In Dayton, our solution to the big hole in our population is to decrease the number of homes. It’s a rear guard, defensive effort that puts money into the hands of the demolition contractors (who are big campaign donors) and the landfill operators. And although the analogy that starts this excerpt from Thomas Friedman is Read More
In order for Dayton to get a bike-sharing system- we will need private businesses and institutions to buy in and support it. Wright State and the University of Dayton already understand the value a bike sharing system can bring to their parking impaired institutions, once Sinclair and the Hospitals and LexisNexis buy in, we may Read More
The story won’t be available to the masses online for another week- but for those of you who subscribe to the Dayton Business Journal you can read the front-page story by Joe Cogliano looking back at Gary Leitzell’s first year as mayor. Gary likes to call himself a problem solver- and prefers to work discreetly. Read More
The City of Dayton is finally counting its pennies- and trying to manage a shrinking budget with a shrinking income. However- the direction Tim Riordan and the city commission are taking is a going-out-of-business plan- instead of a process improvement strategy. The city has cut more than $21 million from the budget since 2008 and Read More
The Brown-Warren business district used to be almost continuous from Stewart straight into downtown. I came to Dayton long after 35 slashed across the south side of Downtown creating yet another mystical barrier defining downtown as a small little island disconnected from the rest of the city. About four years ago- the powers at city Read More
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