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Providing significant funding to area businesses to enhance their operations and the development of their talent pipeline is a specialty of venture capital firms. For Miamisburg-based Aeroseal, hard work and the potential to create a positive impact on the environment left several investors wanting more.  Aeroseal recently entered a $22 millio...Continue Reading

Logistics and distribution has emerged as an important segment of the local economy for Montgomery County, Ohio, augmenting its foundational manufacturing sector. In simplistic terms, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the needs of customer...Continue Reading

by Erik Collins   In May, Kroger announced its partnership with Drone Express, a division of TELEGRID, to deliver grocery items from a test store in Centerville, Ohio.  This is the country’s first drone grocery delivery service, and it’s located right here in Montgomery County, Ohio U.S.A. When you look at the ric...Continue Reading

After an announcement by Amazon that a new distribution center will be developed near Dayton International Airport, Montgomery County officials offered support for the company. “This is proof that our long-term economic development strategy is succeeding at creating a business-friendly region,” said Montgomery County Commission President Judy Dodge. “We have invested...Continue Reading

by Michael Zimmerman   Talent and innovation are everywhere and workforce development has no age requirement. The future of our local economy and business climate rests in the hands of our next generation. Montgomery County’s Youth Career Services 365 (YCS365) is a program that employs youth between the ages 14 to 18 t...Continue Reading

Montgomery County has a new program to provide relief for rental expenses that have become a hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “There is still a strong need in our community for help with rent,” said Montgomery County Commission President Judy Dodge. “So many people are still struggling because of thi...Continue Reading

Dayton was named one of the “Top 10 Best Metros for Minority-Owned Businesses'' due to high marks for eight criteria: number of minority-owned businesses, business sales by minority-owned firms, immigrant share of population, racial equity index rank, revenue growth for firms owned by people of color, prosperity score, inclusion score...Continue Reading

Alex Hara, Dayton resident, watched as a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami decimated the Tohoku region of Japan on March 11, 2011. Hara was born in Japan and was immediately compelled to give back. “I started a Japan Earthquake Relief Fund and the Dayton Daily News shared my efforts,” sai...Continue Reading

Eliminating inequity means ensuring that all entrepreneurs and business owners have access to the support, financing, resources, and networking they need to grow. Economic development agencies, government officials, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector are partnering to address disparities and provide more support to the Black community, including efforts t...Continue Reading

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, 43 percent of the workforce worked from home at least some of the time according to Gallup data. With the pandemic, that percentage increased, and many people switched completely to remote work. With that switch, workers were no longer anchored to a radius around thei...Continue Reading

by Michael Zimmerman   Despite the challenges and hardships faced by numerous industries throughout COVID-19, Montgomery County’s federal CARES Act grant program was the silver lining for many small businesses, educational institutions, nonprofits and homeowners in the Dayton Region.  "The CARES Act grant allowed us to purchase much-needed technology to facilitate online learnin...Continue Reading