Event Connection Everything You Ever Spring 2008

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Your Special Improvement District Update

from the Downtown Dayton PartnershipApril/May 2008

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Spring 2008Mont Pthons SPAMALOT

Schuster CenterApril 22-27

Oer the Rhine

Canal Street TavernApril 25 & 26

First FridaOregon Arts District &

Cannery Art & Design CentreMay 2

DDP Annual MeetingCrowne Plaza Hotel

May 6

Spring Designer Show HouseDayton Womans Club

May 10-24

Urban NightsThroughout Downtown

May 16

Cit Lie 08: A DowntownSculpture Wal

b J. Seward JohnsonThroughout Downtown

May 16-August 15

RierBlast!RiverScape MetroPark

May 24

For a complete list o eventshappening in Downtown

Dayton, visitwww.downtowndaton.org

Everything You EverWanted to Knowabout Downtown

Looking or a place to eat? Or or the parking

lot closest to your 3 p.m. meeting? Or maybeor contact inormation or downtowns newest

condominium project? Check out the newand improved www.downtowndayton.org, theDowntown Dayton Partnerships updated Web

site that launched on February 6, 2008.

One o the biggest upgrades is our interactive

map, where you can learn more about build-ings, housing, attractions, parking and develop-

ment projects.

Other great eatures include:

Complete listings o oce space or lease/s

Housing directories

Dining and nightlie listings

A complete calendar o events

My Downtown, where you can learn aboutdowntown rom the people who make itwork

DDPs news releases, posted as they happe Downtown demographic inormation

The corner o First and Patterson in downtownis about to be transormed rom a parking

lot into an environmentally-conscious oasis.Litehouse Development Group, a partnership

o Burhill Financial Services, Rogero BuckmanArchitects, and Visual Marketing Associates, is

planning to construct upwards o 30 greentownhomes.

The pre-abricated homes green eaturesinclude:

Strategically positioned windows tomaximize sunlight, thereby reducing use o

articial light

Specially angled roos to collect rain waterto irrigate plants and gardens within the

complex

Full-house ventilation systems reducingthe need to max out heating and coolingequipment

Options or solar panels

The townhomes are expected to be three levels totaling 1,268 sq. t. and accommodating

to 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. Plans alsoinclude one-car garages and elevated terrace

on each unit. The expected price point or aLitehouse townhome downtown is $200,000model home will be open or tours during the

May 16 Urban Nights event.

For more ino on Urban Nights, ip to th

bac page o this newsletter.

Green Housing Coming to Downtown

An artists rendering o the proposed townhomes


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It is hard to believe

how ast 2008 is

going and that we

are already in the

second quarter o

the year. Recent

announcements

rom KeyBank and

Flanagan, Lieber-

man, Homan &

Swaim about their

commitment to stay downtown are very

good news, and as you can see by looking

in our New on the Scene section, several

other downtown businesses have recentlysigned lease renewals. Our upcoming Urban

Nights on May 16 is going to be a great

event, and we are also excited to be part-

nering with the City o Dayton, Montgom-

ery County and Culture Works to bring the

City Lie sculptures back or another exhibit

this summer that will eature twenty new

public art pieces.

We also realize that downtown aces some

real challenges in the coming year and that

we have a lot o work ahead o us. Vacancy

rates or our center city are high, due in

part to some large corporate relocations

that were previously announced and took

place in 2007. The DDP has been working to

address these issues, and we will be sharing

details o our strategy at our annual meet-

ing on Tuesday, May 6, at 7:30 a.m. at the

Crowne Plaza Hotel. We hope you can join

us to learn more about our 2008 Strategic

Initiatives that are in motion and other

projects that will have an impact on ourdowntown.

I you are interested in attending the

annual meeting, please RSVP by calling

our oce at (937) 224-1518 or e-mail

[email protected].

Sandra K. Gudor

President,

Downtown Dayton Partnership

PresidentL E T T E R from the

Sandy Gudor,

DDP President

DOWNTOWN PROFILES:

Faces & SpacesFesum Ogbazion CEO, Instant Tax Service

Downtown DaytonHome to American DreamIn 2000, the corporate oce o a small tax service with

ewer than 10 employees rented space in One DaytonCentre. Only eight years later this coast-to-coast companyranks ourth among the nations largest tax operations. The

success o Instant Tax Service is due to the entrepreneurialspirit and drive o its CEO, Fesum Fez Ogbazion.

Fez immigrated to the United States rom Ethiopia at the

age o 9. His parents were two o the ortunate ew in hisvillage who obtained an education thanks to missionaries rom Indiana. They made themove in order to pursue higher education or themselves and their children.

While a sophomore at the University o Cincinnati, Fez opened his own tax prep serviceOnly 19 years old at the time, Fez ound great success and in six years had opened 26oces around Cincinnati. He sold the company to Jackson Hewitt and came to Dayton

to start a new tax service.

I like the people o Dayton, and you cant beat the aordable rent and avorable wages

Fez said. I travel all over to sell ranchises and Ive seen the high retail space costs, theinsane trac jams. Dayton is a great place to grow this business.

Fez is now just 34 and his Instant Tax Service has approximately 1,400 stores in 30 cities

across the country. All o this growth has led to an expansion o the executive team, alloing Fez to pull back and let his sta run the operation while he grows the business. In a

true show o the kind o guy he is, hes even relocated to a smaller oce, relinquishing tprime corner oce to his in-house corporate counsel.

As or his parents who brought him here, his ather obtained a Ph.D. in theology and is aminister. His mother is a retired nurse. She now spends her time in one o her sons store

ronts, preparing taxes.

IN THE LOOPBGH Studios Expanding

High-tech marketing communications agenBGH Studios is investing $650,000 in acility

upgrades. The City o Dayton is supporting t

eorts with a grant o $125,000 rom the Cit

development und and the Montgomery Co

ED/GE program. The our-year-old rm is a

service agency, oering marketing and pub

relations services as well as audio, video and

production. They currently occupy the third

the Bindery Building at 116 N. Jeerson St., and will be renovating and expanding into the o

oor with two new video suites, an audio suite, a special eects studio, a video acquistion stu

and executive ofces. This will bring their ofces to 14,400 sq. t. The growth in space will allo

them to double in size over the next ew years, becoming a rm o 30-40 employees.

Youre

BGH Studios third-oor space

Fez Ogbazion


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new on the sceneCANNELL GRAPHICSMOvES INTO TEMPORARyLOCATIONPrinting company CannellGraphics has moved into200 S. Jeerson Street. They

er to business clients like architects, engineers and constructionmpanies in need o blueprints, but they also provide consumernting services. Learn more at www.cannellgraphics.biz, or call

em at (877) 226-3199.ARENTS ADvOCATING CHOICE INDUCATION (PACE) CELEBRATES THEIR 10TH ANNIvERSARy

CE assists amilies with making educational choices or their chil-en as well as scholarships. PACE held its 10th Anniversary Schoolpo on April 5, 2008. Learn more at www.pacedayton.org, callem at (937) 228-7223, or visit them at 40 S. Perry Street.

ATIONWIDE SOLUTIONS OPENS OFFICE IN CENTRE CITyUILDING

wntown is the new home or Nationwide Solutions, whichened at 44 S. Main Street at the beginning o 2008. The sta oht oers tax preparation and credit repair services. They can beched at (937) 222-0500.

THANkS TO THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES FOR RENEWINGTHEIR LEASES DOWNTOWN!

Ameritech, 130 W. Second Street

Cofee Chamber, 130 W. Second Street

Daton Ohio Networ, 130 W. Second Street

Doll, Jansen & Ford, 111 W. First Street

Douple, Beoglides, Lee, Hansen, Clapool, koich &

Lipowicz, 130 W. Second Street

Geehan Adisor Boards, Kettering Tower

Hanaghan & Hanaghan, KeyBank Building

Nobel Temporaries/Management Recruiters,333 W. First Street

Dr. Robert Schriber, 130 W. Second Street

Ronald kozar, Attorne, Kettering Tower

young, Pror, Lnn & Jerardi, 130 W. Second Street

DOWNTOWNCommitted to

Flanagan, Lieberman,

Hoffman & Swaim

Announce Move to

Kuhns Building

Downtown law rm Flanagan, Lieber-

man, Homan & Swaim will be relocat-

ing to the Kuhns building this summer

rom their current location adjacent to

Sinclair Community College. They plan

to sign a ve-year lease or 11,600 sq. t.

n the Kuhns and 3,200 sq. t. in an addition connecting the Kuhns to

he McCrory building.

We looked at several downtown buildings thanks to the DowntownDayton Partnerships Site Seeker program. When we ound the Kuhns

building, we were immediately impressed, said Brad Smith, partner in

he rm. Its rst-class space, and were committed to staying down-

own.

Downtown developers Bob and Nancy Shier purchased the historic

Kuhns building in 2002 and began intense rehab work. This move

brings the Kuhns building to 100% occupancy.

KeyBank Enhances

Downtown

Presence

KeyBank has announced its plans

or a new downtown Dayton head

quarters at 10 W. Second Street,

the ormer headquarters or Mead

Corporation. KeyBank will move its

banking operations and corporate

oces rom 34 N. Main Street to

the tower by the end o 2008. Visible changes will include the addi

tion o the KeyBank name and logo to the tower.

The rst foor o the building will be the new home or the down-

town Main Oce branch acility, and the top three foors will house

Corporate Oces, Retail Banking Administration, Commercial

and Business Banking, and several other departments. All totaled,

KeyBank will be taking 54,000 sq. t. in the new building or 200

employees.

This is an ideal location or our Dayton headquarters, oering

KeyBank great visibility and presence in downtown Dayton, said

Ed Reilly, KeyBank Southwest Ohio District President. In addition

it strengthens Keys commitment to the City o Dayton and the

central business district. Our new headquarters will provide a high-

quality business environment or our valued employees and clients

alike.


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Dayton,Ohio45423

(937)224-1518

www.downtowndayton.org

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inoureforts,pleasecontact

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at(937)224-1518or

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Spring Urban Nights Set for Friday, May 16Walk on downtowns creative side! Join us or Urban Nights on Friday, May 16 rom 5to 10 p.m. or the best o downtowns arts, dining, nightlie, housing and other creative

spaces. Over 100 locations will participate in the event, including the Oregon ArtsDistrict and Wright-Dunbars Business Village. Urban Nights has been described as an

all-out street party, and nearly 20,000 people attended the last event. Just take a lookat whats in store or May 16:

Back by popular demand!City Lie 08: A Downtown Sculpture Walk by J. SewardJohnson will return to downtown that night with 20 new sculptures. It will run until

August 15.

Perormance stages will be set up throughout the city eaturing a variety o localtalent.

Courthouse Square will be alive with entertainment throughout the eveningincluding a special concert by local avorite Velvet Crush rom 9-11 p.m.

A complete schedule o events and a map will be available online atdowntowndayton.org in early May.

Urban Nights is presented by the Downtown Dayton Partnership, Culture Works,and Montgomery County, with additional sponsorship support rom WDTN-TV2,

DP&L, Greater Dayton RTA , and Budweiser Select. For more inormation about UrbanNights, visit www.downtowndayton.org.

A Downtown Sculpture Walk by J. Seward Johnson

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