It appears that the new Governor-Elect Ted Strickland has already begun plans to help revitalize Ohio’s urban cores – including Dayton. This is certainly a step in the right direction – check it out and tell us what you think….
Community
City of Dayton Initiates Unprecedented Downtown Redevelopment Project
Having lived in Downtown Dayton for three years, this is certainly something we’ve been anticipating for some time now.
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Massive development in works for downtown Dayton – Dayton Business Journal:
I had heard through the grapevine that Mandalay Entertainment Group was talking about developing around Fifth Third Field – now it is at least semi-official.
Mandalay Entertainment Group owns the Dayton Dragons, along with four other minor league baseball teams and a sizable number of entertainment and sports ventures. In other words, if they say they are thinking about developing a $200 million project, it isn’t the typical lip service we are used to hearing in Dayton. It will be interesting to see how this develops….
By: Yvonne Teems
Dayton Business Journal
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Nameless, Faceless & Homeless
Regarding the homeless standing outside The Other Place, in an editorial in the Dayton Daily News, Benjamin Schuster was quoted as saying
Feedings in the Parks
MSNBC has published an article that is printed in the November 6th Newsweek edition that highlights the controversy in many U.S. cities about feeding the homeless in public parks.
