Community walk in South Central Fort Wayne to bring healing to the neighborhood

Growing Minds Educational Services teamed with South Central neighborhood association members on a door-to-door meet and greet Saturday afternoon.

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Residents in south central fort wayne walked with a purpose this afternoon for a neighborhood walk and talk to address the pending problems of the area.fox 55's mallory beard reports on how city members are tackling these issues in the future.

3 ?walking to the beat has new meaning for south central fort wayne residents.

Growing minds educational services teamed with the local neighborhood association to walk through the south central neighborhood today.geoff paddock//fifth district cite councilman want to work together.

We want to hear fromhat idents, are the problems in the area residents asked about the development of packard park and how the association will maintain it.while others voiced concerns about over- policing in their own city.

Morgan chaney says this happens all too often, causing more conflict between residents and officers.morgan chano when i ent say,e not you neighbors... when you live in angola, and you police us, we e not your neighbors, we e not your fellow parie not your e but fwpd says engaging in community walks and talks like this can be the first step in solving the conflict.officer tom achon//fwp it just a meet and greet, and we e not yelling at each other, but sitting down and have a good constructive conversation.haney once left the eighborhood but now she back to pitch in and help where she can.morgan chaney//residentamily and friends.

When i say that i was born here just right down the block, i went through harrison hill, ben ?gyren, and southside."but she says racial, socioeconomic, and residential divide have caused some residents to be dismissive of others.morgan chano you end up having p care that don about the neighborhood, they don care about these kids, that don care about if a house is condemned and it gets bull a big nd there hole in the ground.

You know, they don care, because it not going to affect them on a personal level.

Brooks says walking to the beat is a step in the right direction.

To help the neighborhood wherever it needs the most support.carlos brooks//growing minds co owner nd we feel like if we can figure out how to bring people together in this community it just gives us the skill set to branch out and create that movement throughout the rest of the in fort wayne, i'm mallory beard, fox 55 news.

South central fort wayne residents are encouraged to contact their neighborhood association for any pending requests or concerns or reach out to the packard area planning alliance