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Laywers lacking imagination: Thompson Hine to move to boringville
The old joke goes: What is the difference between a lawyer and a catfish? One’s a scum sucking bottom feeder,...
The curtain is raised on the Downtown Dayton Plan
[vimeo width=”675″ height=”506″]https://vimeo.com/11837029[/vimeo] The video rocked. The...
Why is the Downtown Dayton Partnership making contributions?
I understand that the Library and the Metroparks levies (issue 40 and 4 respectively) are essential to our community...
How many master plans?
It was a question I had when I first got to Wright State and wanted to build a hockey rink (yes, I started the Raider...
Biz center opens- as real biz is ready to pack it in.
I’m not the development authority, yet in the last month, three businesses have come to me asking for help,...
Parking downtown- don’t solve the problem- build a website.
Gotta love the people at the DDP, instead of working to build standardized parking rates, signs, and create a real...
Downtown’s finally getting bigger.
I’ve always said one of the problems in Dayton is our narrow definition of Downtown. I consider South Park, UD,...
How to balance the Dayton budget- and get union cooperation
While the rest of us may have to cut our cable bill, eat meat less often, drive less and otherwise tighten our belts...
Kevin Riley: DDN Editor, a little late to the party on Downtown Dayton
I’m glad Kevin Riley finally started reading esrati.com, he’s just starting to get a grasp on what...

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