PDAC: Submission #248 | 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, Evolution of Flight Park, and Visitor & STEM Learning Center.

3. Short description The Triumph of Flight will be a national monument to aviation standing 270 feet above the I70/I75 interchange. On top will rest a replica of the 1905 Wright Flyer III, the first practical airplane. At the base, the Evolution of Flight Park & the STEM Learning Center will tell the whole story of flight - its history, its technology, its future, and how it has and will continue to transform the world. The use of funds will be for payments on an option for the purchase of the required land.

Organization Details

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

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

9. County Montgomery

10. Recipient organization Same

11-14. Address {Empty}

15. County {Empty}

16. Organization type Non-profit

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Curt 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
Cell: 937-266-9232
bkentner@triumphofflight.org

Location Details

28. City Butler Township

29. County Montgomery

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 100000

32. Total Cost 21701823

33. Other sources of funds $2,586,342 has been committed to the project in the form of design, engineering, and testing services rendered ($644,812); funds in escrow ($13,520) pledges of cash for funding construction ($542,300, including $250,000 from the State of Ohio); and pledges of land ($1,385,710).

34. How the funds will be used Land Acquisition

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

10-2019-estimated-costs-updated.pdf (12.26 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 We know of no other funding available for our purpose.

Community Details

40. Community Need The benefit to this project will be threefold. First, it will become an attraction to tourists who will bring tourist dollars to Ohio and the Dayton area. After visitors are attracted to our site, we will direct them to other sites in the National Aviation Heritage Area (NAHA), such as the National Museum of the US Air Force; the National Park sites in Dayton, at Huffman Prairie, and at Carillon Park; and other sites, such as WACO Field in Troy. Second, our hope and expectation is 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 current leadership in aviation and aerospace technology. Finally, as the monument gains national recognition it will help to emphasize to aviation companies the benefit of doing business in the Dayton area and encourage them to join the already vibrant community of aviation/aerospace firms already here. Our economic impact analysis is attached.

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. We will measure our success first by the number of visitors we receive annually. We expect that count to range between 197,020 and 345,378 per the economic impact analysis attached. When that goal is met, we will measure success in our other mission by the number of visitors we successfully direct to other NAHA sites. We expect that to range between 7,777 and 13,122, annually. We hope to have one additional impact that we will not be able to measure. We want our site to be an inspiration for young people to consider a career in aviation and to pursue the STEM education necessary to do so.

42. Direct new jobs created 51-100

43. Existing jobs retained? {Empty}

44. Sustained permanent jobs? 251-500

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, indirect, and induced 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? {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.

2019 pdac attachments for triumph of flight.pdf (2.9 MB)

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. bykentner@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? {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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