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Foreign Military Finance Seminar provides Dayton businesses with unique opportunity to sell products to Israel

Monday, October 21, 2019

This September, Dayton area businesses were invited to participate in a Foreign Military Finance Seminar that provided businesses with an opportunity to connect with the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) and develop a business relationship with IMOD in the process. The relationship between Dayton’s regional businesses and the Israeli Government has been strong for several years. “DRITA is a long-term partnership between Dayton, the Dayton Development Coalition, and Montgomery County. Its real purpose is to build business opportunities through engagement with Israel businesses and Dayton regional businesses.” - Ford Weber (City of Dayton Economic Development Director) DRITA has a mission to help loca...

How Montgomery County ED/GE funding drives economic development

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

In the Dayton region, one of the most significant drivers of economic development is the Montgomery County ED/GE program. ED/GE, which stands for economic development and government equity, was founded in the early 1990s as a new tool to make the county more competitive and enhance cooperation among local jurisdictions. It has been renewed twice since then, surviving an economic downturn that caused many other non-essential programs to fall by the wayside. Another 10-year renewal is expected to be approved at the end of this year. In 2018, the ED/GE program funded 15 projects that totaled $254.3 million in investment, including 1,27...

Dayton, OH Ranks 9th Nationally in Employment Outlook for 2020

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Resolved to land a new job in the new year? Although the U.S. economy is 110 consecutive months into its record-breaking stretch of job gains and the unemployment rate is at a 50-year low, hiring among employers in some areas is projected to soften. But that’s no reason to become one of the 80% of Americans who let their New Year’s resolutions fall by the wayside. You just have to be savvy about where to look. “The thing that’s interesting is we’re not seeing the largest economies—the New Yorks and the Los Angeleses—at the top,” says Michael Stull, senior vice president of ManpowerGroup Nort...

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