HOTC Art to HeART

It's a well known fact that success in business, especially in the beginning, requires grit. There are good days and then there are thedreaded bad days. These bad days can make it hard for any business owner to trek on. From an early age, Rich learned to follow his passion, which led him through a winding road of adventure. That culminated into what is now the Fort Wayne Indoor Skatepark, Fort Wayne's only indoor skatepark.

One of Rich's earliest memories of fascination was with his big wheel. Since he was young, Rich cared a lot about pushing himself. He discovered this most in biking, competing from the young age of 11 throughout high school. Son to an entrepreneur, Rich watched his dad run his own business and thus saw the world from a very specific lens. As he grew older and traveled more for competitions, Rich took after his dad and started a side hustle of his own. First, it was a zine, Slam Zine, followed by a shirt brand called Slam Designs. These side hustles helped pay for travel expenses for him and his friends.

As Rich grew older he felt the need to pursue something more ?realistic? now that he was becoming an adult. For a few years he was a pretty successful in the car business, making a substantial amount ofmoney. After a close friend passed, Rich realized that life was short, too short to be working somewhere he had no passion for. From there he switched gears, learning the audio/visual business before eventually launching his own business. After learning from a few failed attempts, Rich went back to his roots, volunteering at a skatepark ran by a church. After that program closed, Rich and his long time friend turned business partner, Dan, opened up the Fort Wayne Indoor Skatepark in 2014. They are nonprofit focused on providing a safe and clean environment for people to grow their BMXand skating skills.

Join us as we talk to Rich about how he harnessed the power of passion. We'll hear about his pursuit of finding meaning in what he does as well as how BMX helped him build tenacity as it relates to business.

As always, there will be a cash bar and free food provided by Caliente!


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Fort Wayne Heart of the City and the Allen County SPCA presentthe 3rd Annual pARTY Animal, an art social event to benefit the Allen County SPCA!

This special one-day pop up art event will happen at 125 WestMain Street, just doors down from Fort Wayne's Famous Coney Island. This space is rarely seen by the public, so here is your chance!

FEATURING:n? Pop up gallery with local artists' work (A portion of all art sales directly benefits the Allen County SPCA)
? Live painting
? Food and beverage available for purchase from 816 Pint & Slice at our 125 W Main Street location.
? Silent auction of items from local businesses and artists throughout the night (all proceeds from the silent auction directly benefits the Allen County SPCA)

TICKETS:

? VIP Tickets are on sale NOW!

? 100%of ticket sales benefit the Allen County SPCA

***VIP Tickets ($25/ticket):

Be sure to pre-purchase your VIP admission package! Availability is limited.

Package includes:

? Event admission for one

? 1 limited edition decal

? 1 drink ticket

? Exclusive rooftop access throughout the evening with special live art

***General Admission Tickets ($5/ticket):

? Available AT THE DOOR ONLY

? Cash, checks, & card accepted.

***2019 Art This Way Art Crawl Attendee Tickets:

? Attendees attending the 2019 Art This Way Art Crawl receive free general admission with proof of purchase to the crawl. We ask for free-will donation to the Allen County SPCA. This does not get you access to the VIP rooftop.

ARTISTS AND DONATION CALL-OUT:
Submit your create to the following link. You can have up to 6 hanging pieces. Table and Floor space is also an option. Send any and all questions in with this form: http://bit.ly/partyanimalartists

Art Gallery Artists agree to provide 30% of anything sold to the Allen County SPCA as a donation.

Donations for the silent auction can be made by contacting fortwayneheartofthecity@gmail.com. 100% of the proceeds from raffle donations will benefit the Allen County SPCA. The Allen County SPCA is a registered 501(c)3 organization. Donations are tax-decuctible to the extent allowed by the law.

LOCATION:
125 W Main St, Fort Wayne, IN 46802

PARKING:
Plan on using paid parking spots, parking garages, or meters downtown for this event. Please leave local business' parking lots open for theirpatrons. Thank you!

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Our September 20, 2019 Art This Way Art Crawl event is an essential component of the success of the Art This Way public art installationprogram, and this event cannot happen without community support! The Art Crawl increases awareness of the project, educates the community, and exposes the public to the arts. The Art Crawl will be held in different downtown locations. Each location will feature a live band, an artist performinglive, free appetizers, a cash bar & a gallery show. The five locations along the Art Crawl can be visited in any order, and locations are all openfrom 5:00pm to 9:00pm! Money raised at this event will go directly to funding public art downtown. Thank you for joining us as we help Fort Wayne further develop its unique identity!

Locations along the Art Crawl: Caliente Cubant | Aptera Software | The Atrium a project of Start Fort Wayne | Alleyway | TBD final location

Our musical acts include: James & the Drifters | The Todd Harrold/Nick Bobay Duo | My Dog Junior | Goats Beards | Exterminate All Rational Thought | and many more!

Our Featured Artists: To be announced!

Food & Drink: Copper Spoon | Hop River | Caliente Cuban Cafe | Hall's Restaurants | and more!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you would like tohelp out along the Crawl, please sign up today: https://bit.ly/2XEef03

****TICKET PICK-UP****participants along the crawl will need to wear theirwristband to enter the venues. On Friday evening (9/20/19) there will be two check-in kiosks, one on West Wayne Street beside Caliente Cuban Cafe (120 West Wayne Street). The other kiosk will be located in the alley outside816 S Calhoun Street. Kiosks will open at 4:45pm on Friday, 9/20/19. There are no ticket refunds. If tickets are available, kiosks will only acceptcash for the purchase of additional tickets.

PARKING: There is free street parking after 5:00pm on Wayne, Berry, and Harrison Streets. The Ash Brokerage parking garage is located at 220 W Wayne Street; they charge a small parking fee. The parking lot on the corner of West Wayne Street & SouthHarrion Street charges for parking. The library parking lot off South Harrison Street is sometimes open after 5pm on Fridays, but may charge a fee.

Tickets are available in limited quantity.

Together we can bring morepublic art to our city. Thank you for your support!

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