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Hmmm...I think I'm attracted to the square pieces...Cassano's, Marion's, Joe's Pizzeria, and Donato's...but they do tend to be a bit small...Of the options I guess I have to go with the 6, but I'm liking the 72 degree option...I might have to ask for that sometime when I order a pizza from one of these non-square places and see what response I get

Word is that the Arby's and Lee's Chicken on Brown Street at Stewart Street (near UD) are coming down for a new retail and residential development (street level retial with housing for grad students above is what I have heard but haven't heard anything official on this project).

I think it might be just a bit cost prohibitive to move the dam

In talking with the people that I know from MeadWestvaco and New Page, they seem to pretty much agree with what you've said, PrfctTimeOfDay. I interned in the Consumer and Office Products Division in 2001...it's a totally different place today.

RIVERSCAPE RIVER PARK PUBLIC INPUT MEETING When: Thursday, March 30 @ 7pm Where: Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark Auditorium 1301 E Siebenthaler Ave. Please spread the word about this important meeting and show up with friends and neighbors in tow to share your ideas and help guide the future of the downtown riverfront. http://www.daytonwaterpark.com/ Sorry about the size of these...

That poor courthouse...i mean, how could anyone ever have thought that was a good idea? Everytime I go to Defiance, I am surprised that downtown Defiance isn't nicer. I think one problem may be that since they are a "larger small-town" they have a mall and other big box stores that have sucked the life from downtown for longer than and to a greater extent than other smaller towns. Also, any word if the GM plant in Defiance is in danger of closing?

I've always felt that Bryan was a nice little town. One of those nice All-American main street kinda towns. And yes, nice courthouse indeed.

Born and raised in Mercer, Montgomery and Hamilton for college, and now Montgomery again

Not a surpise, considering the fate of the Days Inn condo conversion (they ended up renting them instead of selling them as condos). Also, I spoke with a current resident of "The Metropolitan" last week and they said that only two or three units had been sold. Dayton Towers drops condo conversion bid By Margo Rutledge Kissell Dayton Daily News DAYTON | The former Dayton Towers will remain as an apartment building instead of being turned into condominiums, residents learned Friday. "We're all delighted," said Arnold Coonrad, 73, who has lived in a 10th-floor apartment there for four years.

Doesn't Xavier already own the land? However, now that they own the Zumbiel plant, maybe that will change their plans for development of the corner of Dana and Montgomery. Does the the Zumbiel property make the BASF property contiguious with the rest of campus?

The article also fails to mention that Joey Eric has moved out of the Cannery to a location on Brown Street near UD. What's going on at the Cannery? Did they jack up the rent? BTW, the owner of Square One and Therapy Cafe said his business are doing better than ever.

I hope the lobbying went well. Sounds like a great program!

Good job Kenny B!

Good lord...will people quit there bitching? 81% of voters in the township approved P&G's expansion plan. Move on.

I completely agree.

It's probably best I just don't say anything. :whip:

You have just perfectly described the local Dayton newscasts.

If it is the old BASF site at Dana and Montgomery you are talking about, here are a couple of old articles about it, but nothing new.... From 2000 http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2000/03/05/loc_former_basf_site_to.html From 2003 http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2003/09/29/story8.html Maybe this Keystone project will have some spillover effect and get something going on this site.

Are you talking about Dana and Montgomery?

I know grasscat already posted the site plan and rendering, but it might be easier to see in this PDF

LOL... I do not like the name either--but oh well, I guess that is minor.

Wow. Hard to pick just one. I guess I might go with Steele High School. I just love how stately it looks overlooking the river. And it sure beats the parking garage that stands there now. Actually the garage has been closed and eventually they want to tear it down and develop the site for business use...like the Relizon site. The way Dayton's business climate is,though, I'm not expecting it to happen real soon. Some runners-up... At least some of the housing in the downtown area that was torn down for parking lots, highways, and other urban renewal projects. Unfortunately many of these are now surface parking lots. Some more of the canal era buildings The top half of the Odd Fellows Temple on Third Street...the bottom half is still standing. It was built in 1870 The Central Engine House on Fifth and Brown Streets was built in 1885

My partner and I as well as our friend and her husband like to take the occasional weekend getaway. This is one of our favorites...we've done this one twice, the latest time being last weekend. Darke County is also very convenient for us locationwise, as they live in Lima and we live in Dayton. I look forward to some other Ohio weekend getaways that some of you will hopefully share.... We started the weekend with a trip to Union City, Indiana (Union City is split by the state line so there is a Union City, Ohio and Union City, Indiana) to visit a Ghyslain, a French chocolatier. We ate a light lunch there and spending mas dinero on the most gorgeous hand-painted chocolates and also desserts. Literally so beautiful, you feel bad for eating it. After pigging out and getting a tour (they don't produce on the weekend, but it was still neat to see their operation), we headed to downtown Union City for a little antique shopping, then headed to the hotel (The Inn at Versailles) to unload the car and get changed. The hotel was nice...our room wasn't anything fancy, but they do have nicer rooms. We got a room with 2 bedrooms, a living room, and little dining area for $150 a night, plus a $40 voucher for dinner and some other goodies, by signing up for the "Sweetheart Deal." It was off to our next stop.....The Winery at Versailles! We had fantastic wine, fantastic times, and this time got a personal tour from the owner herself! After a few hours guzzling vino, off we go to dinner at the hotel's European bistro style restaurant--Michael Anthony's at The Inn. As always, the food was delicious, fancy but casual. The next day started out with a trip to Bear's Mill! A restored and working grist mill from 1848, we spent a short (it was freezing) but interesting time checking out the four story mill and admiring the scenery--would love to go back in the fall. After buying a few neat items in the mill's gift shop we headed into Greenville for the "Kitchenaid Experience"!!! Yes that's right, the Kitchenaid Experience. Apparently the KitchenAid factory that makes those excellent-though expensive-wedding gift mainstay stand mixers is based in Greenville, Ohio (KitchenAid is now part of Whirlpool Corp. but was originally part of Troy, Ohio based Hobart). The downtown KitchenAid Experience store was very nicely redone and all products are at the guaranteed lowest prices, plus they have factory refurbs even cheaper. Also, we were lucky participants in one of the daily cooking demonstrations--this month's theme is chocolate! We watched a demonstration and ate chocolate covered everything. Wow, I just realized exactly how much chocolate we ate that weekend! Also, if you go during the week the actual KitchenAid factory offers tours. So, about this time the hunger pangs started to set in and we asked....where can we go for a hometown cheap meal? MAIDRITE! Famous not only for their loose meat sandwiches, but world famous for having an entire outside wall completely covered in chewed gum. Wrigley's, Bubblicious, Trident--you name it--GUM. Gum from yesterday, gum from 1989, gum from 1952! Its cool and repugnant all at the same time. We ate like pigs, and really had a good "greasy spoon" lunch! Also, Annie Oakley is from Darke County and buried there so we stopped by the cemetery in which she is buried. So there you have it...a great Ohio weekend getaway. Ghyslain Chocolate de Beaux Arts - http://www.ghyslain.com Union City Antiques Mall - 765-964-3203 The Inn at Versailles - http://www.innatversailles.com Sweetheart packages @ http://www.innatversailles.com/A55969/inn.nsf/daily/Hotel%20Information The Winery at Versailles - http://www.wineryatversailles.com/ Michael Anthony's at The Inn - http://www.innatversailles.com/A55969/inn.nsf/menu.html Bear's Mill - http://www.bearsmill.com/ KitchenAid Experience - http://www.kitchenaid.com/custserv/experience.jsp KitchenAid Factory Tour - http://www.kitchenaid.com/custserv/experience_map.jsp MaidRite - http://www.datasync.com/~w8je/maidrite.html Annie Oakley Grave - http://www.ohiohistory.org/etcetera/exhibits/ohiopix/image.cfm?ID=306

Planning, teamwork converge at Austin Center By Stephanie Irwin Dayton Daily News MIAMI TWP., MONTGOMERY COUNTY | Austin Center, the new name given to the three road projects and the prime available real estate surrounding the Austin Pike/Interstate 75 interchange, should start its commercial transformation in 2007. But Austin Center will not be a massive strip center. Any big-box store that comes knocking will get a "No thank you" from the five townships and counties and other project partners that wrote a major land use plan to develop the 1,200 acres of open land southwest of the Dayton Mall that are criss-crossed by Austin Pike, I-75, Springboro Pike and Byers Road. Center's goals Relieve traffic congestion at the following intersections: Ohio 741 and Ohio 725; I-75 and Ohio 725; I-675 and Ohio 725. Improve access to I-75. Build up Wright Brother Airport in Miami Twp. Economic develoment of prime, vacant land. Protect and build Montgomery County tax base.

Roosevelt can be either phoenix or flop By Cathy Mong Dayton Daily News DAYTON | "Roosevelt is the heartbeat of this part of Dayton," said Roger Radcliffe, a manager of operations for Dayton city schools said of the long-closed high school building. His job enables the retired Michigan state trooper who moved to the city to join his wife, an elementary school principal, to traverse several properties, including Roosevelt, his favorite. View the full article here: http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/0226rooseveltinit.html