Dayton, Ohio
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Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. The Dayton metropolitan area, or Greater Dayton, which includes the communities of Vandalia, Trotwood, Kettering, Piqua, Tipp City, Centerville, Beavercreek, Fairborn, West Carrollton, Huber Heights, Troy, and Miamisburg, had a population of 843,577 as of the 2005 estimate. Dayton is situated within the Miami Valley region of Ohio, just north of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
Dayton plays host to significant industrial, aerospace, and technological/engineering research activity and is known for the many technical innovations and inventions developed there. The Wright brothers and entrepreneur John H. Patterson were born in Dayton. The Dayton area is home to several major international, national, and regional corporations, including NCR, Reynolds & Reynolds, ChemStation International, Liberty Bank, NewPage Corporation, Standard Register, WorkflowOne (formally Relizon), Huffy Bicycles, LexisNexis, and Mead prior to becoming MeadWestvaco.
Recent Dayton business news
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- Two hurt in Clark County accident
- A mother and son suffered minor injuries Saturday when their car rolled over following a crash with another vehicle.
- Opponents vow to keep ACORN out of Ohio
- An ACORN spokesman says its opponents are lying in an effort to keep down the black vote and prevent organizing in low income areas.
- No charges for an American woman detained in assassination plot
- Swedish artist Lars Vilks have been freed without charge. Seven people -- including the American woman, three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestinian and a Croatian -- were arrested Tuesday in Ireland.
- SCLC may have to reinvent itself, experts say
- Young blacks - people who never knew segregated schools and movie theaters and swimming pools - call them the "old heads." Old heads are the old guard of the civil rights movement, said Paul Griffin, director of African-American studies at Wright State University, and younger people often view them as irrelevant.
- Lottery money is private relief for some cash-strapped winners
- LEFT: Itesca McDaniel used her $130,000 lottery winnings to pay off the home she shares with her dog, Gator.
- Looking back at the Great Flood
- This is the blog of the Dayton Daily News editorial page. Regular contributors include the journalists who work on the two-page section labeled "Opinions" in the paper.
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- Firms find new lending sources
- Access to Cash: Jeffrey Peace is president and CEO of Dayton-based Lincoln Storage and Moving.
See also
External links
- Official Dayton website
- Official Dayton website, business resources
- Tech Town - Website of Tech Town, a technology-oriented district planned for the eastern edge of downtown Dayton.
- The Dayton, Ohio Wikipedia entry served as a source for some material in this SmallBusiness.com entry.
