Park Center and the City of Fort Wayne are proposing an opioid treatment facility be moved into the currently vacant "Verizon Building" located on Rupp Drive in Fort Wayne adjacent to Don Hall's Triangle Park and across from IPFW's main student housing. Here's what we know...
This location would house around 100 convicted felons ordered to attend treatment in lieu of prison. This is being sold as a "choice" for those that would attend this facility
This facility will NOT be a locked facility, with only 2 full time security guards on staff. Participants in this treatment program have the ability to come and go and can decide to vacate the program, even if under court order. Only those under supervision of community corrections would be "collected" upon leaving the program (about 1/3 the population.)
This facility will be the first of its kind in Northeast Indiana. This is PILOT program never undertaken by the facilitators of the center
This location is literally in the heart of a residential area with many
thousands of homes in the immediate area.
Thousands of children attend the 9 local schools nearby.
The state of Indiana and the City of Fort Wayne are contributing around 3 million collectively towards this effort. There are powerful people in town in support of this (nearly NONE that live anywhere near this project.)
Please consider signing this petition and letting City Council know this location does NOT make sense for a center of this kind!
Russ Jehl (260) 255-4580
russ@russjehl.com
Michael Barranda (260) 426-1300
michaelbarranda@gmail.com
Dr John Crawford (260) 433-0295
jncrawfordmd@gmail.com
Tom Freistroffer (260) 704-4229
freistrofferatlarge@gmail.com
Paul Ensley (260) 255-5176
paul@paulensley.com
Tom Didier (260) 489-4559
tdidiers5@frontier.com
Jason Arp (260) 210-0310
jasonarpcitycouncil@gmail.com
Geoff Paddack (260) 432-5700
geoffreypaddock@aol.com
Glynn Hines (260) 447-7144
glynnhines@aol.com
citycouncil@cityoffortwayne.org