40. Community Need The onMain partners, each with longstanding, civic-minded commitments to the City of Dayton and the greater Dayton region, have together cast a vision to create a district that offers a unique setting for nurturing creativity and innovation. The vision reflects the mission and values of Premier Health and the University of Dayton by integrating environmental sustainability and wellbeing. The onMain District will build on the momentum of development that has occurred in the surrounding area over the past 20 years in response to the significant job loses that occurred with the de-industrialization of Dayton and the broader Miami Valley area in the later portion of the 20th century. Notable investments since 2001 include the MVH Southeast bed tower, General Electric EPISCenter, Emerson HELIX, Goodwill-Easter Seals headquarters, the Flats at South Park, and the revitalization of Brown Street business district. The development of the onMain District site will be a regional focal and coalescing point for new job opportunities in research, technology, health care, innovation and the related industries that support those sectors.

The Think Dayton Building will house a Technology Training and Employment Center (TTEC) and Digital Engineering Applied Learning onMain (The DEAL). onMain is in preliminary conversation with a TTEC company called Bitwise Industries (see attached information), a technology and software company that provides workforce training and apprenticeship program targeted to minority populations and other low income populations who desire good paying jobs in the tech industry. The DEAL will focus on serving companies who are targeting growth in the digital transformation for the Air Force and industry. The companies that find a home here will be seeking the high-quality, well trained, and often overlooked workforce being created through the efforts of a technology training company such as Bitwise, Sinclair, UD, Central State, and other forward looking partners. Those working in the space will have access to continued learning opportunities, certifications and degrees to move themselves forward and create a robust, multifaceted workforce for the region. This pipeline will pump out a continuous flow of well-skilled employees earning high-end pay and establish a foundation that will drive more digital-transformation industries and projects to the region.