General Admission-Important Event Information

Heart of the City (HOTC) and Summit Equestrian Center (SEC)
“Hearts, Horseshoes, & Heroes” — May 12, 2023

IMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION 

DIRECTIONS:
Summit Equestrian Center Is located at  10808 LaCabreah Lane, Fort Wayne, IN 46845. 

Parking is located at Dawsons Creek Professional Village, 10315 Dawsons Creek Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46845 (use this address for your GPS). 

EVENT ACCESS AND PARKING:
Doors open at 6pm for general admission ticket holders. 

Event parking is in the Dawsons Creek Professional Village parking lot located at 10315 Dawsons Creek Blvd. (use this address for your GPS).  Signage and volunteers will be located at the intersection of Dupont Road and Dawsons Creek Blvd. and the parking lot to direct you to parking.

Trolley cars will transport guests to and from the Dawsons Creek Professional Village parking lot to the Summit Equestrian barn.  Trolley shuttle service will begin at 5:30pm. 

Trolley service will resume at the end of the evening and run until 10:45 pm.

IMPORTANT GUEST INFORMATION:
All guests will check in at registration and secure a bid number.  

This event is NOT reserved seating. There will be open seating tables and chairs and rail seating in the barn arena.

The barn is heated; however, some of the activities will be held in unheated areas so please dress accordingly with consideration to the weather

The Cigar Lounge is located separately but adjacent to the barn/arena in a tented area outside.  Live feed of the keynote speaker and live auction will be available in the Cigar Lounge.

WHAT TO WEAR:
This event is being held in a horse arena/barn area. So dress like you are going to a barn: jeans, boots/shoes (these may get dusty or dirty) or similar duds.

FOOD & DRINK:
Event box dinners catered by Mission BBQ will include succulent Slow Smoked Hand Pulled Pork, Maggie’s Mac-N-Cheese, Baked Beans with Brisket, and Cornbread, and your favorite BBQ sauces. 

Beer wine, soda and water will be available throughout the evening, along with spirited, specialty signature drinks.  In addition, Hotel Tango, Edwin Coe, and Three Rivers Distilling Co., our three featured Indiana Bourbon Distilleries, will be offering bourbon  samples at their “stalls” in the horse stall area.   

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT:
We sincerely appreciate your support of a very special evening of horsing around to benefit the wonderful community programs of two organizations: Heart of the City Mission Foundation & Summit Equestrian Center.

PHOTOGRAPHY WAIVER:
By purchasing a ticket and/or entering the venue, you are agreeing to be photographed and videoed for future promotional use.