FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, FORT WAYNE HAS HELD A

SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. IT DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER THAT

COOLER PLACES EXISTED, OR THAT WE WERE LACKING CERTAIN AMENITIES, FORT WAYNE WAS HOME AND FULL OF SPECIAL

MEMORIES AND ALL MY FAVORITE PEOPLE. AS I GOT OLDER, I

BEGAN TO LOOK AT FORT WAYNE DIFFERENTLY. I STARTED

THINKING TO MYSELF, "WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE THIS PLACE

BETTER?" I REMEMBER MY HUSBAND AND I WOULD SPEND HOURS

DEBATING WHAT FORT WAYNE COULD AND COULD NOT HANDLE.

WE'D DREAM UP POTENTIAL BUSINESSES AND FANTASIZE ABOUT

 RUNNING THEM. WE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING FROM A FRENCH

FRY TRUCK (BEFORE FOOD TRUCKS WERE COOL), MUSIC VENUE,

ECLECTIC BAR, RECORDING SCHOOL, CLOTHING, ART, FOOD, AND ON

AND ON. THE GOAL WAS ALWAYS TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING AWESOME TO FORT WAYNE; THE CITY WE GREW UP IN, THE CITY

WE MOVED BACK TO, THE CITY WE'VE DECIDED TO STAY IN. NOW

DAYS I'M FEELING MORE BLESSED THAN EVER. MY DREAM OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP HAS FINALLY BECOME A REALITY AND I

COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT IT! I CAN'T WAIT FOR

EVERYONE TO HAVE THIS AMENITY, MY GIFT TO THE CITY. AND

YES, I KNOW HOW MUSHY I AM. PLEASE KNOW THAT IT COMES

FROM THE HEART, ALONG WITH FRENCH FRIES, KITTENS AND

STICKERS.  CHEERS ~ TABER OLINGER (OWNER)