Community Projects

2025 Grant writer for Fort Wayne Electrical JATC Apprenticeship Training Facility Expansion
2024 Helped start a Farmers Market for Leo-Cedarville
2019-2023 Event Coordinator, Kris Kringle Village for Fort Wayne Ballet
2019-2020 Obtained COVID grants for Veterans National Memorial Shrine and Museum
2014-2019 Event Committee member for Early Childhood Alliance
2008 -2016 Festival Coordinator, Taste of the Arts for Arts United
2013 & 2014 Coordinator, St. Patrick's Triple Crown weekend at Deer Park Irish Pub
2013 Coordinator, Craft Beer Festival at Deer Park Irish Pub
Public Art Coordinator, World on Wheels for Arts United and Catherine Kasper Place
Coordinator of BuskerFest, Fright Night, HolidayFest, Holly Trolley Shopping, Ground Hog Open Golf Outing, & Cultural District activities for the Fort Wayne Downtown Improvement District
Coordinator, National Historic Landmarks and Indiana Main Street State Conference in Lafayette, IN
Co-coordinator, America in Bloom national competition for the Cities of Lafayette and West Lafayette, IN

Municipal Project Management

$5.6 million, federally funded street improvement project, working with NIRCC and INDOT
Multiple Indiana Community Crossings grants for paving and stormwater projects
Federally-funded INDOT highway intersection project
Trail project funded by ARPA and county capital improvement grant funds
Landed $759,553 in READI funds for new housing construction projects
Managed a $1.3 million US Dept. of Commerce grant for new industrial park projects
Landed $200k Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources grant for recreational trails project
$62,686 Patronicity crowd-funding campaign to complete Phase I of a Veterans Memorial Park
$1.8 million TIGER grant from US Dept. of Transportation to enhance passenger train facilities
Blight elimination funding from US Treasury to demolish abandoned, blighted properties