PDAC: Submission #35 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

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

2. Project title onMain: Dayton’s Imagination District – Infrastructure Development

3. Short description onMain seeks infrastructure funding to redevelop the former fairgrounds. The recent planning process resulted in a vision to make the site a vibrant economic driver for the region & state. The redevelopment seeks to establish a unique platform to create, build and demonstrate solutions across a range of disciplines: health care, energy, housing, environment, business creation, and neighborhood wellbeing. The site's infrastructure needs are extensive and require investment to drive success.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request onMain, Inc.

5-8. Address 300 College Park
Dayton, Ohio. 45469-2904

9. County Montgomery

10. Recipient organization Same

11-14. Address {Empty}

15. County {Empty}

16. Organization type Non-profit

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Lindsay Lease

18. Title Senior Project Manager

19. Organization onMain, Inc.

20. Telephone (937) 229-2064

21. Email llease1@udayton.edu

22-25. Address 300 College Park
Dayton, Ohio. 45469-2904

26. County Montgomery

27. Additional contacts S. Ted Bucaro, University of Dayton Government Relations Director – (937) 229-4158 sbucaro1@udayton.edu

Craig Self, Premier Health Chief Strategy Officer – (937) 499-9820 cself@premierhealth.com

Eileen Austria, University of Dayton State Advocate – (937) 631-1409 austriaud@gmail.com

Sean Dunn, Premier Health Government Relations Consultant – (614) 228-9800 sean@spdunn.com

Buddy LaChance, Premier Health System Vice President Real Estate – (937) 694-2236 ealachance@premierhealth.com

Andrew Horner, University of Dayton EVP, Business and Administrative Systems – (937) 229-4306 ahorner1@udayton.edu

Location Details

28. City Dayton

29. County Montgomery

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 5000000

32. Total Cost 17075000

33. Other sources of funds To date, no funding has been appropriated or secured from external sources for infrastructure development efforts for the site.

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. Yes

36. If yes, please provide additional information. (Or, budget document can be uploaded, see question 37) onMain’s partners have committed a combined $16.6 million in working capital, to be used for demolition, environmental remediation, infrastructure development, and project management for the first five years of the redevelopment project. As part of the aforementioned working capital, the onMain partnership executed a comprehensive and inclusive planning process throughout 2018. This is over-and-above the combined $10.5 million jointly paid by the two partners for purchase of the site in 2017.

37. Budget Yes

Budget File Upload

budget-attachment-for-onmain-infrastructure-pdac---question-37.docx (11.91 KB)

38. By what date will you be ready to spend the funds Immediately

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify onMain has been in conversation with representatives of federal agencies, such as the Army Corps of Engineers and the Economic Development Administration. There may be other federal opportunities such as Housing & Urban Development and Transportation. JobsOhio and DSA are two state agencies that present funding opportunities, as well.

Community Details

40. Community Need The onMain partners, each with longstanding, civic-minded commitments to the City of Dayton and the Greater Dayton Region, view the redevelopment of the site with a focus on promoting economic development in a manner that promotes the education and health of the local citizenry, much of which has suffered the effects of de-industrialization and disinvestment in our cities. In that spirit, the momentum of development in the area surrounding the onMain District since 2001 has been astounding. The MVH Tower, GE EPISCenter, Emerson HELIX, Goodwill-Easter Seals headquarters, Flats at South Park, and expansion of Brown Street retail are greatly succeeding. The redevelopment of the onMain District site can be a focal and coalescing point for the area’s new job opportunities in research, health care, and the industries that serve those sectors. Furthermore, the site will create a setting that connects people, neighborhoods and institutions in and around the immediate area.

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. The physical redevelopment of the onMain District’s 38-acre site, resulting in jobs, tax revenues, and levels of activity for potential uses such as, but not limited to, research, commercial, health care, entertainment, residential, and public spaces being developed.

42. Direct new jobs created 101-250

43. Existing jobs retained? None

44. Sustained permanent jobs? {Empty}

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. All jobs landing in the onMain District will be new. There are currently no jobs on the site. Historically, the Montgomery County Agricultural Society had fewer than 5 full-time people on the site. Those jobs have since moved to the new Montgomery County Fairgrounds located on Dayton-Liberty Road.

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? $75,001-$100,00

47. Is your project a workforce development program? {Empty}

48. If yes, does your program center on one of the ten JobsOhio targeted industries? {Empty}

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. {Empty}

53. Telephone number of person filling out this form. {Empty}

54. Email of person filling out this form. This is where notification will be sent that the form was received. sbucaro1@udayton.edu

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

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. {Empty}

57. Has your organization received state capital budget funding in the past? If so, provide a brief project description, year funded, and amount. {Empty}

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}

{Empty}