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Afternoon of Spanish Cuisine & Culture for Planned Parenthood

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ppIt’s the second annual Tour the Globe fundraising event for Planned Parenthood.  This year’s featured country is Spain. Enjoy a festive afternoon packed with authentic Spanish entertainment and cuisine. Live Spanish music and Flamenco dancing will be provided by Flamenco Louisville. Special guest, Dr. Juan Palomar will conduct a Spanish wine presentation and tasting of his award winning Veleta/Dominio Buanavista Wines grown and produced in Dr. Palomar’s vineyard in Ugijar, Granada, Spain. A cooking demonstration and delicious Spanish feast will be prepared by El Meson.

Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Location: El Meson Restaurant, West Carrollton, Ohio

Ticket Price: $75 (includes tax-deductible donation of $45)

Tickets include one complimentary Sangria, a Spanish feast consisting of Spanish Tapas, a Paella Buffet, Flan for dessert, and an afternoon of Spanish entertainment!

You can purchase tickets at: www.ppswo.org
Questions?  Contact Karen Meade with any questions at 937-528-4678

Wanna Propose With A $20,000 Ring?

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EDC_ROCKS_LogoOn Sat, April 24th Elizabeth Diamond Company and AIDS Resource Center of Ohio  join forces to raise much-needed funds and help one lucky couple take home a $20,000 Tacori engagement ring with a one and a half carat EDC diamond.

Theme and clues for the scavenger hunt will incorporate the Dayton region’s rich musical history. The winning couple will be announced at the EDC Far Hills Avenue location following the scavenger hunt .

The hunt will take place in downtown Centerville. Only 200 couples are eligible to participate. Couples can register right now in person at EDC or online at www.shopedc.com/huntfortherock. The registration fee is $25.00 with all proceeds benefiting ARC Ohio. In addition, every couple that participates will receive a gift bag featuring a $250.00 gift certificate to use towards the purchase of an engagement ring at Elizabeth Diamond Company. In addition to Tacori, other local businesses such as, Square One Salon, Heidelberg Distributing, Erika’s Photography, Visceral Gallery, Coolidge Wall Law Offices and Grapes Wine Lounge will be participating as sponsors to help truly make this a community wide event.

 

The EDC Hunt For The Rock will take place Saturday April 24th 2010 from 11 AM to 3 PM. Check-in starts at 10 AM. Theme and clues for the scavenger hunt will test participants knowledge of music including, the Dayton region’s rich musical history. EDC will announce the winning couple at its’ Far Hills location after the scavenger hunt has concluded. For more info, eligibility requirements and to register please visit www.shopedc.com/huntfortherock.

 According to Sonu Singhvi, owner of Elizabeth Diamond Company, “In the current economy, most couples have a lot of financial fears about how to take that next big step. That’s why we devised this with a $20,000 engagement ring as the prize, so they can take that step free from the burden of having to pay off a large loan. So, we hope that whichever couple wins, they’re ready to propose!” Mrs. Singhvi went on to state, “We’re also really excited to be partnering with ARC Ohio for this event. They do such incredible work in the community and it’s an honor to help ensure that it continues.”

 Elizabeth Diamond Company was voted best jewelry store by a recent poll conducted by activedayton.com. The company is locally owned and operated. Located one-quarter mile south of I-675 on Far Hills Avenue in Centerville.

ARC Ohio is geographically the largest AIDS Services organization in Ohio today. In the midst of growing complacency, difficult financial times, and still no cure or preventative vaccine, the need to raise funds and awareness has never been more crucial! 

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio) is a nonprofit, community-based organization whose mission is to provide services to those infected, affected and at risk of HIV/AIDS.  They provide comprehensive support services, HIV testing & counseling, prevention education, linkage to care, and advocacy.


In Which a Huber Home Holds the Key to Happily Ever After

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100_3889They were the Cutest Couple In The World. That’s the name I gave them (I give my clients names, it’s true. It’s part of the confidentiality I owe. There are plenty of reasons someone might want to transact property, and Dayton is a small town. I can’t assume that anyone I work with wants anyone else to know their financial transactions. If I give my clients aliases, when my husband asks me, “What’s going on today?” I can say “The Cutest Couple In The World, or The Doctor, or The Farm, is closing”. It’s a way of sharing basic information with my family, without sharing confidential information).

The Cutest Couple In The World had all the energy and excitement that youth on the threshold of new life brings. It’s infectious and I love working with 1st time home buyers because of that. This couple was relocating to Dayton Ohio- he was a newly graduated Air Force pilot. She was graduating in a month, they were buying a home, then they were getting married, then they were moving her to Dayton. That’s a lot of change in a short time, but for this couple, it was an exciting new chapter of their lives about to be written. I was honored to be part of that.

They were in town for 2 weeks to find a home. Yikes! And they wanted to look in Beavercreek and Bellbrook, because “That’s where my Air Force buddies tell me to look.” That’s not unusual. The military creates surrogate families and they rely on each other to get local information. So off we went to look in Beavercreek and Bellbrook, in their price range, with their list of wants and needs… And we came up short.

This was 2005. The real estate market was different then and they found themselves priced out of Beavercreek and Bellbrook for a home they might like, so we went back to the Dayton Area Board of Realtors MLS and took another look. “I have a friend who lives in Huber Heights”. Ah-ha! Huber Heights, home of the ubiquitous and humble brick ranch.

Daytonians often turn their noses up at Huber homes, and that’s a shame. Everyone’s gotta live somewhere and not everyone wants to paint their home every five years or run up and down steps. A nice Mid-Century Modern home is an easily maintained use of space. In Huber, it’s a space that is close to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, but won’t break your budget, and there’s no shame in any of it. We started looking in Huber Heights. We saw plenty of homes, but they were drawn to the area commonly known as “North of 70”, and it fit them- new life, new city, newer home.

We looked at a few different models- big, small, ranch, split-level: A great room appealed, formal spaces did not. Space for guests was a priority, a gourmet kitchen, not so much. Easy to care for landscaping and a place for a grill? Nice. We found a home, put in an offer, the bride-to-be went back to Virginia.

The offer was not accepted. The Pilot was concerned. The Bride had loved that home and now he had to find a replacement without her. The beauty part of buying a home in Huber Heights is that there are others out there, so off we went.

Staging a home is important. You often hear that you should remove personal items from a listed property- don’t doubt the power personal items have on potential buyers. I’ve had too many clients make decisions about the owner of a home, and the care and feeding of that home by proxy, based off of what they can find out about you from the belongings you leave out. Clients always look over your bookshelves, your cd and video collections. They bend down to see your grandkid’s photos on the side table. They stand and wonder about the giant Last Supper print hanging over the dining room table- (even more so if it’s in black velvet). They refuse to step foot in the house that does (oh yes it does!) smell like cats the minute you open the door.

The Pilot and I were charged with finding a home the Bride would love. In 2005, finding a home for someone who is out of town was much more difficult than it is today. Today I use software to share tons of photos and lots of information, but back then we emailed MLS sheets and talked on the phone, and hoped for the best.

It was a small three bedroom, two bath, split floor plan with an eat-in kitchen, and a great room. Nothing fancy, but clean, and full of love. A young family lived there but mom had an “eye” and the property was nicely staged by her. I’m sure the birthday cake scented candle that was always burning when we visited, helped create that sense of home as well. There is a home for everyone and Realtors understand that what each client needs and wants is unique, but also that each client is allowed to have their own goals- my job is to honor and respect that, not to pass judgment. The Pilot put an offer, it was accepted.

Once they were married and settled, I went back to visit the Cutest Couple in the World. They had made that little Huber home an adorable honeymoon suite- so charming and cool. She loved it, they both loved it. They thoroughly enjoyed living in Huber Heights where they could be here or there within minutes of home, entertain friends and spend time alone together. Like all well loved homes, that plain Jane cookie cutter house now had another special layer of ownership to it’s history, turning a brick ranch into the place one couple will fondly remember as their first home.

Photo: Teri Lussier, TheBrickRanch.com

Improve Dayton neighborhoods through the 2010 Dayton Mini-Grant Program

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Dayton1442Dayton neighborhood groups are encouraged to think creatively and collaboratively to propose neighborhood improvement projects for possible mini-grant support.

The City of Dayton’s Department of Planning and Community Development will accept applications through May 14 for projects such as neighborhood Web sites, home tours, physical improvements and more. Neighborhood associations, block clubs, Priority Boards and other established community improvement organizations are eligible to apply.

For complete information, go to www.cityofdayton.org.

Information provided by The City of Dayton.

Race to Dayton’s Amazing Aviation Places

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This is an ongoing promotion:

Dayton, meet Wilbear Wright. No, not Wilbur – Wilbear Wright, an indirect descendant of the Wright brothers (at least that’s what he told us.)

Wilbear invites you to an embark on an exciting tour of Dayton’s aviation heritage locations. The Race to Dayton’s Aviation Places is your opportunity to truly experience aviation history.

Have you walked onto Huffman Prairie, the site of the Wright School of Aviation and the Wright Exhibition Team? Have you visited the old neighborhood that the brothers lived and worked in? Have you seen the Presidential Gallery, a collection of massive presidential airplanes at the USAF Museum?

No, you say?

Wilbear frowns upon your apathy. He humbly invites you to get out and enjoy these amazing aviation places. And the best part of this experience?  You get to take him home with you!

Visit a minimum of 6 of these 9 aviation sites listed to receive a “Wilbear Wright” aviator teddy bear.

  • BigWrightDunbarWright-Dunbar Interpretive Center & Wright Cycle Company*
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial
  • Huffman Prairie Flying Field interpretive Center*
  • Wright Bros. Aviation Center, Carillon Historical Park*
  • National Museum of the United States Air Force*
  • National Aviation Hall of Fame
  • Hawthorn Hill
  • Woodland Cemetery
  • The Wright B Flyer

Before “take-off”, you must pick up a passport (free) at any of the four locations denoted with an asterisk. Obtain a stamp from the one required site (Wright-Dunbar) and five others. Mail in the completed passport and receive Wilbear FREE!

Completed passports should be mailed to:

“Wilbear Wright”

c/o Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

PO Box 9280, Wright Brothers Station

Dayton, Ohio 45409

Bears can also be picked up at the Wright Cycle complex.

For additional information, call the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center at 937-225-7705. It’s the (W)right thing to do!

Author’s note: Wilbear made me add that last part, I swear!

Adopt a Pet – It Could Save Your Life!

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Adopt a PetAnimal lovers have long understood that pets enhance the quality of life. For many years, this “fact” was an intuitive knowing, but a 1980 study conducted by Alan Beck, head of Purdue’s Center for the Human-Animal Bond at the School of Veterinary Medicine was the first objective measure showing the survival rate one year after a heart attack was 94% among pet owners, but only 72% for those who did not own pets.

In 2004, Dr. Edward Creagan, oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, began speaking publicly on the benefits of relationships between humans and animals. His studies have concluded that animals not only boost emotional well-being, but they also play a special role in physical health and recovery from illness. Dr. Creagan prescribes pets to his cancer patients to help them cope with the rigors of the disease, according to PAWSitive InterAction, a non-profit group dedicated to celebrating and promoting the human-animal bond.

University of Buffalo in New York conducted a study in 2004 that added to the mounting evidence that pets can be good for health. In the study, 48 male and female stockbrokers with no medical conditions other than hypertension, who lived alone and did not have a pet in the previous five years. Half the stockbrokers took home a cat or dog, while the other half remained alone. Six months later, researchers found the stockbrokers caring for a pet had significantly lower blood pressure than those without pets.

Several studies have concluded that a person’s blood pressure often decreases while they are stroking an animal. In addition, such stroking reduces anxiety and produces a feeling a general well-being. Research also shows that people find talking to animals less stressful than talking to people.

Other research has correlated pet ownership with the following health benefits:

  • Lower blood pressure
  • Lower cholesterol levels
  • Better psychological health
  • Lower heart attack rates
  • Higher survival rates following coronary heart disease
  • Enhanced self-esteem and social interaction (58% of pet owners say they get to know people and make friends through having pets)
  • Better physical stamina from recreational walks with pets

Many of the studies conducted have been about dogs, but the University of Minnesota’s Stroke Research Center presented in 2008 at the American Stroke Association meeting found that people who had previously or currently owned cats were less likely to die from heart attack and other cardiovascular disease. The study examined data from 4,435 people, ranging in age from 30 to 75, participating in ongoing research with the National Health and Nutritional Examination Study. The researchers found that over a 20-year period, participants who had never owned a cat were 40 percent more likely to die from heart attack, and 30 percent more likely to die from any kind of cardiovascular disease.

The Humane Society of Greater Dayton sees everyday first-hand how animals enhance the quality of life. There are hundreds of animals today in our community waiting for forever homes. Please consider adopting a shelter animal into your family so you experience the joy and health benefits that accompany the unconditional love of an animal.

(Submitted by Kelly Marie Weiler from the Humane Society of Greater Dayton)

Realtors and the Kitchen Table Confidential

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“Jim gave me your name. I need to talk to a Realtor who will be absolutely honest with me. I’m in a situation…”

If a Realtor is doing her job properly- that is, helping people with real estate transactions, creating educated, informed, knowledgeable clients, developing happy and satisfied clients- our clients often refer us to their friends and relatives100_3198 and acquaintances. This is a big deal, not something to take for granted, nor is it something to be expected. I don’t know about you, but I have to be very satisfied with the work someone does for me and I have to trust that the quality of work is consistent in order to refer people here or there, regardless of business. I don’t expect my clients to be any different. I want them to be comfortable referring their loved ones to me, but I understand that I have to have earned that right.

The caller said our mutual friend, Jim, thinks of me as a brutally honest Realtor. I suppose that’s true. I’m more proud of the honesty than the brutal, but either way Jim trusts me to tell his friend the truth. The caller, let’s call him Frank, was in a situation – the economy has created changes in many people’s lives, and even if you are not alone in your struggles it can be a difficult time. I know that he and Jim had discussed the possible outcomes because they both told me in separate phone conversations that Jim knew some details of Frank’s financial situation.

I visited Frank. Toured his property, sat down at the kitchen table and listened to Frank’s story. He had done the right things for years, helping out his family, working hard…unfortunately the economy had taken it’s toll. He shared intimate details of his finances. It’s a delicate situation to be sure, listening to private details of another person’s life. It means I’ve been trusted. Trusted to keep these details to myself, trusted to use these details to help this person above my own needs. I take that seriously, after all – it’s my duty.

After meeting Frank, I called Jim to thank him for the referral.

“Did he tell you about his situation?” Jim asked.

“Yes.”

“What do you think? Can you help him?”

“Jim, Frank is a client,” I told him. “I have a fiduciary duty to him, that means I can’t discuss our conversation with you.”

“But I’m on my way to see him right now! He’ll tell me all about it anyway!”

That’s fine. See here’s the thing (which I explained to Jim) – it’s one thing if Frank wants to discuss his business with Jim- it is HIS business after all, but as a Realtor I can’t.  Part of my fiduciary duty to my clients is confidentiality.  I was trusted and entrusted with information.  I’m going to honor that and I suspect that is a big part of why Jim felt no hesitation in referring me in the first place. Jim knows it’s my business to keep confidential information confidential.

Did Frank ever tell Jim about our conversation? I don’t know, I didn’t ask.  After all, that is really none of my business.

Photo credit: Teri Lussier, TheBrickRanch.com

Girls Just Want to Have Sun

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n280213528590_4699Hannah’s Treasure Chest, the Miami Valley area’s highly esteemed children’s charity, will host its 5th Annual Diva’s Day Out fundraiser event from 12 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 14, 2010. The event will unfold at the Presidential Banquet Center, 4572 Presidential Way, Kettering, Ohio.

Diva’s Day Out is a fun-filled luncheon and auction especially for the enjoyment of moms, grandmothers, aunts, and girls ages 8 and older. Shake your winter blues with the event’s tropical theme, “Girls Just Want to Have Sun!” Enjoy a scrumptious lunch menu and frosty drinks, celebrity MC’s, raffles, silent and live auctions, tween’s corner, and more . . . all set to the music of steel drums.

Proceeds from this event will fund the mission of Hannah’s Treasure Chest – a huge Miami Valley asset that delivered 184,000 items to children during 2009.
Hannah’s Treasure Chest responds to the needs of children by providing clothing, furniture, toys, books, and other essential items. To maximize the effectiveness of its outreach, Hannah’s Treasure Chest partners with numerous local social service agencies. When a partner agency identifies a child in need, Hannah’s provides essential items to the agency, which in turn delivers the items to the child.

Make reservations before February 1 and become eligible to win one of four “Diva Dollars” gift certificates worth $25 each. Winners will be announced at the event.

Reserve your seat or table for eight by March 5, 2010! Here’s how! Contact Hannah’s Treasure Chest at 937-438-5039, by email [email protected] or through www.hannahstreasure.org. Group and child rates are also available by telephone order. Seating is limited and available on a first come first serve basis.

There is still some time for corporate and business sponsorships! Contact Tina Marker of Windward Design Group at 937.456.2301 or [email protected] for a 2010 Diva’s Day Out marketing package. Donations are tax-deductible.

Daytonians Sowing Big Dreams

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Fresh FoodWhat better topic to discuss on a bone-chilling February night in Dayton, than growing beautiful, luscious food in your own garden?  That is exactly what a group of urban Daytonians did on Thursday night, in the South Park historic district.  What started as a Facebook status update by Carli Dixon, South Park resident and local small business owner, quickly erupted into a flurry of dialogue on the topic. The post by Dixon referred to attending the annual OEFFA Conference (Ohio ecological Food and Farm Assn) and meeting Joel Salatin, the inventive farmer highlighted in recent documentary films, Food, Inc. and Fresh.

If you haven’t seen the movies, you may find it baffling that 10 young, talented women from the Dayton region would consider a West Virginia farmer a ROCK STAR, but it is in fact the words of that Rock Star, Joel Salatin, that ultimately united them all last night. The loosely knit group of neighbors and friends converged at Dixon’s home to hear what Salatin had to say at the OEFFA conference, as well as to share information and ideas relating to the topic of creating sustainable food systems for our region.

For some, like Winter Rowley of South Park, sustainable food systems include developing a vermicompost (worm composting) site in the region, which she has started with 1 lb. of worms currently residing in her basement. Additionally, Rowley sees food as means to bridge the gap between urban dwellers that span a wide range of socio-economic terrain.  For others, like Nakia Angelique and Shannon Pote, the focus is on children and healthy food; how to improve the food made available to children in our local school systems, and the positive impact that effort could have.

Inviting the participation of school children in the process of growing, harvesting  and enjoying the garden is the passion of another meeting attendee, Jenn Olt. As a local Montessori school teacher, and active mom, artist and gardener, Olt sees real value in the aesthetic and educational contribution that thriving urban gardens can make to our region.

Others in attendance are actively pursuing development of visible downtown sites for vegetable and flower gardens.  Kate Ervin and Amy Lee, South Park residents and active contributors to the urban creative and gardening scene, are pursuing their aspirations to start a small scale farm in the old Cliborne Manor site in South Park. They hope to invite participation from residents in the surrounding neighborhoods and encourage a partnership with the catering department of Miami Valley Hospital. And lastly, Carli & Hamilton Dixon, who recently acquired an urban lot on E. Third Street, intend to install raised beds for this season, and begin the process of small scale intensive growing on what used to be a parking lot, with a broader vision that includes leasing those plots to downtown residents and installing a summer kitchen for learning the art of canning and dehydrating.

Big dreams, by capable Daytonians, and the first seeds have been sown.

Submitted by Carli Dixon

Winter Art Show at Club Vex

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Club Vex presents “Winter Wonderland“, an art show featuring work from several local artists this Thursday night at 9 p.m.  Thursday nights at Vex showcases art and music from regional artisans and DJ’s.  Cover charge is only $5.

Peep the lineup below:

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What better way to cure cabin fever than a little art gawkin’ and ass shakin’?  And as always, tell em’ DaytonMostMetro.com sent ya!

Club Vex

101 South Saint Clair Street

Dayton, OH 45402-2422
(937) 222-7620

Dayton’s National Park Offers Free Films for Black History Month

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Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park will showcase two free documentaries in our Dunbar Theater on Saturday and Sunday, February 20, 21 and 27, 28.

● February 20 and 21 at 10:00am and 2:00pm – “The Tuskegee Airmen”

tuskegee-airmenThis inspiring World War II story spotlights 450 men who fought on two fronts at once. Black American aviators, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, battled Axis powers in Europe and North Africa and then took on racism at home. Trained by the segregated military system as an experiment to see if blacks could fly in combat, these pilots made more than 15,000 sorties and 1,500 missions. Their success led to the integration of the U.S. armed forces.

untitled● February 27 and 28 at 10:00am and 2:00pm – “Harlem Renaissance”
In the 1920s, African-American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary flourished in Harlem, NY. This cultural movement redefined African-American expression. Music became the centerpiece that this movement was built around, launching an artistic awakening rather than a social revolt.

These movies are free and open to the public and can be viewed at the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center, located at 16 South Williams Street.

For more information, call the National Park Service at 937-225-7705.

He stood tall by sitting down: A noted civil rights protagonist vists Dayton

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13Fifty years ago this month, four African-American college students entered a Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth’s retail store, walked up to the segregated lunch counter, and calmly sat down in stools reserved exclusively for white patrons.

Although they were refused service (blacks had to stand and eat) and the police were called in, the students sat quietly for the remainder of the day until the store closed.  The men returned to the counter for the next three days –  each day facing increasingly difficult, often violent, opposition from many who attempted to disrupt their efforts.

By the fourth day, over 300 students from area colleges and high schools had joined the demonstration, protesting the segregation practices of the department store, and asserting their rights to equal treatment for African-Americans.  Tensions escalated between black demonstrators and many white citizens and a bomb scare resulted in the closing of the store for two weeks.  The store desegregated the lunch counter several months later.

Inspired by the Greensboro sit-in, neighboring towns throughout North Carolina initiated their own sit-ins. The Woolworth protest had attracted national media attention, and ignited a trend of non-violent collective activism against racial injustice, particularly in the southern states.

mccain_linkFranklin McCain, Sr., one of those “Greensboro Four”, will present “He Sat Down So That We Could Stand Up,” an intimate retelling of his memories of those historic days that ignited a movement.

McCain will speak on February 15, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., at Wright State University, Millet Hall Atrium.  The event is free and open to the public.

“He Sat Down So That We Could Stand Up,” is sponsored by Wright State University’s Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center and Office of Enrollment Management, Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, and the Greater Dayton Baptist Pastors’ and Ministers’ Union.

For additional information about this event, please contact Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center at (937)775-5645.

Adventure Summit Volunteer Orientation, Feb 17 or 22

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images-78Five Rivers MetroParks and Wright State University are seeking dedicated, enthusiastic individuals to help at The Adventure Summit. Volunteer opportunities are available for everyone from the novice hiker to the expert outdoor person. The only requirement is that you are willing to have a great time while being immersed in outdoor culture. Volunteers will leave knowing they have promoted an active, healthy lifestyle in the region and have contributed to making Dayton “The Adventure Capital of the Midwest!”

To learn more about volunteer opportunities at the event, please attend one of thse Adventure Summit Orientations:

Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Monday, Feb. 22 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Held at the Outdoor Recreation Department office at 224 N. St. Clair Street, Dayton, Ohio. Pizza will be served. Registration requested; walk-ins welcome.

Contact Rachel Brand at (937) 564-5431.

Shifts available within the following windows:
Thursday, March 4, 10 am – 5 pm
Friday, March 5, 10 am – 9 pm
Saturday, March 6, 9 am – 8 pm

Volunteer Opportunities Include:
Autograph Session Support
Classroom Ambassador
Exhibitor Support Team
General Event Set-up
General Event Tear Down
Headquarters
Volunteer Registration
Exhibitor Registration
Presenter Registration
Volunteer Getaway Supervisor
Information Central
Merchandise Sales
Greeter
Guide
Key Note Program Usher
MetroParks Booth Ambassador
Pool
Registration/Waivers
Program Support
Spirit Crew

Future Land Use Policy in the Dayton Region

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gpP2CalendarIconThe Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) is seeking public input for the second phase of the Going Places Initiative – an exploration of future land use opportunities for the region.

Phase II of Going Places – An Integrated Land Use Vision for the Miami Valley Region will build future land-use scenarios and evaluate scenario impacts. MVRPC will host seven upcoming community-based workshops in Montgomery County.

Workshops will be held at the Centerville Police Department on February 18; at the Englewood Government Center on February 25; at the Huber Heights Board of Education building on March 4; at the West Carrollton High School Auditorium lobby on March 10; at the Fairmont High School commons area on March 18; at the Center for Regional Cooperation on March 31; and at the Friendship Village Convocation Room on April 7. All these meetings will run from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

Julie Black, a regional planner for MVRPC, said the aim of the workshops are to engage the general public in the future land use themes and scenarios development project.

Please visit www.mvrpc.org/rlu or www.facebook.com/GoingPlacesMV for additional information.