PDAC: Submission #65 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

1. To which Review Panel are you submitting your project? Quality of Life

2. Project title National Aviation Heritage Area Reauthorization

3. Short description In 2004, the United States Congress designated the National Aviation Heritage Area (NAHA). The Area includes eight counties in southwest Ohio. The coordinating entity for NAHA is the National Aviation Heritage Alliance headquartered in Dayton, OH. When a national heritage area is authorized by Congress, the designation lasts in perpetuity, but the funding has a ﬁnite ceiling and time period. This request is to have Congress extend the authorization to receive funding beginning in 2020.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request Aviation Heritage Foundation Inc. dba. National Aviation Heritage Alliance

5-8. Address 26 S. Williams St
Dayton, Ohio. 45402

9. County Montgomery

10. Recipient organization same

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15. County {Empty}

16. Organization type Non-profit

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Mackensie Wittmer

18. Title Executive Director

19. Organization National Aviation Heritage Alliance

20. Telephone 937-626-8816

21. Email mdw@aviationheritagearea.org

22-25. Address 26 S. Williams St.
Dayton, Ohio. 45402

26. County Montgomery

27. Additional contacts Lt. Gen, USAF (ret.)C.D. Moore, II. cdmoore@daytonaerospace.com
Frank Winslow - fwinslow@ncicfund.com

Location Details

28. City Dayton

29. County Montgomery

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 300000

32. Total Cost 600000

33. Other sources of funds This project has received $3,772,854 from the National Park Service's Heritage Partnership Program (FY 2015-2018) and it has raised an additional $11,456,186 during that same time frame in non-federal funding from a variety of private, state and local government sources. The Heritage Partnership Program will be the source of future funding provided NAHA is reauthorized to receive such funding.

34. How the funds will be used Administration or Operations

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) The National Aviation Heritage Alliance has successfully raised the necessary matching funds (1 to 1 match required to receive the federal funding) since the establishment of the National Aviation Heritage Area in 2004. It is anticipated the Alliance will continue to exceed the non-federal match for the foreseeable future though private, corporate, foundation dollars and in-kind donated services. It is important to note, however, the federal funding is critical to raising the non-federal match.

37. Budget Yes

Budget File Upload

naha-summary-budget.pdf (339.66 KB)

38. By what date will you be ready to spend the funds Within the next 6-12 months

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify Department of Interior, National Park Service, Heritage Partnership Program

Community Details

40. Community Need Continued funding will encourage and facilitate increased collaboration among heritage area partners to promote heritage tourism and to develop educational and cultural programs for the public in the Dayton region. It will facilitate historic preservation and interpretation at the sites associated with the region's rich aviation history. It will also provide a management framework to assist in conservation of aviation heritage and development of policies and programs of the Heritage Area. This funding will help support and enhance the Dayton region's most signiﬁcant aviation heritage organizations.

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. There are several measurable outcomes anticipated with the continued funding of the National Aviation Heritage Area. First, there will be an increase in visitors to the Area and a direct economic impact to the Dayton region. Second, there will be continued preservation and restoration of the region's aviation heritage area assets. Most notably will be the completion of the restoration of the Wright Company factory site and development of the National Park unit. Third, the funding will sustain aviation heritage organizations due to collaborative promotional and operational activities including volunteer recruitment, staﬀ training and marketing. From large organizations like the National Museum of the United States Air Force and the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park to smaller groups like Wright B Flyer and the Armstrong Air and Space Museum, the level of cooperation among these groups has never been better due to the National Aviation Heritage designation and funding.

42. Direct new jobs created 26-50

43. Existing jobs retained? 101-250

44. Sustained permanent jobs? {Empty}

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. The economic impact model produced by Economic Stewardship, Sturgeon Bay, WI for the National Aviation Heritage Area has established that nearly 650 direct jobs come from the region's aviation heritage activity. It is estimated that 20% of those jobs are being impacted directly by the Heritage Partnership Program funding and hence directly supporting the retention of at least 130 of those jobs within the next two years.

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? $50,000-$75,000

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 Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Warren

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. mdw@aviationheritagearea.org

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}

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