PDAC: Submission #296 | 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 funding for Phase I infrastructure that will set the stage for redevelopment of the 38 acre former Montgomery County Fairgrounds property. This mixed use development site will be a regional asset that emphasizes employment and includes housing, retail and community uses. The development will establish a unique platform to create and demonstrate solutions cross a range of disciplines including health care, energy, housing, environment, business creation and well-being.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request onMain, Inc.

5-8. Address 110 North Main Street Suite 1250
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 Buddy LaChance

18. Title President and Chief Executive Officer

19. Organization onMain, Inc.

20. Telephone 937-499-9741

21. Email blachance@onMainDayton.com

22-25. Address 110 North Main Street Suite 1250
Dayton, Ohio. 45402

26. County Montgomery

27. Additional contacts Rick Omlor, onMain, Inc. Board Chair
romlor@gmail.com 937-776-7241

Mike Uhl, onMain Board member and
Miami Valley Hospital President
mruhl@premierhealth.com 937-208-2475

Andy Horner, onMain Board member and
University of Dayton EVP for Business and Administrative Services
ahorner1@udayton.edu 937-229-2890

Ted Bucaro, University of Dayton Exec Director for Government and Regional Relations
(937) 229-4158 sbucaro1@udayton.edu

Diane Ewing, Premier Health Chief Liaison to the CEO
(614) 499-5250 dilewing@premierhealth.com

Location Details

28. City Dayton

29. County Montgomery

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 5000000

32. Total Cost 295000000

33. Other sources of funds onMain has applied for $3.5 million from JobsOhio from their Site Redevelopment Pilot Program.

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) The onMain’s partners; Premier Health and the University of Dayton, have already invested $12.5 million acquiring the property, preparing the site for development and creating the vision for the onMain District. In addition, the onMain partners are prepared to fund at least 50% of the $29.5 million required for the Phase I infrastructure via a financing plan made possible with the recent designation of the site as Community Reinvestment Area. Completion of the Phase I infrastructure will create development sites that will yield at least six buildings, up to 400,000 sf of office/lab space (2,700 jobs), 40,000 sf of retail space and 350 housing units.

37. Budget Yes

Budget File Upload

onmain-phase-i-infrastructure-budget.docx (13.62 KB)

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

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify onMain will be pursuing Federal funding through the Army Corps of Engineers and the Economic Development Administration. At the State level, additional funding opportunities through Jobs Ohio and the Development Services Agency will be explored.

Community Details

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, health care, innovation and the related industries that support those sectors. The master plan for the district will create a setting that connects people, neighborhoods and institutions in and around the immediate area like none other in the Dayton region and perhaps the State.

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 will result in new jobs, tax revenue, public amenities, community pride and a robust level of continuous activity on this 38-acre site that has generated very little of these measurables for more than 100 years.

42. Direct new jobs created More than 1000

43. Existing jobs retained? None

44. Sustained permanent jobs? More than 1000

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. All jobs 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 been transferred to the new Montgomery County Fairgrounds located on Dayton-Liberty Road. The number of jobs to be created was based on an economic impact study completed by economic development analytics consulting group; IceMiller Whiteboard.

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? No

48. If yes, does your program center on one of the ten JobsOhio targeted industries? No

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.

On Main.pdf (1.26 MB)

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. blachance@onMainDayton.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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