin Ellis, a former investment banker-turned-milkman. Ellis heads Cayuga Milk Ingredients — a co-op of 30 farmers, including Young, who banded together 13 years ago to figure out their future.
“The farmers in this region were shipping their milk as far as New York City, close to Boston, down into southern New Jersey to find milk markets,” Ellis said. “Ten percent of their gross income was going to transportation costs. That did not seem to be sustainable, so we started to envision building a plant locally to shorten the haul distance.”
That plant also helped farmers erase the middleman. They process and market their own products, and also handle research and development.
One of the solutions they found was dehydrating milk into powder to lessen its weight, which made it highly profitable.
“To give you an idea, it was costing $2.50 a hundredweight to get product to New York City. When we took the water out, we can move that same product to Shanghai for $0.67,” said Ellis.
Young’s sons, Luke and Dustin, have turned their focus on manure digestion — using manure to create power. A process they use to break down manure produces just over 500 kilowatts an hour, according to Dustin. That powers their farm and about two farms that are the same size, he said.
It accounts for a utility savings of $250,000 a year for the 4,000-acre farm — a significant reduction in the farm’s carbon footprint, which they hope one day will be net zero. Dustin said he believes this process is catching on.
“The technology is getting to a point where it makes sense for people to do,” he said. “It’s easy to do something like this when you are not carrying the entirety of the risk.”
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WGA Awards TV Nominations: ‘Yellowjackets’, ‘Hacks’, ‘Loki’, ‘Only Murders In The Building’ Join Usual Suspects On List
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The Writers Guild of America revealed nominations Thursday in television, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional categories for the 2022 WGA Awards, which are scheduled to take place Sunday, March 20 hosted by the WGA West and WGA East.
Nominees in the marquee TV categories include reigning Comedy Series winner Ted Lasso from Apple TV+, with newcomers to the list including several shows with multiple noms: HBO Max’s Emmy winner Hacks, Showtime’s Yellowjackets, Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building and Disney+’s Marvel series Loki. That group along with FX’s Reservation Dogs comprise the awards’ New Series nominees list along with their spots on the guild’s Drama Series and Comedy Series lists.
Drama Series noms include past WGA winner Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale; Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, first-time WGA nominee; and HBO’s Succession, the reigning Emmy champ that won this category in 2020. In Comedy Series, nominees also include HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and FX’s What We Do in the Shadows.
The wide-ranging WGA list also includes noms for Netflix’s Maid and Midnight Mass, HBO’s critically lauded The White Lotus and Emmy winner Mare of Easttown, Amazon Prime Video’s The Underground Railroad and Disney+’s WandaVision in the longform categories.
Other notables: noms for Taylor Sheridan’s pilot script for Yellowstone spinoff 1883; for Saturday Night Live as well as SNL‘s head writer Michael Che’s sketch show That Damn Micahel Che; and the writers of the final season of Conan scoring a nom in Comedy/Variety Talk, as did “newcomer” Jon Stewart for Apple’s The Problem with Jon Stewart.
Also nommed today: Jeopardy!, with a writers list that includes the onetime announced Alex Trebek replacement Mike Richards.
Here’s the full list of nominees, with the motion picture screenplay noms coming January 27.
TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA, AND NEWS NOMINEES
DRAMA SERIES
The Handmaid’s Tale
Written by Yahlin Chang, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Jacey Heldrich, John Herrera, Bruce Miller, Aly Monroe, Kira Snyder, Eric Tuchman; Hulu
Loki
Written by Bisha K. Ali, Elissa Karasik, Eric Martin, Michael Waldron; Disney+
The Morning Show
Written by Jeff Augustin, Brian Chamberlayne, Kerry Ehrin, Kristen Layden, Erica Lipez, Justin Matthews, Adam Milch, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Torrey Speer, Scott Troy, Ali Vingiano; Apple TV+
Succession
Written by Jesse Armstrong, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Francesca Gardiner, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy; HBO/HBO Max
Yellowjackets
Written by Cameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson, Chantelle M. Wells; Showtime
COMEDY SERIES
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Written by Larry David, Steve Leff, Carol Leifer, Jeff Schaffer, Nathaniel Stein; HBO/HBO Max
Hacks
Written by Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Cole Escola, Janis E. Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael Schur, Jen Statsky; HBO/HBO Max
Only Murders in the Building
Written by Thembi Banks, Matteo Borghese, Rachel Burger, Kirker Butler, Madeleine George, John Hoffman, Stephen Markley, Steve Martin, Kristin Newman, Ben Philippe, Kim Rosenstock, Ben Smith, Rob Turbovsky; Hulu
Ted Lasso
Written by Jane Becker, Ashley Nicole Black, Leann Bowen, Sasha Garron, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Michael Orton-Toliver, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh, Bill Wrubel; Apple TV+
What We Do in the Shadows
Written by Jake Bender, Jemaine Clement, Zach Dunn, Shana Gohd, Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil, William Meny, Sarah Naftalis, Stefani Robinson, Marika Sawyer, Paul Simms, Lauren Wells; FX Networks
NEW SERIES
Hacks
Written by Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Cole Escola, Janis E. Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael H. Schur, Jen Statsky; HBO/HBO Max
Loki
Written by Bisha K. Ali, Elissa Karasik, Eric Martin, Michael Waldron; Disney+
Only Murders in the Building
Written by Thembi Banks, Matteo Borghese, Rachel Burger, Kirker Butler, Madeleine George, John Hoffman, Stephen Markley, Steve Martin, Kristin Newman, Ben Philippe, Kim Rosenstock, Ben Smith, Rob Turbovsky; Hulu
Reservation Dogs
Written by Tazbah Rose Chavez, Sydney Freeland, Sterlin Harjo, Migizi Pensoneau, Tommy Pico, Taika Waititi, Bobby Wilson; FX Networks
Yellowjackets
Written by Cameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson, Chantelle M. Wells; Showtime
ORIGINAL LONG FORM
American Horror Story: Double Feature
Written by Brad Falchuk, Manny Coto, Ryan Murphy, Kristen Reidel, Reilly Smith; FX Networks
Mare of Easttown
Written by Brad Ingelsby; HBO/HBO Max
Midnight Mass
Written by James Flanagan, Mike Flanagan, Elan Gale, Jeff Howard, Dani Parker; Netflix
Them: Covenant
Written by Christina Ham, Little Marvin, David Matthews, Dominic Orlando, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Francine Volpe; Prime Video
The White Lotus
Written by Mike White; HBO/HBO Max
ADAPTED LONG FORM
Halston
Written by Ian Brennan, Ted Malawer, Ryan Murphy, Tim Pinckney, Sharr White, Kristina Woo, Based on the book Simply Halston by Steven Gaines; Netflix
Impeachment: American Crime Story
Written by Flora Birnbaum, Sarah Burgess, Halley Feiffer, Daniel Pearle, Based on the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin; FX Networks
Maid
Written by Bekah Brunstetter, Marcus Gardley, Michelle Denise Jackson, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler, Inspired by the book by Stephanie Land; Netflix
The Underground Railroad
Written by Jihan Crowther, Allison Davis, Jacqueline Hoyt, Barry Jenkins, Nathan C. Parker, Adrienne Rush, Based on the novel by Colson Whitehead; Prime Video
WandaVision
Written by Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Chuck Hayward, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer, Cameron Squires, Based on the Marvel Comics; Disney+
ADAPTED SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA
Calls
Written by Fede Alvarez, Nick Cuse, Aidan Fitzgerald, Noah Gardner, Rodo Sayagues; Apple TV+
Debunking Borat
Written by Robyn Adams, Paul Hogan, Jack Youngelson; Prime Video
The Expanse: One Ship
Written by Wes Chatham, Julianna Damewood, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Glenton Richards; Prime Video
ANIMATION
“An Incon-Wheelie-ent Truth” (Bob’s Burgers)
Written by Dan Fybel; Fox
“Loft in Bedslation” (Bob’s Burgers)
Written by Jameel Saleem, Fox
“Must Love Dogs” (Family Guy)
Written by Daniel Peck; Fox
“Planteau” (Tuca & Bertie)
Written by Lisa Hanawalt; Cartoon Network
“Portrait of a Lackey on Fire” (The Simpsons)
Written by Rob LaZebnik & Johnny LaZebnik; Fox
“The Star of the Backstage” (The Simpsons)
Written by Elisabeth Kiernen Averick; Fox
EPISODIC DRAMA
“1883” (1883)
Written by Taylor Sheridan; Paramount+
“Birth Mother” (This Is Us)
Written by Eboni Freeman & Kay Oyegun; NBC
“La Amara Vita” (The Morning Show)
Written by Kerry Ehrin & Scott Troy; Apple TV+
“The New Normal” (New Amsterdam)
Written by David Schulner; NBC
“Retired Janitors of Idaho” (Succession)
Written by Tony Roche & Susan Soon He Stanton; HBO/HBO Max
“Testimony” (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Written by Kira Snyder; Hulu
EPISODIC COMEDY
“All Sales Final” (Superstore)
Teleplay by Jonathan Green & Gabe Miller, Story by Justin Spitzer; NBC
“Alone At Last” (The Great)
Written by Tony McNamara; Hulu
“Enlightened Dave” (Dave)
Written by Luvh Rakhe & Lee Sung Jin; FX Networks
“Episode One: True Crime” (Only Murders in the Building)
Written by Steve Martin & John Hoffman; Hulu
“F*ckin’ Rez Dogs” (Pilot) (Reservation Dogs)
Written by Sterlin Harjo & Taika Waititi; FX Networks
“Pilot” (The Wonder Years)
Written by Saladin K. Patterson; ABC
COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES
Conan
Head Writer: Matt O’Brien Writers: Jose Arroyo, Glenn Boozan, Daniel Cronin, Andres du Bouchet, Jessie Gaskell, Skyler Higley, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Todd Levin, Levi MacDougall, Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Mike Sweeney; TBS
Desus & Mero
Writers: Daniel “Desus Nice” Baker, Josh Gondelman, Robert Kornhauser, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Robert A. McRae, Heben Nigatu, Mike Pielocik, Julia Young; Showtime
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Writers: Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Greg Iwinski, Mark Kramer, Daniel O’Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Chrissy Shackelford, Ben Silva, Seena Vali; HBO/HBO Max
The Problem with Jon Stewart
Head Writer: Chelsea Devantez Writers: Kristen Acimovic, Henrik Blix, Rob Christensen, Jay Jurden, Alexa Loftus, Tocarra Mallard, Robby Slowik, Jon Stewart, Kasaun Wilson; Apple TV+
COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
How To with John Wilson
Written by: Alice Gregory, Michael Koman, Conner O’Malley, Susan Orlean, John Wilson; HBO/HBO Max
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
Writers: Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, John Solomon; Netflix
PAUSE with Sam Jay
Writers: Emmy Blotnick, Ryan Donahue, Zack Fox, Megan Gailey, Robin M. Henry, Sam Jay, Langston Kerman, Jak Knight; HBO/HBO Max
Saturday Night Live
Head Writer: Michael Che, Anna Drezen, Colin Jost, Kent Sublette
Senior Writer: Bryan Tucker Weekend Update Head Writer: Pete Schultz, Weekend Update Writers: Megan Callahan-Shah, Dennis McNicholas, Josh Patten, Mark Steinbach Supervising Writers: Alison Gates, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Streeter Seidell Writers: James Anderson, Dan Bulla, Steven Castillo, Mike DiCenzo, Billy Domineau, Alex English, John Higgins, Steve Higgins, Martin Herlihy, Vannessa Jackson, Sam Jay, Erik Kenward, Tesha Kondrat, Dan Licata, Lorne Michaels, Ben Marshall, Jake Nordwind, Jasmine Pierce, Gary Richardson, Ben Silva, Emily Spivey, Will Stephen, Celeste Yim; NBC
That Damn Michael Che
Head Writer: Michael Che; Writing Supervised by: Gary Richardson; Writers: Rosebud Baker, Reggie Conquest, Godfrey Danchimah Jr., Calise Hawkins, Kevin Iso, Sam Jay, Matt Richards, Wil Sylvince; HBO/HBO Max
COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS
43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
Written by Dave Boone; CBS
Drew Michael: Red Blue Green
Written by Drew Michael; HBO/HBO Max
Full Frontal Wants to Take Your Guns
Head Writers: Kristen Bartlett, Mike Drucker Writers: Samantha Bee, Pat Cassels, Sean Crespo, Mike Drucker, Miles Kahn, Chris Thompson, Holly Walker, Alison Zeidman Writing Supervised by Joe Grossman, Sahar Rizvi Special Material by Michael Rhoa; TBS
The Tony Awards Presents: Broadway’s Back!
Written by Dave Boone Special Material by Amber Ruffin, Marc Shaiman, Daniel J. Watts, Scott Wittman Opening Number by Amber Ruffin, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman; CBS
Yearly Departed
Head Writer: Bess Kalb Writers: Karen Chee, Akilah Green, Franchesca Ramsey, Jocelyn Richard; Prime Video
QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Baking It
Writers: Neil Casey, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino, Niccole Thurman; Peacock
Capital One College Bowl
Head Writer: Scott Saltzburg Writers: Rosemarie DiSalvo, Ryan Hopak, Jon Macks, Karissa Noel, Todd Sachs, Doug Shaffer, Grant Taylor, Bennett Webber; NBC
The Chase
Head Writer: David Levinson Wilk Writers: Erik Agard, Eliza Bayne, Kyle Beakley, Megan Broussard, Robert King, Amy Ozols, Bobby Patton, Ellen Teitel, Ari Yolkut; ABC
Jeopardy!
Writers: Michael Davies, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Mike Richards, Billy Wisse; ABC
DAYTIME DRAMA
General Hospital
Head Writers: Chris Van Etten, Dan O’Connor Associate Head Writer: Anna T. Cascio Writers: Barbara Bloom, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Shannon Peace, David Rupel, Lisa Seidman, Scott Sickles; ABC
The Young and the Restless
Head Writer: Amanda L. Beall Writers: Susan Banks, Jeff Beldner, Sara A. Bibel, Brent Boyd, Susan Dansby, Christopher Dunn, Sara Endsley, Janice Ferri Esser, Marin Gazzaniga, Lynn Martin, Natalie Minardi Slater, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS
Days of Our Lives
Head Writer: Ron Carlivati Writers: Lorraine Broderick, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock, Elizabeth Snyder; NBC
CHILDREN’S EPISODIC, LONG FORM AND SPECIALS
“A Big Favor for Grampy/A Fair Way to Bounce” (Donkey Hodie)
Written by Adam Rudman & David Rudman, Joey Mazzarino; PBS KIDS/pbskids.org
“Park Ranger Percy / Lizard Lizzy” (Helpsters)
Written by Annabeth Bondor-Stone, Connor White, Liz Hara; Apple TV+
“Rice” (Waffles + Mochi)
Written by Lyric Lewis; Netflix
“The Tale of the Midnight Magic” (Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
Written by JT Billings, Alex Ebel; Nickelodeon
“Which Witch?” (Just Beyond)
Written by Mitali Jahagirdar; Disney+
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – CURRENT EVENTS
“The Healthcare Divide” (Frontline)
Written by Rick Young; PBS
“The Jihadist” (Frontline)
Written by Martin Smith & Marcela Gaviria; PBS
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
“A Writer” (Hemingway)
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward; PBS
“Citizen” (Amend: The Fight for America)
Written by Sasha Stewart and Robe Imbriano; Netflix
“Citizen Hearst, Part One” (American Experience)
Written by Gene Tempest; PBS
“Round One” (Muhammad Ali)
Written by David McMahon & Sarah Burns; PBS
NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“Against All Enemies” (60 Minutes)
Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young; CBS News
“Democracy Lost” (60 Minutes)
Written by Oriana Zill de Granados, Sharyn Alfonsi; CBS News
“The Unequal Recession” (60 Minutes)
Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young; CBS News
NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“The Fall of Kandahar” (Vice News Tonight)
Written by Amel Guettatfi, Ben C. Solomon, Vice News
“Handcuffed to the Truth” (60 Minutes)
Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young; CBS News
“Unpacking How Child Welfare and Foster Care Fails Black Children” (Unpack That)
Written by Joel Kahn, Felice León; The Root
“The Unstudied Link Between the COVID Vaccine and Periods” (Vice News Tonight)
Written by Caitlin Bladt; Vice News
“Woman in Motion: Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols and The Transformation of NASA” (CBS Sunday Morning)
Written by Daniel Elias, Michelle Miller; CBS
DIGITAL NEWS
“An Oral History of the Longest-Ever Broadway Shutdown,”
Written by Madeline Ducharme; Slate.com
“Knives Out: Why ‘Hacks’ Works,”
Written by Katie Baker; TheRinger.com
“Men’s Rights Asians” Think This Is Their Moment,”
Written by Aaron Mak; Slate.com
“We Get to Hear Them Training to Kill Us,”
Written by Christina Cauterucci; Slate.com
“What if the Unorthodox Arizona Audit Declares Trump Won?”
Written by Jeremy Stahl; Slate.com
RADIO/AUDIO NOMINEES
RADIO/AUDIO DOCUMENTARY
“One Year: 1977 ‘The Miracle Cure’”
Written by Evan Chung; Slate Podcast
“Our Year” (What Next)
Written by Mary Harris; Slate Podcast
“That Seattle Muzak Sound” (Decoder Ring)
Written by Benjamin Frisch; Slate Podcast
“Who Killed the Segway?” (Decoder Ring)
Written by Dan Kois, Slate Podcast
RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“Silence the Mics: Tributes to Some Famous Broadcasters,”
Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio
“Surfside Condo Collapse” (CBS World News Roundup Late Edition)
Written by Kathleen M. Biggins; CBS News Radio
“World News This Week – Week of August 16, 2021″
Written by Robert Hawley; ABC Audio
“World News This Week – Week of January 8, 2021″
Written by Joy Piazza; ABC Audio
“World News This Week – Week of September 3, 2021″
Written by Joan B. Harris; ABC Audio
RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“The Tasmanian Devil Tattoo” (Decoder Ring)
Written by Benjamin Frisch; Slate Podcast
“When the Culture War Comes for Your Job” (What Next)
Written by Mary Harris; Slate Podcast
PROMOTIONAL WRITING NOMINEES
ON AIR PROMOTION
“Celebrating Powerful Female Leads: Trailers for The Equalizer & Why Women Kill”
Written by Molly Neylan; CBS
“CSI: Vegas Trailers”
Written by Erial Tompkins; CBS
Fort Wayne’s economic development efforts getting a boost from expansion of downtown housing options
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Fort Wayne’s NBC) - Communities competing for new economic development projects and good paying jobs know they need to provide employers with access to a strong workforce. One thing Fort Wayne officials are counting on to deliver that workforce here is boosting the inventory of desirable places to live, including plenty of housing options downtown.
Crystal Higgs, a hairstylist, moved in 2019 from Grabill to a 6th floor apartment in the Skyline Tower complex in the core of the city. She likes the view from her apartment windows and an active lifestyle downtown. Lots of people want a similar living experience and the market is listening.
This week, city council voted unanimously to introduce a resolution to rehabilitate the St. Joseph nursing dorm building on Van Buren Street into 41 market rate apartments. A public hearing and vote could come from council later this month. Several other residential complexes have been completed, are under construction or are in the pipeline, like the Lofts at Headwaters Park project near Club Soda that awaits groundbreaking.
15 years ago, within the boundaries of the Downtown Improvement District, virtually no housing units existed. Soon, there will be close to two thousand living units available in the district’s footprint.
Crystal Higgs is thrilled about what she can find close to her adopted home.
“I think a lot of it is just accessibility of restaurants and places to go, shopping, I mean, any type of food you want you’re going to find it down here,” Higgs said.
Michelle Miller, who lives on the 9th floor of the same complex, can relate.
“I’ve made amazing friends, we go to dinner, drinks and it’s just fun being able to walk places, I love it,” Miller said.
“The demand has continued downtown, I think some people ask us when is enough, enough, but when you look at the projects that continue to get built they continue to fill up. And we see that happening throughout the county, so there’s clearly a market in our community for new living,” said John Urbahns, who is president and CEO of Greater Fort Wayne Inc., which helps drive economic development in Allen County.
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Real Estate Transactions: Jan. 14, 2022
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SHELBURNE FALLS — Once again the village has drawn the attention of movie makers as representatives from the entertainment company Miramax are…