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Target Population

East Allen’s Rural Revival Regional Development Plan focuses on the East Allen Community-to-Community Connections:
County, Indiana region. The regional boundaries are representative of the East Allen According to the NewAllen Alliance Organizational Action Plan, the population of the
County School District minus the portion within the city limits of the City of Fort East Allen County Region is 56,491, which is 16% of Allen County’s population of
Wayne to the west.
360,250 per ESRI Community Analyst data for 2013. This population is larger than
The geographic boundaries are the Allen County/DeKalb County line to the north, that of 65 of Indiana’s 92 counties. The region also has 20,124 households and
Indiana/Ohio state line to the east, and the Allen County/Adams County line to the 21,495 housing units. The populations of each community per the ESRI data are:
south. Community participants in the EARR Regional Development Plan include: East Allen - Allen County (Incorporated and Unincorporated): 56,491
Allen County, including the Census Designated Places of Harlan and Hoagland; the Grabill: 1,142
Cities of New Haven and Woodburn; and the Towns of Grabill, Leo-Cedarville, and Harlan CDP: 1,678
Monroeville. Hoagland CDP: 860
Leo-Cedarville: 3,624
This plan was developed to be inclusive. It provides benefits to the entire East Allen Monroeville: 1,251
population, i.e. children, youth, adults, and seniors through investment that will New Haven: 14,975
create a more livable, connected regional community. ADA walkways and inclusive Woodburn: 1,489
playgrounds in New Haven, Monroeville and Woodburn will provide accessibility
to those within a range of abilities. Place-based investment is also supported
by people-based investment in workforce and entrepreneurial development and Within the East Allen County Region, there are two areas of complementary
community health. investment that will produce significantly larger societal and economic benefits
for the region and beyond. The Cedar Creek Parks Trail is a proposed 8-mile
Fort Wayne, Allen County and Northeast Indiana Community: trail that connects six parks in Cedar Creek Township including: the Metea County

Allen County is the largest county by area and has the third largest population in Park, Leo-Cedarville Park, Riverside Park, Jack Harris Park, IAB Baseball Complex,
and the Hurshtown Reservoir Park as well as the downtowns of Leo-Cedarville and
Indiana. It is part of the 11-county Northeast Indiana region with a current population Grabill (being proposed for Stellar streetscape enhancement). This trail will serve
of approximately 780,000 within a three-hour drive from the major Midwest cities as a regional connector that enhances pedestrian safety, provides opportunities for
of Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Toledo. The City of Fort Wayne, recreation and physical activity, and serves as a tourism draw for the region. This
Indiana’s second largest city, is located in the center of Allen County.
trail may also serve as an alternative transportation for employees going to and
This initiative, aligned with others throughout Allen County and Northeast Indiana, from work. This trail will eventually connect into the Allen County/Fort Wayne Trails
will solidify our ability to create a best-in-class economy and community. Building area network through a 3.5-mile trail extension from Metea Park to the Parkview
off of a decade of investment in our regional business climate, the Northeast Indiana Regional Medical Center to the west along Union Chapel Road and eventually the
Regional Partnership has recently released Vision 2030. This vision established United Trails of Northeast Indiana via the Poka-Bache Connector currently under
three goals focused around business attraction, talent attraction, and talent development in Northeast Indiana. United Trails is the alliance of trail development
development by which businesses, communities and individuals will collaborate. entities in Northeast Indiana’s 11 county region. The United Trails brand was created
By 2030, Northeast Indiana must: to be used as an eventual tourism when inter-connectivity is completed across the
11-county region. Currently Fort Wayne Trails is playing a role in helping form trail
• Increase per person per capita income annually compared to the national average development nonprofits in each county to advocate for the inter-connectivity of
trails. For the Cedar Creek Parks Trail, collaboration will occur between Fort Wayne
• Increase the population of Northeast Indiana to 1 million residents Trails, Allen County, Leo-Cedarville, Grabill, City of Fort Wayne City Utilities, Allen
County Parks and City of Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation to complete this asset.
• Increase post-secondary educational attainment to more than 60%

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