Sa Bai

Dreams of selling pot brownies out of City Hall’s building

The City of Dayton is the worst real estate speculator in the region. They also aren’t very honest about what “they” own (I say “they” because it’s the taxpayers that foot the bill). Recently there was an article about a building at 15 McDonough St. behind Garden Station that they owned and leased part of to Read More

Instant economic development: Food Truck Fridays

[Full disclosure, my firm The Next Wave has done work for Tonia and Joe Fish in the past. She spreads her work around, so there is no ongoing relationship.] Last night, there was a long line at the Zombie Dogz food truck, which was the first truck of food truck row, lined up in a Read More

The untold story of the Sa-Bai failure

Reading last Thursday’s DDn article about the failed gamble with the giveaway lease price to Sa-Bai, you’d think that even if the city got the building back, they somehow did OK because the Cincinnati-based tenant, Chanaka DeLanerolle,  did “$200,000” in build out: Dayton city officials strongly defended the lease, saying it was worth the gamble to Read More

Sa-Bai is bye-bye

Sa-Bai was another instance of the City of Dayton trying to play developer. The space, formerly Chins, then Chins and Elbos, then just Elbos, then empty- was leased to an operator out of Cincinnati at a bargain basement rate. They took a real long time opening. Of course, if you were Thai 9 right around Read More

Sabai banner offering $1 sushi- a sure sign of impending closure

An Indictment: Why wholesale change is needed on the Dayton City Commission

It is time to remove the Democratic Party faithful from power on the Dayton City Commission. Nan Whaley, Dean Lovelace, Joey Williams and Matt Joseph have sat on a commission that has been blindly grasping for solutions to our fair city’s challenges. Ask for what their signature contributions over their multiple terms are and be Read More

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