Last year’s Outlook edition suggested that the Fort Wayne area economy was experiencing a “steady but gradual rebound” from the recession that occurred in the early years of this decade. The job creation numbers for the last twelve months appear to support that assessment. Indeed, 2006 is looking very much like 2005—good but not great news for northeast Indiana. It has become clear that it will take sustained job creation over several years to fully replace the number and quality of jobs lost between 2000 and 2003. For purposes of this article, we will again use the seven county Fort Wayne-Auburn-Huntington Combined Statistical Area (CSA) to geographically define the “Fort Wayne area.” The CSA includes the counties of Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells, and Whitley.