PDAC: Submission #229 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

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

2. Project title Darke County Swine & Community Pavilion

3. Short description The Swine & Multi-Use Pavilion is a 28,500 SF pre-engineered building located on the Darke County Fairgrounds in Greenville, Ohio. This building will have heating & air conditioning, prep kitchen, in-house bathrooms, and a large community room for year-round, multi-function use. The Great Darke County Fair is one of the largest fairs in the state and serves over 1300 4-H and FFA students, who work year-round on livestock, industrial and domestic arts projects that are shown at the fair.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request Darke County Agricultural Society

5-8. Address 800 Sweitzer Street
Greenville, Ohio. 45331

9. County Darke

10. Recipient organization Same

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16. Organization type Non-profit

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Brian Rismiller

18. Title Darke County Fair Manager

19. Organization Darke County Agricultural Society

20. Telephone 937-548-5044

21. Email greatdarkecountyfair@gmail.com

22-25. Address 800 Sweitzer Street
Greenville, Ohio. 45331

26. County Darke

27. Additional contacts Katie DeLand
Duane Morris Government Strategies
937-424-7086
kldeland@dmgs.com

Location Details

28. City Greenville

29. County Darke

30. Congressional district Ohio 8th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 710000

32. Total Cost 2660000

33. Other sources of funds 650000- Insurance Pay-Out
500000- Corporate Donation
800000- Local capital campaign(140 individual gifts)

1950000- Total Outside Sources of Funds

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) This project has been on-going for over year and has nearly $2 million in committed funds to date. After a devastating fire, an insurance payment for $650,000 was met with $500,000 corporate donation from Cargill. Additionally, a local capital campaign was launched that has raised $800,000 from local donors and businesses.

37. Budget No

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

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify N/A

Community Details

40. Community Need The Great Darke County Fair brings an enormous community impact to Darke County and greater Western Ohio. For over 160 years, this fair has operated as one of the largest and most acclaimed fairs, operating for 9 days every August, drawing in 200,000 people for livestock shows and auctions, agri-business exhibits, food/entertainment, and harness racing. The Swine & Multi-Use Community Pavilion will serve to house the swine shoes and auctions during the show, but will be used year-round for the 1300 Darke County youth involved in 4-H and FFA for livestock shows, ag education training, and community meetings. Additionally, the capabilities of this building will allow the Darke County Ag Society to rent this facility out for use for other events and agri-business needs.

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. Each year, the Great Darke County Fair operates one of the largest county and youth fairs in the state of Ohio. Each of the buildings on the fairgrounds are used to full capacity to house animals, students, and hold shows/auctions. In 2019, the swine had to be housed temporarily in the goat barn, which compromised the programs of many youth farmers. Having an operational space for the swine for the 2020 Great Darke County Fair that will then be able to host year-round activities for over 1300 FFA and 4-H students that represent every school district in Darke County would mark a successful project.

42. Direct new jobs created 11-25

43. Existing jobs retained? 1-10

44. Sustained permanent jobs? 1-10

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. Construction and planning of this 28,500 SF Swine Pavilion will create jobs (approx 25) for many local contractors, plumbers, electricians and construction workers. Additionally, the capabilities of this new facility will help `maintain the operations of the Darke County Agricultural Society, which employs a staff of 5 full-time employees. Additionally, additional jobs may be created to help manage and maintain the new facility, especially with rental activity.

Most importantly, the ag education programs and activities that take place within these barns are career-building in themselves. Most, if not all, of the 1300 students enrolled in these FFA and 4-H programs will eventually pursue schooling and jobs in the agriculture and agri-business realms.

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? $25,001-$50,000

47. Is your project a workforce development program? Yes

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

Which industry? Food & Agribusiness

49. Counties in which jobs will be created Darke

Additional Details

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

S. Deschambeau LOS-Darke Co Ag Society.pdf (367.69 KB)

51. Is there opposition to the project? No

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54. Email of person filling out this form. This is where notification will be sent that the form was received. kldeland@dmgs.com

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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