Back in the family Growing business in the heart of the city News-Sentinel photo by Steve Linsenmayer Growing in the heart of the city Walt Gordon, director of business development for Jack Laurie Commercial Floors, has presided over dramatic growth in the products and services the company offers from its Fort Wayne home to customers in eight cities. The company was honored by Inc. magazine as an Inner City 100. View all of today's photos Central location spells success for two Fort Wayne companies.
Some businesses flee the central city.
Others grow there. And two Fort Wayne companies are among the best in the nation at flourishing in the inner city. High Tech Fabricators and Jack Laurie Commercial Floors were honored by Inc. magazine as members of the Inner City 100 with three days of seminars and celebration last month in Boston. The awards program is co-sponsored by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, an organization founded and run by Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter with the goal of building the business case for doing business in America's inner cities. The two Fort Wayne companies were featured in the April Inc. magazine and on its Web site.