I Am Home: Joe and Lindsay Platt

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Joe and Lindsay Platt

By Deborah C. Gerbers

Midwest living comes naturally to Lindsay and Joe Platt, who met in 2002 at Butler University in Indianapolis, where they both studied music.

“I asked him to accompany my voice recitals, and twenty years later we’re still making music together!” laughed Lindsay. “We were married in 2007 while still in Indianapolis. We have lived in several cities and spent three years in Japan. Our time in other places was wonderful, but also cemented a desire to live closer to our families in Indiana and Ohio.”

Joe grew up in Fort Wayne, and says he has fond memories, including attending performances at the Philharmonic and visiting the Zoo, playing music and street hockey with friends, and exploring the woods along Cedar Creek at his grandparent’s home. He and Lindsay moved to Fort Wayne in 2015 to follow a work opportunity for Joe and to be closer to family.

While Lindsay says she will always be a Clevelander at heart, Fort Wayne has also become home.

“I am thankful for my opportunity to work with the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir as their Director of Development,” she said. “I am blessed to be part of a community that cares for one another, loves the arts, has a deep history, and offers cultural amenities for our friends and family.”

Joe’s memories were a favorable starting point, according to the couple. “When we decided to come here and started looking for a place to live, the city quickly exceeded our expectations and we’ve never looked back! Our first three years we rented in the Harrison next to Parkview Field and experienced firsthand the vibrancy of our rapidly developing downtown neighborhood. The growth of activity, dining, and culture in our city is truly remarkable. We found the people and character of the near-downtown Lakeside neighborhood irresistible and moved there in 2018, a short river greenway bicycle ride away from all the activity of downtown in the summertime.”

The Platts said what they love most about this city and its people is that it feels like a meeting place. “The meeting of the rivers and the natural consequences of that geographic feature must have started things off,” said Lindsay. “We feel it today in our friends and neighbors of many backgrounds and perspectives, and in the way we are able to speak to one another even when we have a difference of opinion. The people of this city share a genuine interest in each other and how we can all work together to keep making this a truly fulfilling place to live.”

Joe and Lindsay are involved in the community in several ways. They attend and sing in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Choir; they love attending and visiting the Philharmonic, Embassy, Botanical Gardens, and the FWMoA; and they also enjoy walking their dog Fenley at Lakeside Park. Joe is a partner at Endodontic Associates and is currently the Secretary of the Isaac Knapp District Dental Society. This December, he was also the piano accompanist for Heartland Sings’ Spirit of Christmas concerts at the Allen County Courthouse. rently serves as the President of the Fort Wayne Alumane Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota. She also has a small studio of music students.

The Platts emphasize that northeast Indiana a great place to live and work. Just some of the things they love about the city include:

• The arts - FWMoA, Phil, FWCC, Ballet, Embassy,

Dance Collective, • TinCaps, Komets, and FWFC games • The parks • The Zoo • The bike trails - love the river greenway!! • Restaurants & Coffee - Tolon, Copper Spoon,

Chance Bar, Paula’s, Hetty Arts, Fortezza,

Conjure, Old Crown, Firefly, Dash-In • Food you can make yourself! Hungry Dog

Farm, Berry Hill Farm, Tim Didier’s Meats &

Antonuccio’s

“And what brings it all together… the people,” said Lindsay. “Fort Wayne wouldn’t be so amazing if it weren’t for the people working at all of these places we just listed!” a

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