WINTER

2006

Everything’s Coming Up
Green at Tech Town
What color comes to mind when you think of Tech Town? For those familiar with the most recent devel-
opments related to the planned district on the eastern edge of downtown Dayton, the answer is clear:
green! Not only has the Tech Town development team embraced certain green design and construction
standards, the area often referred to as “Tech Town North” was recently given the green light for new
construction by the Ohio EPA.

Ohio EPA Declares Site Clean

The Ohio EPA has declared that the 11.1-acre Detrick Street property (formerly the
site of GH&R Foundry) is now considered acceptable for commercial or industrial
redevelopment.

The Detrick Street site, located across the Mad River (at the Webster Street Bridge)
from the main campus of Tech Town, had some environmental issues as a result of past foundry Weston Solutions will be
Tech Town’s first tenant
activities. The declaration by the Ohio EPA represents the completion of Dayton’s participation in
Ohio EPA’s voluntary action program (VAP), in which property owners take the initiative to clean up
contamination.

As part of this project, the city partnered with Select International, a nearby company that plans to
buy the cleaned-up land. The city received financial assistance for the clean-up from the Clean Ohio
Revitalization Fund, the State of Ohio, and the US Economic Development Administration.

Green Buildings Will Enhance Tech Town

In other Tech Town news, the Tech Town team has announced that certain “green building”
techniques will be utilized in the design and construction of Tech Town. The term green building
refers to ecologically friendly standards aimed at lessening a building’s impact on the surrounding

This artist’s rendering shows

a conceptual aerial view of
the Tech Town campus.
 Everything Green
environment as well as prolonging that
building’s life.
According to Norm Essman, Dayton’s
Director of Economic Development, green
building features that could be utilized
within Tech Town include natural lighting,
energy-efficient window and door fixtures,
rooftop gardens and extensive outdoor
landscaping. Essman believes, in addition
to being eco-friendly, these features will
Health of Dayton’s Hospital
Neighborhoods Improving
Appropriately enough,
the Genesis Project
was the beginning
of a healthy new
development trend
in Dayton. The
highly successful
effort to revitalize
the Fairgrounds
neighborhood adjacent
to Miami Valley Hospital
has been followed by similar
efforts in neighborhoods and
Fairview Elementary School, business districts around the city’s
Fairview Neighborhood (Phoenix Project) other major hospitals.
Following is a brief summary of hospital development projects completed or in
progress in Dayton:
Miami Valley Hospital
The Genesis Project
The Genesis Project was a public-private collaboration led by the City of Dayton,
the University of Dayton, Miami Valley Hospital, and CityWide Development
Corporation. The goal was to revitalize the Fairgrounds Neighborhood
and the Brown-Warren business district, both of which are
adjacent to Miami Valley Hospital. During the course of the
four-year initiative, 41 deteriorated structures were removed,
11 existing single-family houses were rehabilitated, and
23 new houses were constructed—all of which were
bought. In addition, the entire neighborhood’s curbs,
sidewalks and street surfaces were replaced and
100 trees were planted.
While most activities related to the Genesis Project were
completed by late 2003, its success has inspired a surge in
new business openings and business renovations along the east
end of Brown Street. New businesses include Joey Eric House of
Style, Panera Bread, Nothing but Noodles, Chipotle, Dewey’s Pizza,
ColdStone Creamery, and a new, larger location for Milano’s Atlantic City As part of the Phoenix Project, Children’s Medical Center
homeowners in the Fairview
Subs. The Flower Shoppe is also in the process of moving to a new, larger Neighborhood are eligible for Some may argue that Dayton Children’s actually began the trend of
building just down the block from its current location. home repair grants.
Good Samaritan Hospital
The Phoenix Project
The Phoenix Project is a public-private partnership that is
investing millions of dollars for redevelopment activities in
the greater Fairview neighborhood over a five-year
period. Primary partners are the City of Dayton, Good
Samaritan Hospital, and CityWide Development
Corporation. Goals of the project include improving
homeownership through new construction and
rehabilitation of single-family homes, and improving
the appearance and function of upper Salem Avenue
as a gateway to the hospital and neighborhood. The City
of Dayton and Good Samaritan have each pledged $5
The Miracle Lane shopping center is being converted
to an office/retail facility. (Phoenix Project)
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help set Tech Town apart from other office
developments and will attract tenants.
One such tenant—the first official Tech
Town tenant—is Weston Solutions Inc.,
which has been managing the cleanup of
the Tech Town site. The company, which is
based in West Chester, Pennsylvania and
has offices in Miamisburg and other cities,
plans on moving 30 of its employees to a
new 40,000-square-foot building in the
spring of 2007.
million to these efforts, and project manager CityWide is providing a $1 million
loan pool for secondary financing in the form of home improvement loans and
commercial loans.
Two incentive plans have been established to encourage Good Samaritan Hospital
employees and others to buy homes in the Phoenix Project area. In addition, the
Phoenix Home Improvement Loan program is enabling existing homeowners to improve
their homes. Through REAP (Real Estate Acquisition Program), the Phoenix team has
identified and begun legal action on 30 parcels that are
negatively impacting the neighborhood. It has also
established partnerships with youth agencies and
Dayton Public Schools in order to enhance the
quality of life for the area’s youngsters. Among
many other developments, Phoenix investors
have acquired the Miracle Lane shopping
center with the goal of converting it to an
office/retail facility, and the Phoenix staff is
working to strengthen area businesses
through outreach and strategic programs.
Grandview Hospital The Renaissance Project
The Renaissance Project is a broad-based Students from Holy Angels school perform
alliance of community partners working community service yardwork in the Fairview
together to revitalize the Grafton Neighborhood as part of the Phoenix Project.
Hills neighborhood that surrounds Grandview Hospital. The alliance
includes Grandview Hospital, the Dayton Art Institute, the
Masonic Temple, the Greek Orthodox Church, and a variety of
neighborhood associations and other organizations. Goals of
the Renaissance Project include improving the trans-
portation infrastructure within the area, expanding the
campuses of both Grandview Hospital and the Dayton Art
Institute, developing a shared parking facility, strength-
ening the neighborhood’s housing stock through
reinvestment, and creating new amenities and services in
the area between Main Street and Salem Avenue.
hospital/neighborhood collaborations more than 20 years ago when it
contributed more than $1 million for renovations in the Old North Dayton area and
helped form the Old North Dayton Development Corporation. Since then, Dayton
Children’s, also known as the Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, has made
numerous contributions that benefit residents of the surrounding area, including
housing renovations, job training programs, and providing staff members for the
development group’s board. Today, Dayton Children’s is actively working with the
City of Dayton, area businesses and the Old North Dayton Development Corporation
to develop a new strategic plan for neighborhood development efforts.
All of these projects are contributing to Dayton’s growing reputation as a city that
knows how to get various groups to work together toward the common goal of
neighborhood revitalization. And the health care connection is crucial. “The health
care portion of our local economy is already very strong, and we need to make sure
it keeps growing even stronger,” said Norm Essman, Dayton’s Director of Economic
Development. “This trend of projects designed to revitalize areas around Dayton’s
hospitals is one very exciting step in that direction.”
 Helping Businesses Grow
Following are brief descriptions of two businesses that recently took advantage of CityWide’s loan programs:

Fordyce Custom Finishing, Ltd. Parnell’s Bar and Grille

Thanks to growing customer demand for their
high-end wood finishing services, Seth and Angie
Fordyce needed to move their business, Fordyce
Custom Finishing, to a larger facility. They will soon
be doing so with the help of a $90,000 SBA 504
loan, administered by CityWide, and a $50,000
loan from CityWide’s Neighborhood Business
Assistance Program.
The CityWide funding, along with funds from
National City Bank, has allowed Fordyce to
purchase a 32,000-square-foot commercial
building at 32 Bates Street. At this facility, the
Fordyce Custom Finishing team will have much
more space to store finished items before they are
shipped to end users, increasing the company’s
ability to acquire more business from existing
clients as well as acquire new clients.
Fordyce plans to occupy 55 percent of the building
and lease the remaining space to multiple tenants.
When Joe Castellano, owner of the Amber Rose
restaurant, and his partners, Anthony and Kelly
Parnell, wanted to open a new family restaurant in
the Patterson Park neighborhood, they turned to
CityWide’s Neighborhood Business Assistance
Program (NBAP) for help. The NBAP Committee
agreed that the area would benefit from a family-
oriented restaurant, and the $50,000 loan for
renovation and equipment costs was approved.
The location, at 1227 Wilmington Avenue, previ-
ously housed a nightclub called Jags. Parnell’s Bar
& Grille opened for business on Friday, January 13,
with a menu featuring a variety of appetizers,
Italian sandwiches and pasta. The 2,500-square-
foot restaurant/sports bar contains a brand new
kitchen and multiple flat-screen plasma televisions.
The opening of Parnell’s resulted in the creation
of 30 new Dayton-based jobs, 11 of which are
full-time.

Dr. Morris Brown

Expands Downtown
Medical Practice
A ribbon cutting was held on November 2 to celebrate the sionate healthcare that is
opening of Dr. Brown and Associates at 301 W. First Street in easily accessible to Dayton’s
downtown Dayton. The practice focuses on preventative urban community. I believe
medicine and specialty treatment of diabetes, hypertension downtown Dayton is the ideal location
and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Brown’s new location is just a for accomplishing this goal.”
block away from the practice he established in 1985 at 128
Dr. Brown purchased and renovated the property at
West First Street. This original location will continue to
301 W. First Street with the help of a Small Business
operate as Dayton Primary Urgent Care.
Administration (SBA) 504 loan administered by CityWide
“Considering our growth over the past 20 years, we are long Development Corporation, financing from National City Bank,
overdue for this expansion,” said Dr. Brown. “My goal is still and his own equity.
the same as
“The services Dr. Brown is providing are especially valuable
it was in
due to his downtown location,” said Clarence Taylor, loan
1985—to
officer for CityWide Development. “And the fact that he is
provide
retaining and creating jobs in Dayton is very important to our
quality and
local economy. We are happy to be able to assist Dr. Brown
compas-
with financing for this relocation and expansion project.”
 The CityWide
PriMed Opens Economic
New Facility in Development
Team
Wright-Dunbar Village
PriMed Physicians recently opened a new medical facility in Dayton’s Steven J. Budd,
historic Wright-Dunbar neighborhood. Located at 1152 West Third President
Street, the new facility houses five doctors who moved from other sbudd@citywidedev.com

locations in and around the city. Specializing in family practice, internal Janet A. White,
medicine and pediatrics, these doctors are expected to see approxi- Minority Business
Development Director
mately 150 patients per day and 30,000 annually.
jwhite@citywidedev.com
One of the area’s largest independent physician organizations, PriMed Steve Nutt, Director of
purchased the 5,800-square-foot building from CityWide Development Strategic Development
Corporation. Once the home of Dayton Safe, 1152 West Third snutt@citywidedev.com
Street was acquired by CityWide and totally renovated in 1992 Clarence Taylor, Jr.,
after sitting empty for years. Since then, the building has Loan Officer
housed CityWide’s Microenterprise Development Program ctaylor@citywidedev.com

(1993-95), Inventing Flight (1993-2004), the National Park Staff members Brian Heitkamp,
and others attend the Loan Officer
Service and the headquarters for the Main Street Project. ribbon-cutting for the new
bheitkamp@citywidedev.com
PriMed facility.
Following several months of interior and exterior
Buddy LaChance,
renovation work, PriMed opened its new facility for Director of
business in August 2005. With the goals of better serving Neighborhood
patients and enhancing the efficiency of its physicians, the Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin Development
renovations utilized the latest in medical office design. The speaks during PriMed’s blachance@citywidedev.com
downtown ribbon-cutting.
office features 15 exam rooms, a children’s playroom, and even a
community boardroom. 937.226.0457
www.citywidedev.com
PriMed’s purchase and renovation of 1152 West Third Street was completed with
financial assistance from the City of Dayton, Keybank and CityWide Development.

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