Entrepreneurs Wanted:
If you are an entrepreneur, Garrett, Indiana has been looking for you! If you have the entrepreneurial spirit, drive and determination to be your own boss and want to run your own business, the Garrett administration wants to work with you! Garrett has some unique opportunities that entrepreneurs may want to take advantage of. Continue to view our website and take a look at what our beautiful city has to offer. Garrett is a short drive north from Fort Wayne and just 5 minutes off I-69 on State Road 8. We look forward to working with you!
Mayor Todd Fiandt
We appreciate you viewing our website. We are thrilled to have this opportunity to share our great city with you. Though this website is just a quick summary of vital Garrett community information (see links provided below), we are confident you will want to visit “Big Train Country” and learn more about what Garrett and our community has to offer.
Garrett is growing! Since August 1994, we have annexed over 560 acres of prime industrial and residential greenfield sites into our city. Much of this ground lies between North Taylor Road and County Road 19 . It is accessible from State Road 8 to the north and North Taylor Road to the west. It lies only 1.5-2.0 miles from Interstate 69 and 1/2 mile from the main CSX rail line. The ground is suitable for development and municipal water and sewer mains are readily accessible.
The Garrett Underpass (State Road 327), provides easy, unobstructed access to areas north and south of the CSX railroad tracks, thereby increasing business and development opportunities.
Garrett’s housing market is also growing. Eleven subdivisions, containing 569 lots have been approved in the past fifteen years. Over two-hundred, fifty eight new single-family dwellings have been constructed in Garrett since 1995. We currently have three new single-family subdivision underway totally more than one-hundred and forty five new lots.
Two new commercial buildings have recently been completed in downtown Garrett, and the restoration of the old Sacred Heart Hospital into a senior living center is now complete.
If you’re planning to construct a new building on a greenfield site, give us a look! Please call the Garrett Planning Department at 260-357-4154 (planning@garrettindiana.us) for information and assistance regarding Garrett’s building, zoning and development requirements.
If you need additional information regarding Garrett’s quality of life, real estate, community organizations, etc., please call the DeKalb Chamber Partnership at 260-925-2100.
