PDAC: Submission #326 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

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

2. Project title Reconstructing Dayton TV

3. Short description We are a nonprofit dedicated to promoting regionalism, local government transparency, and government efficiency that will spur economic development in the Dayton region. We achieve these goals by informing voters, conducting regionalism research, and by petitioning local governments to work together. Reconstructing Dayton TV is a YouTube channel we have established to provide voter information and to present information on regionalism.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request Reconstructing Dayton

5-8. Address 100 Bonner St.
Dayton, Ohio. 45410

9. County Montgomery

10. Recipient organization {Empty}

11-14. Address {Empty}

15. County {Empty}

16. Organization type Non-profit

Organization Contact Details

17. Name David Esrati

18. Title Founder

19. Organization Reconstructing Dayton

20. Telephone (937)228-4433

21. Email david@electesrati.com

22-25. Address 113 Bonner St.
Dayton, Ohio. 45410

26. County Montgomery

27. Additional contacts {Empty}

Location Details

28. City Dayton

29. County Montgomery

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 75000

32. Total Cost 150000

33. Other sources of funds Reconstructing Dayton was initially established by a personal donation of $20,000 and it continues as a grassroots organization.

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. No

36. If yes, please provide additional information. (Or, budget document can be uploaded, see question 37) {Empty}

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 Because we are a 501(c)4, we only qualify for a limited number of grants. Foundations with a political mission can and do contribute to organizations such as ours.

Community Details

40. Community Need With the demise of local news, Daytonians have few sources of information about local politics. For those living in Dayton suburbs or nearby townships, there are few sources of information about local political matters. We remedy this by producing video and written content providing analysis, commentary, and interviews pertaining to local political matters.

The Dayton region has also struggled to retain or attract businesses, and we largely attribute this to the lack of cohesion among our local governments. Cuyahoga county enacted regionalism with a county charter in (2009?) and since this time the city of Cleveland has experienced a downtown renaissance. Meanwhile, Dayton has attempted to revitalize its downtown with middling results. The community needs to think about economic development regionally if it is to retain and attract business.

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 use analytics to quantify our community outreach. If our project is able to reach a sizeable portion of the electorate in the Dayton region and spur policies that enable regionalism we will consider it a success.

42. Direct new jobs created 1-10

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. We currently employ three full-time and one part-time staff members. With additional funding we will hire firms for contract work and may add to our staff. Although we believe that the initiatives we champion will lead to many new jobs in the region, we would consider those to be “indirect.”

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? 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. {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. director@reconstructingdayton.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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