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<span style="font-size:largermedium;"><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:largermedium;"><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-size:medium;"><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;">Other organizations that support local economic development of small companies and students include the Dayton Diode, a for profit company, and the Dayton Development Coalition, whose board of trustees includes CEOs from local companies such as Fuyao Glass and the Kettering Health Network, as well as the University's President Spina.</span></span></span></span>