July 1, 2024 – Recent work by four of the Miami Valley’s best-known and well-respected artists is currently being showcased at The Contemporary Dayton. Artists Katherine Kadish and David Leach are featured in an exhibit entitled “Crossroads.” In addition to their individual work that’s on display, the two have collaborated on two new monoprints for this exhibition. A monoprint combines …
Dream Big Award – 6888 Kitchen Incubator
May 20, 2024 – When local entrepreneurs Charlynda Scales, Dabriah Rice, and Jamaica White were connected through the Downtown Dayton Partnership the trio shared one very strong belief.. downtown Dayton has a desperate need for a shared commercial kitchen. After four and a half years of hard work and determination, their dream became a reality when 6888 Kitchen Incubator opened …
Downtown Dayton hotels: Ardent, Arcade, Wayne church sites could open in 2024-25
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.