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<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The University's latest economic development project was the decision to purchase the abandoned Dayton Fairgrounds land near our campus. They made this purchase with Premiere Health, and they have been involving the community of Greater Dayton in its decisions for the future of the property.</span></span> <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span>The City of Dayton Department of Economic Development offers a few different services to promote the growth of small businesses in downtown Dayton. They have a Small Business Advocate on staff who consults with start-ups and helps them get all of the necessary permits. The Department also recently created the Accelerate Dayton program that provides $10,000 awards to one start-up in each quadrant of the city per year.</span></span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-acfcd8c3-d31d-0822-a36c-f9bf27b70730"><span style="font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently, the only organization Other organizations that supports support local economic development of small companies and students is include the Dayton Diode, a for profit company called the Dayton Diode. &nbsp;While we currently do not have any faculty associated with this effort, our makers club works very closely with and the Dayton Diode to help students develop their ideas for products. &nbsp;In additionDevelopment Coalition, while it may not be very formal, our engineering faculty is extremely helpful whose board of trustees includes CEOs from local companies such as Fuyao Glass and willing to point students in the right direction to where they can take their product design to Kettering Health Network, as well as the next levelUniversity's President Spina.</span></span></span>