Ronnie

I think you are referring to the 86 Lumber on Poe? That's the only lumber place I can think of around there.

Washington Street Bridge Reopens Following Reconstruction POSTED: 1:49 pm EST December 6, 2007 DAYTON, Ohio -- One of the city’s biggest bridge reconstruction projects has been completed. On Thursday, Dayton city officials gathered to dedicate the Washington Street Bridge. Officials said the bridge connects the south part of downtown Dayton to west Dayton and Edwin C. Moses Boulevard. The bridge cost $7.2 million to construct. Engineers said the bridge features three lanes of traffic, 10-foot wide side walks and lighting that will highlight the concrete arches and railing. Officials said the new bridge will carry approximately 10,000 vehicles a day, and is about 630 feet long. The old bridge which was demolished about a year and half ago was 100 years old. Officials said the old bridge was the last of Dayton’s three pioneer concrete bridges in the city. http://www.whiotv.com/news/14791330/detail.html

Not sure if I should post this here or in http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=7767.0 But this is a busy thread, so I'll post it here. If incorrect, mods please move. Thanks. Cincinnati Considers Options For Decades-Old Unfinished Subway POSTED: 11:30 am EST December 6, 2007 CINCINNATI -- It's almost a riddle: When does a city spend $2.6 million to maintain a subway tunnel system that's never been used? The answer is: When just filling the tunnels in will cost $19 million. From time to time, city officials ponder what to do with the abandoned, unfinished subway tunnels that start downtown and go north for 2.2 miles. A new study, the most comprehensive analysis of the subway in decades, recommends making some repairs and maintaining the side-by-side tunnels at a cost of $2.6 million over the next five years -- a much cheaper option than reviving the subway for modern transit cars. City engineers said in the study that it would cost about $100.5 million to make the tunnels usable for modern transit. Just filling in the tunnels would cost about $19.6 million. Either way, the city would have to spend another $14 million to relocate a 52-inch water main placed in the southbound tunnel in the 1950s, and that could require a regionwide water rate increase. "We can't just continue to pour money into these," said Martha Kelly, a principal engineer for Cincinnati. "The subway is nearing the end of its 100-year design life. So we do need to make a decision on the future of rapid transit." The tunnels are made of 100 concrete sections that were cast in place when the subway was built in the 1920s. Those sections are still in fair shape, but some of the joints between them have deteriorated. "It didn't go anywhere, but it was built well," said Councilman Chris Bortz, chairman of the Economic Development Committee, which received the engineers' report. In 1916, residents approved a $6.1 million bond issue to build a subway along the former route of the Miami and Erie Canal. But World War I intervened, and the project was abandoned in 1927 when the money ran out. Pavement was laid over the tunnels, creating downtown's Central Parkway, and the concept of mass transit gave way to expressways. As recently as 2002, voters rejected a half-cent sales tax plan that would have incorporated the tunnels into a $2.6 billion regional light rail plan parallel to Interstate 75. But even the $114 million total cost of upgrading the tunnels and moving the water main wouldn't include the subway cars or other costs, such as tracks, utilities, ventilation systems and at least three new stations at a cost of $4.5 million each. The engineers' report didn't take a position on the question of whether the region needs a mass transit system but recommended more study on how to get some use from the tunnels. Although the $2.6 million in repairs will have to come from money already allocated for street repairs, housing and other needs, Bortz said it was a "no brainer" to protect the city's investment. "Here we go again with these incredible assets that are lying fallow," Bortz said. "We keep recognizing its potential, and maybe we're getting closer to grabbing that potential." http://www.wlwt.com/news/14790068/detail.html

I'm starting to get convinced this guy has the cahuna's to really pull this off. :clap:

About time the DDN got a hold of this... Is Dayton ready for an aviation-themed park? A publicist envisions an entertainment attraction, hotel and conference center. By John Nolan Staff Writer Thursday, December 06, 2007 DAYTON — Dave Lightle, a publicist who has helped promote the region's historic aviation sites, has created his own company to promote and raise money to build an aviation-themed entertainment attraction and a similarly themed hotel and conference center. Lightle formed his company Air City Development LLC, based at 23 S. Williams St. across from the historic Wright brothers' bicycle shop, to promote the projects and has spent months pitching the concept to business leaders and others in the Dayton area. http://www.daytondailynews.com/b/content/oh/story/business/2007/12/05/ddn120607themepark.html

Ohio energy plan may include state-park drilling COLUMBUS, Ohio — Drilling for oil and natural gas in state parks is among the options Ohio lawmakers are considering as part of their debate over the state's future energy needs... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/gen/ap/OH_XGR_State_Parks_Drilling.html

Lumber Liquidators opening area store next year By Tim Tresslar Staff Writer Thursday, December 06, 2007 Lumber Liquidators, a specialty retailer of hardwood floors, will open its first Dayton area store in January, the company said. The company is opening an 8,000-square-foot location in the 400 block of Springboro Pike, Miamisburg, a space formerly occupied by a furniture store. The typical Lumber Liquidators store employs three, the company said. Based in Toano, Va., the company also has locations in Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/b/content/oh/story/business/2007/12/06/ddn120607lumberweb.html

sure the heck is, but that's NOT Cincinnati it's at. lol looks like someone decided to use it on top of their imaginary commercial city.

RTA may raise fares, cut service Trustees look to deal with a $1.7 million deficit in their 2008 operating budget; a hearing is slated Dec. 13. Listen to this article or download audio file.Click-2-Listen By Lynn Hulsey Staff Writer Wednesday, December 05, 2007 DAYTON — Greater Dayton RTA trustees must carve $1.7 million out of next year's operating budget, and it's pretty clearly going to come at the expense of riders. Under consideration: increasing the current $1.25 adult bus fare to as much as $1.50; eliminating free transfers; and raising the Project Mobility fare to $3, which is a $1 increase. ....... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/12/04/ddn120507rta.html

I think UncleRando does fine enough without being a mod. If he gets full mod powers, all the other mods will be out of a job.

I nominate myself as the ColDayMan Mod, so I can delete out all his corrections to my posts. :jo:

Ah yes, sorry. I was messing that up with King's Dominion which is where it's actually going. My mind is in winter phase now. Thanks for the correction. Corrected.

Thanks Billy! Wow, I didn't get all this. They're really serious about this, aren't they? But please...reinvigorate Riverside?? What's there to reinvigorate? It's a suburb...a small one at best. There was never anything there to begin with. Not too mention something of this magnitude in Riverside would be just plain silly looking. If this guy gets the needed funding, Dayton better bust their butt off to get this downtown. I would be very disappointed to see this go up anywhere else.

Maybe old news as a rumor, but nothing is set in stone until I see a press release, I had my sneaky suspicions when I saw a B&M rep walking around that area with park management back in June. But rumor back at that time was KI might be getting Dominator from GL. This pretty much confirms a new B&M will be coming, not the Dominator as was previously thought...which is cool. Firehawk is alright, but I don't want KI getting just leftovers and hand-me-downs. :bang:

New B&M hypercoaster slated for 2009? I have been following this for a while now. I usually don't follow rumors too much, but sources are starting to gain strength and it looks to be a sure bet for 2009 that a B&M hypercaster will be going up between Italian Job and the Beast over the lake. It also looks like the Racers and the Beast will be getting the trains from the Raging Wolf Bobs and Villian at Geauga Lake. Apparently the trains are already there and have been for some time. I have long thought the Premiere trains on the Beast sucked. Hopefully these will track better. U can read more at... http://www.screamscape.com/html/kings_island.htm

I was looking at this article again in the biz, but I don't think I'm seeing it all as I'm not a paid subscriber. :? Does anyone have access to the entire article? If so, can u post it here? Thanks.

Evenflo moving to Miamisburg from Vandalia By Tim Tresslar Staff Writer Tuesday, December 04, 2007 Baby products manufacturer Evenflo Co. Inc. said Tuesday it will relocate its world headquarters to Miamisburg from Vandalia, taking 150 jobs with it. The company will set up shop in the former Huffy Building, 225 Byers Road. Plans call for Evenflo to move to Miamisburg during second quarter 2008, a news release states. Rob Matteucci, chief executive officer of Evenflo, said the company looked at several options including offers from other geographic areas. However, the former Huffy building will give the company ample space to house its corporate and administrative offices under one roof. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/b/content/oh/story/business/2007/12/04/ddn120407evenfloweb.html

True...true. It's late :drunk:

It's my understanding this would primarily be a privately funded project. Not sure though.

I had the same thought about Mendelson's when I was driving around today. Could this be the proposed location? The building is up for sale, is it not? As for Dayton being a tourist destination, no it's not. But really no city in Ohio is. But Cleveland does do very with the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, Columbus with COSI, and the Air Force Museum here in Dayton even does pretty decent. I also don't think mass tourism is what this is about. More like to something for Dayton to have that's unique only to Dayton. Almost every mid-size city is doing something like this to try and revive their CBD. I read up on the company that wants to develop this and they are the ones responsible for the new hotel and future entertainment complex being developed over in Riverside by the museum entrance. That is progressing very slowly, so I really don't see this project taking shape anyway.

This can't be good. If the zoning got approved for this, they would be jumping up and down and reporting this all over the news I would think. Zoning meeting not go well perhaps? Anyone here part of the zoning commission that could shed some light on this??

I think sometimes people forget even though Dayton is not NY or LA, it is however still around a 1 mill metropolitan region with one of the largest downtowns for a city with only 160,000 residents anywhere. It's not like they want to build this in Lima. There was a time in the 70's when downtown was booming. Highrises were getting built left and right, shoppers were everywhere and downtown was just a busy place in general. If Dayton can get everything going with Caresoure, Riverscape, Ballpark Village, Deed's Point, Heritage Trail, the Condo Tower and Tech Town, then why not add this to the mix? I would imagine that if Dayton can pull off all these projects, it will no longer be a dead town. It will have achieved a full about face and be busy place again. But I do have mixed feelings. Part of me says build a 73+ story building. The other part of me says build 3 25 story buildings. I'm happy either way to see this development get built, Anything built is a plus. The minds behind this must have had their vision of this for some time. As I said, I knew about this project years ago. They've just added the hotel portion. They've had to do some research during that time. I mean what is this amusement park going to be exactly? Are we talking something like Star trek, the Experience in Vegas? Or more like COSI in Columbus? I think we just need to know more about what this is going to be exactly and the location before trashing the idea.

If they can bum enough for the fair.

Well yea, I only live and work here :-) But as I recall, there was a time when downtown Cleveland was derelict along with the whole city for that matter. Look how that's turned around. Now let's also keep in mind that Peachtree Plaza may be the tallest hotel in the world, but it's not THAT big. At 723 feet, it is taller than Kettering Tower only by 319 feet which is roughly 20 stories. That's really not all that bad. I can think of many other cities with a much more sizable difference between highrises and were quite successful with it. But all this is moot. I doubt it will even happen anyway. Dayton can't even get a shopping plaza built.

I think a name would be ok. Since Dayton has no current rail lines and I'm sure this would be the only one for some time, it will be unique...at least for Dayton.