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Yeah, that would probably be a good idea for here, but unfortunatley I had a lot of things to do that day and I just wanted to make sure the economy hadn't derailed this project yet. Although there was much sarcasm scattered throughout I assume it is going in a timely fashion and the first stage of housing, stores, offices, etc. will be complete by 2011? This will be really cool for all of S.W. Ohio, and put a new face on Daytonnati's (apologies if "Daytonnati" offends anyone) status as the 14th largest metro area in the nation, once it's complete. So... Cool!!!! Thanks for the update, everyone!

Sorry, but agreed. The economy can't support such things now, and whatever you'd get would be cheap infill. Great idea for the fiuture, though!

I don't really have the time to read all 121 pages of this, or for taht matter any of this, so sorry if it's a stupid question. but... Is the Banks still going to happen? Or is it dead in the water?

Due to the non-response in this thread, I will not post similar threads for other cities, and instead slowly let this thread die.

Awesome. It looks like it was a lot of fun. Needs a little more publicity, though, so I would have known about it!

Man, I want some ribs now. Thanks again for reminding us why Dayton is awesome, Jeffery!

Absolutely awesome thread, Jeffery. Nice to see the near eastside on such a nice fall day. What event was that anyway?

Okay, just so I don't flood this board, I'll probably launch 1-2 of those other 6 threads I promised every day that I'm online, instead of in one big lump.

We've had our share of bad news in Ohio over the past couple years, so I thought it might be kind of cool to create this thread for our top 7 metro areas. News can be big or small so long as it's postitve. So, here's a couple of good things around Dayton recently: _________________________________________________________________ Aerospace firm seeks Moraine growth Dayton Business Journal - by Jacob Dirr DBJ Staff Reporter A joint venture between a local and a Phoenix-based company could yield about 25 new jobs in Moraine during the next three to five years. The venture, which spawned a new company called CSafe LLC in September, is a partnership between Arizona-based AmSafe Inc. and Moraine-based AcuTemp Thermal Systems. AmSafe has more than 1,000 employees throughout the country and AcuTemp has about 50 in Moraine. CSafe will occupy about 20,000 square feet in a facility on Springboro Road West in Moraine, said Brian Kohr, president of AcuTemp and acting general manager of CSafe. Ohio will provide $132,000 in tax credits, for the $220,000 project. E-mail [email protected]. Call (937) 528-4424 __________________________________________________________________ $1.5B in construction on tap in ’09 Dayton Business Journal - by Tom Demeropolis DBJ Staff Reporter Ken Herr, vice president of corporate development for Shook National Corp., said the total may be even higher, if highway construction and development work is added. “It’s been fortunate for the community. There is a lot of work in the Greater Dayton area,” Herr said. Health care, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and education have been the drivers behind the commercial construction boom. The top projects in the region all center around one of those three sectors. With so many big-dollar projects going on, builders said this year will keep them busy. It’s 2010 and beyond that they are worried about. E-mail [email protected]. Call (937) 528-4427

The steel city building is absolutely ridiculous. Still, its awesome.

Ah, home sweet home. I remember driving through all the time, and I can honestly say that Richie's Pawn Shop is what I remember best since it's right off Verity Parkway. Awesome shots, though! If Madison Twp. ever gets developed, it might ahve a bright future, since it wouldn't have a bad rep. in suburbia like downtown Dayton does.

That's not cool! hippies+christian nazarines= yellow springs turning into a ideologically hateful hellhole! I think that YS is way too embedded in the hippie spirit to have a conservative christian university open up. Seriously, it's hard to get more 70's hippie than Yellow Springs. We have enough conservatives around here, much less without our only liberal hippie outpost falling as well. Noooooooooooo! If they are going to reuse it, can't they put in a branch of a university like Kalamazoo or Oberlin (or a new Antioch)? That would work real well there.

NCR maintains, 'Dayton is our headquarters' Is long-term marriage now long-distance relationship? By Thomas Gnau Staff Writer Sunday, January 25, 2009 DAYTON — On a recent afternoon, Jeff Opt, a staffer at NCR's Dayton archives, pressed keys on a Class 500 cash register built by National Cash Register when Woodrow Wilson lived in the White House. When the register's bell clanged, echoing off the archive's fourth-floor walls, Opt smiled. ...

Better yet, why don't we just all move the Peachtree City, Georgia, where those 400 or so NCR jobs that should be in Dayton went, and we can all revel in the magnificent wonders of driving around in golf carts in our exurban, environment killing and comlpetely irrespnsible stepford-wifeish hell hole? Maybe while we're at it, we can get out our telescopes and look at Atlanta's skyline from 50 miles away and then drive to our "downtown" and eat a humongous portion of cheesecake. Stretch pants, here we come! Sorry if that comment was offensive to anyone, but people need to understand the fact that the only way we are going to save our mid sized cities like Dayton and Akron is to make sure that the population of our major metro areas don't look like Krispy-Kreme Original doughnuts. The center need to be strong, or else the fringe will rot quickly, as we have seen in Detroit. Maybe this rotting will be delayed for a while due to the economic crisis, but when it ends, we need to make sure that our cities are well-positioned and have good assets for people to be drawn to. The reason why it is so important to get our act together now is because of the fact that for the first time since Kennedy, we have a true northern urbanite in office. The potential for having a president that is sensitive to urban needs coming at a time when our economy needs some severe stimulus is exponential. Now, our city leaders need to make sure that they don't screw up this once-in-a-generation opportunity.

I don't know about the idea of free parking (free parking= no money for garage matinence= hooker heaven), and the "lakes" seem really stupid. If we want Dayton back, I agree with the eminent domain/ cheap sale of well-placed property downtown. I think that if the city of Dayton put up a levy issue for the "renewal of downtown" with no specifics presented to the voters, it would fail, but if specific locations were targeted as "redevelopment hotspots" where the city would make large claims through the use of eminent domain, and practically give this land they purchased to developers with a minimal amount of strings attached, I think that we would be pleasently suprised by the output, and such an issue would pass. Dayton is probably the biggest sleeeper city in our state, maybe even the Great Lakes region, and few see the great potential that lies here in our rivers, bike trails, aviation and military heritage, our entrepreneurial heritage, and our stellarly-placed central location. It's been a while since we've had the great output of minds, inventions, and ideas that we had a century ago, but without the right initiatives , we can guarantee that they will never come back. Also, another suggestion: - Create an Aileron University through a partnership with the University of Dayton's school of business (specifically its entrepreneurship program), the Antioch College Continuation Corporation, the Aileron Institute, local and regional entrepreneurs to create a new, small, selective college that offers undergraduate programs in areas taht made the city of Dayton great to begin with (Entrepreneurship, Inventive thought, management, urban studies, public policy, engineering etc.- you can see what direction I'm going with this) It would have to have a more liberal arts feel to it, and it would have to be top notch. It would also have to teach its students how to think effectively and outside the box, like how most good liberal arts schools try to do. One of its advantages on paper- its location in Downtown Dayton. I actually think this might have a shot st working, so someday hopefully it happens. Education would be the best place to start revitilazation.

Thank god this died! Most moronic project since Jesus on the freeway an exit up.

Stonequarry Crossings signs first project (from a Vandalia city bulletin newsletter) A Vandalia company with plans to expand operations will become the first to build in Stonequarry Crossings. Manufactured Assemblies Corporation (MAC) has announced plans to build a 40,000 square foot office/manufacturing facility on a four-acre site at Stonequarry Crossings. Established in 1976, MAC manufactures electronic and mechanical assemblies, such as cable assemblies and wire harnesses. The company is currently located on Webster Street in Vandalia. Stonequarry Crossings is a 200-acre mixed use development on Vandalia’s west end. It is situated between Peters Pike, Airport Access Road, National Road and Stonequarry Road. The land was purchased by the City of Vandalia in 2005. Vandalia Assistant City Manager Rob Anderson said the decision by MAC to build in Stonequarry Crossings is welcome news for many reasons. “First and foremost, we’re always very happy when a Vandalia company chooses to stay and grow in Vandalia,” he said. “MAC looked at sites all over the Miami Valley, but ultimately decided that the best place for their business is where it’s been all along.” Anderson said the announcement is also good news in that it gives development efforts at Stonequarry Crossings some momentum. “We knew all along that this would be an exceptional opportunity for a company like MAC,” he said. “When you consider the proximity to the airport and the interstate, the availability of all utilities, and the fact that this is a greenfield site, it’s an option that’s difficult to pass on.” The building will be constructed using brick and stone. Other projects at Stonequarry Crossings will use similar materials. Plans call for construction to begin before the end of the year with completion scheduled for early 2009. An artist’s rendering of Stonequarry Crossings’ “first resident.” Construction is to begin by year’s end with a 2009 completion date. Also UCplanner- I agree this isn't the the best concept, since I would say that industrial should be strictly off limits and they should have a heavier focus on large office and destination retail (Northside Dayton doesn't really have any). Also, they should have looked into annexing up to Dog Leg road to the west from Butler Twp. so this development could at least pretend to be cohesive. This is going to be developed by Vandalia itself, I believe, and Northwoods is strictly an industrial park, so kind of a moronic idea considering that Dayton probably has one of the highest industrial vacancy rates anywhere. Still, this could be a potentially major development, and this is probably the most marketable piece of land in the Dayton met. right now.

Honestly, I think that the mall is too small to stay competitive. It would be a big draw for Monroe/Liberty Township, Lebanon/Turtlecreek Township, and Franklin/Carlisle/Springboro if they upped the square footage to about a million square feet or so and brought in about 5 or 6 anchor stores. They have room for expansion if they built where the 15-year old Meijer is located, of they could incorporate in into the mall a la Cincy Mills. I know that back when I lived in Liberty Township, I always went to Middletown over the Tylersville Road hell-hole, and it will honestly be very disheartening to see this mall die.

Actually, Medway is more defined by the surrouinding developments such as Crystal Lakes and Park Layne than it is itself. Crystal Lakes was originally kind of a military, summer resort type of community, with a swimming lake and a couple of stores within walking ditance for most houses, and it was originally built in the 1930's-1940's. There is some unique arcitecture in the community, such as log houses. The houses were smallish, and now the community is home to many migrant workers and their families. Park Layne was built later and is a Huber-style community with a large shopping center, and together they have a population of roughly 3000-4000. Both of these are also close to New Carlisle, which there is a photo thread for.

Excellent, Jeffery. Your threads are one of the main reasons why I love this site so much. Rock on!

Throw in Crystal Lakes and Park Layne, and you have a whole freakin' metro area. Yee-Haw!

very funny. :shoot: Seriously, though, the reason why I put the title of the thread like that is because Dayton could have really used those jobs, and I doubt that Georgia really cares with its high rates of growth. :wink:

Exactly. Tri-County is a ghetto s*ithole, although the Penny's re-do does help. Now if they could just bulldoze Macy's and Sears and open up the area where that huge, unused parking garage is to some fresh development, then I might be a little happier with the mall. I am less familar with Northgate, but I know that it is further away, so maybe Cincy Mills would have sucked most of its business away from Tri-County if it would have survived. It will be a shame to waste Cincy Mills since it is such a nice, well-built, quality mall that would have had a lot of future if it was located a little more mainstream. I hope that the community college or vocational school students that will someday use it really appreciate it.

I never realized that Kevin Riley created Dayton Most Metro. Cool! We need people at the DDN that actually care about Dayton.

Where are they extending Cox Road to, 63 still? I thought that they wouldn't do that now with Four Bridges and all that other $400K+ housing built in the area, because I thought that the plan was to turn the area into an industrial park. However, I guess that they could do an endless office park type of deal, but that would still be too much commotion for the geniuses who thought that buying a $400,000 house with no historic value right by the interstate was such a good idea. Oh well.