It’s great in Dayton

Why the South Park Historic District is the best place to live in Dayton

I bought my home on January 28, 1986. That was also the day the space shuttle Challenger blew up. $14,500 for 1700 square feet of Victorian wood frame home. A 2 car detached garage, fenced in yard for the dog- and a lot of work staring me in the face. Seven years of living with Read More

A local search that worked!

I was planning on taking a picture of the new Five Rivers MetroParks billboards that are popping up all over town- to say- yeah! someone in Dayton finally understands the difference between an ad- and a grocery list posing as an ad. Then I saw in today’s DDN Neighbors section that Beth Miller, formerly of Read More

Dayton as a sport tourism mecca?

There was nothing in the Dayton Daily News today- amazing, since all three county commissioners were in attendance, the county director of economic development, the head of the Montgomery County Convention and Visitors Bureau- the list goes on. (I know, I was there doing something positive- so they would never breathe a word!). So- here Read More

Here comes the Dayton Sports Czar – and Sportsplex too?

I was lucky enough to have County Commissioner Dan Foley buy me (and about 29 other people) lunch today- to discuss what we can do to build Dayton into a Sport Tourism Destination. Bob Steinbach from MVRPC was the facilitator (I am starting to think he’s the only one in town doing this- he’s at Read More

Art, strawberries and Roller Girls

Much as I think the Nutter Center made a huge mistake bumping their premier tenant, the Bombers, off tonight’s date for the Gem City Roller Girls– you can catch the roller derby action tonight. It’s fun and funky- not anywhere near as good as hockey- but, it’s something to do in Dayton. For those of Read More

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