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Dayton’s low self-esteem
Invented in Dayton: Rob Lowe
While Kevin Bacon made the concept of 6 degrees of separation famous, Dayton should be famous for 1.2 degrees of…
The Yellow Bike test balloon
Several years ago I proposed that Dayton join Denver in being one of the first to roll out the BCycle bike share…
Why Dayton needs to stop acting like a city in decline
Last night, I had the honor of attending the Dayton Public Schools Superintendent’s Scholars ceremony for kids…
Dayton Business Journal likes my comments
In a kind of bogus way, the Dayton Business Journal has taken its “readers comments” and used them…
Dayton Public Schools and the state report card
If I ran a dating site and described each member by height, weight, and eye color and nothing else, how many people do…
A Dayton Daily News boycott?
Yesterday I heard it three times- “I’m boycotting the Dayton Daily News” – I don’t want…
How a connected neighborhood works
One of the reasons South Park works as a neighborhood is that we know and trust our neighbors. When my mother wanted…
Dayton gets national press for wrong thing (again)
Over 20 years ago I was sitting on a dive boat with some people from NYC. I was telling them about my house I bought…
Let’s be original: the “Creative Class” reset
It seems we’ve been snookered. Richard Florida of “The Rise of the Creative Class” fame, is now…

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