It’s a new year- and it’s time for some new ideas. Sure, Monday, Gary Leitzell gets sworn in as Mayor of Dayton, but Dayton city isn’t Dayton greater. Who is our champion and where will they take us? In a roundabout way, Greg Hunter and David Esrati talk about what our best foot forward should Read More
The recent Kettering Health Network move in Greene County had me thinking of what impact a new health campus might have on Montgomery County. What happens when doctors, who work at Kettering- want to move to Beavercreek- so that they won’t have to pay income taxes? A giant sucking sound? Possibly. One of the reasons Read More
There is a hockey rink off Austin Road, but you wouldn’t know about it unless you play. It’s in an old tennis barn, and it’s one of the coldest rinks I’ve ever played in. The boards are catywampus, the stands are just aluminum bleachers, and the locker rooms could double as a meat locker, but Read More
The City Folk festival, the Fourth of July fireworks- both bring a lot of people downtown, but they don’t make international news or bring people from outside the area into town. Urban nights is happy when they get 10,000 people to show up. Maybe we should take a lesson from Auckland New Zealand: WELLINGTON Reuters Read More
I think the thing that bothers me most about the Dayton City Commission- and our city hall in general, is that other than John Gower in Planning, no one seems to bring forward new ideas, innovative ideas, on their own – and tries to make them fly. It’s a siege mentality downtown, and has been Read More
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