May 8, 2024 – Downtown Dayton has two hotels today, offering about 230 hotel rooms, and local tourism and business leaders say it needs far more than that. They could soon get their wish. Multiple boutique hotel projects are making progress, including the long-delayed Hotel Ardent, and could more than double the amount of hotel product downtown. There’s also work …
Miami Valley Urban League opens space at Dayton Arcade, works on poverty issues
April 23, 2024 – The Miami Valley Urban League made its move to the Dayton Arcade official, opening its space at the building’s Innovation Hub this week. “Today it marks a milestone for the Urban League in continuing our work here in Dayton,” said Nikol Miller, executive director of Miami Valley Urban League. The Miami Valley Urban League is moving …
Entrepreneurs Center gets $150,000 to support small businesses
April 11, 2024 – Montgomery County has awarded The Entrepreneurs Center $150,000 to boost companies focused on tech and innovation. The center will use the Creative Technologies Business Grant to support tech businesses, including patent attorneys, sales consultants and accounting firms. Scott Koorndyk, the president of the Dayton Entrepreneurs’ Center, said these grants will help small businesses offset the costs of operations. …
Entrepreneurs’ Center, University of Dayton partnership growing in the restored Arcade
March 21, 2024 – The partnership between the Entrepreneurs’ Center and the University of Dayton plays a critical role in supporting the local business ecosystem as well as providing experiential opportunities for local college students, and its role has expanded as Year 3 of the Hub approaches.
6888 Kitchen incubator opens first phase in the Dayton Arcade with eight small businesses
March 1, 2024 – A long-awaited kitchen and small business incubator at the Dayton Arcade has opened its doors, hosting eight small culinary businesses. 6888 (pronounced “Six Triple Eight”) Kitchen, located at 32 S. Ludlow Street in Dayton, is a food business incubator that provides training, business support, and commercial kitchen space for under-resourced food entrepreneurs.
‘Move Dayton forward;’ New non-profit hopes to grow businesses and create jobs
February 21, 2024 – A trio of African American entrepreneurs are using the past to inspire the future, in hopes of rebuilding the city. They are launching the 6888 Kitchen in Downtown Dayton, to help small food businesses grow and create jobs.
Downtown Dayton projects get millions in tax credits from state
January 30, 2024 – A step forward for development in Downtown Dayton. Ohio has announced millions of dollars in tax credits for projects within the city. The Dayton Arcade Redevelopment Project is eligible for nearly $14 million in tax credits thanks to the state’s Transformational Mixed-Use Development Program.
Arcade, other big downtown Dayton projects get millions in state tax credits
January 29, 2024 – A couple projects that seek to reactivate large commercial properties in downtown Dayton have won millions of dollars in special state tax credits that are reserved for catalytic investments. Members of a team that is rehabbing the Dayton Arcade have been awarded nearly $14 million in tax credits from the state’s Transformational Mixed-Use Development Program.
2024 is ‘promising year’ for Downtown Dayton development
January 8, 2024 – More than $225 million in development projects are expected to be completed in downtown Dayton this year. 2024 will bring new apartments, new employers, and new retail space to the city. Katie Meyer, president of the Downtown Dayton Partnership, said in 2023, visits to downtown recovered around 80% since before the pandemic. “We’re on the right …
Dayton’s startup ecosystem is thriving thanks to success of local entrepreneurs
January 2, 2024 – A Dayton-based economic development organization that fosters and empowers the development and growth of the region’s entrepreneurs is riding the success of a record year. But it’s on to bigger and better things as the organization gears up for new approaches to support the next wave of businesses. Scott Koorndyk, president of the Entrepreneurs’ Center (EC), …