PDAC: Submission #389 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

1. To which Review Panel are you submitting your project? Economic Development

2. Project title Triumph of Flight Monument

3. Short description The Triumph of Flight will be a national monument to flight and gateway to our area's aviation heritage. It will stand 270 high with a stainless-steel replica of the 1905 Wright Flyer III, the world’s first practical airplane, at its top.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request Wright Image Group, Inc.

5-8. Address 1605 N. Main Street
Dayton, OH , Ohio. 45405

9. County Montgomery County

10. Recipient organization Same

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15. County {Empty}

16. Organization type Non-profit

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Curtis Nelson

18. Title Executive Director

19. Organization Wright Image Group, Inc.

20. Telephone 937-602-1221

21. Email cnelson@triumphofflight.org

22-25. Address 1605 N. Main Street
Dayton, Ohio. 45405

26. County Montgomery

27. Additional contacts Byron Kentner
937-266-9232
bkentner@triumphofflight.org

Location Details

28. City Dayton

29. County Montgomery

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 500000

32. Total Cost 8900000

33. Other sources of funds Pledges restricted to construction of the monument total $496,800, including $250,000 from the State of Ohio, re-appropriated in its FY2021-2022 Capital Improvement Budget.

34. How the funds will be used Construction or Capital

35. Do you have matching funds raised or committed? If yes, explain in question #36. If no, skip to question #37. No

36. If yes, please provide additional information. (Or, budget document can be uploaded, see question 37) {Empty}

37. Budget Yes

Budget File Upload

2023-triumph-of-flight-cost-estimate.pdf (19.3 KB)

38. By what date will you be ready to spend the funds A year from now or later

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify We know of no other funding available for our purpose.

Community Details

40. Community Need The Wright Image Group is currently working with community organizations like the Dayton Foundation, the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Park, Dayton History, the National Aviation Heritage Area (NAHA), Sinclair, etc., to redefine the project and better reflect community desires. We expect that our two principal objectives – honoring and memorializing humanity’s achievement of flight and providing a link for the public at large to all the aviation heritage sites in the area – will be achievable with a new concept that has strong community input and support. This new concept should be available in the first quarter of CY 2022. We continue to believe that the monument will become the icon by which Dayton and Ohio will be identified in the future, an icon that will highlight our aviation heritage, our history of innovation, and our leadership in aviation and aerospace technology.

41. Previous Funding: Has the requesting organization received Congressionally earmarked funding in the past? If so, please provide a brief project description, year funded, amount, and Congressional sponsor. No

42. Direct new jobs created 51-100

43. Existing jobs retained? None

44. Sustained permanent jobs? 101-250

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44.
Estimated visitor levels were from a benchmarking study of similar sites. Spending by these visitors and direct and indirect jobs resulting from this spending was calculated from Tourism Economics survey of Ohio Tourism in 2018.

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? Under $25,000

47. Is your project a workforce development program? No

48. If yes, does your program center on one of the ten JobsOhio targeted industries? No

49. Counties in which jobs will be created Montgomery

Additional Details

50. Letters of endorsement, supporting materials, additional information. You can submit ONE PDF file that does not exceed 10 pages. {Empty}

51. Is there opposition to the project? No

52. Name of person filling out this form. Byron Kentner

53. Telephone number of person filling out this form. 937-266-9232

54. Email of person filling out this form. This is where notification will be sent that the form was received. bkentner@triumphofflight.org

55. Do you want your project to be considered as a Community Project in the fiscal year 2025 –2026 State Capital Budget Bill? Yes

56. If your project type is on the list of ineligible projects (see above), please offer an explanation why your project could be eligible. If your project is not on the list, answer the question by stating that your project is not on the list of ineligible projects. The Triumph of Flight monument may be part of a park project. Yet to be determined.

57. Has your organization received state capital budget funding in the past? If so, provide a brief project description, year funded, and amount. The Triumph of Flight received an authorization of $250,000 in the FY 2017-2018 Ohio Capital Improvement Budget. That authorization was re-appropriated in the FY 2021-2022 Capital Improvement Budget.

58. Does your project have a connection with, or provide some benefit to, a state agency that has bonding authority? Please check all that apply from the following list: {Empty}

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