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Jeffrey Mims 2021 Pre-Primary Campaign Contributions/Expenditures

Jeffrey Mims 2021 Pre-Primary Campaign Contributions/Expenditures

by Alexander Sharp | Jun 17, 2021 | Campaign Finance Reports, Data & Research

Darryl Fairchild 2021 Pre-Primary Campaign Contributions/Expenditures

Darryl Fairchild 2021 Pre-Primary Campaign Contributions/Expenditures

by Alexander Sharp | Jun 7, 2021 | Campaign Finance Reports, Data & Research

Rennes Bowers 2021 Pre-Primary Campaign Contributions/Expenditures

Rennes Bowers 2021 Pre-Primary Campaign Contributions/Expenditures

by Alexander Sharp | Jun 2, 2021 | Campaign Finance Reports, Data & Research

The Promise of Trickle-Down Regional Benefits is Killing Dayton

The Promise of Trickle-Down Regional Benefits is Killing Dayton

by Alexander Sharp | May 25, 2021 | Initiatives, Regionalism Promotion

Internet megastore Amazon is bringing a fulfillment center to the City of Union right next to the Dayton Airport, bringing in 1,500 jobs that will pay at least $15 an hour. This will be beneficial to the county and region, but these benefits are unlikely to trickle...
Meta: Site Updates, a more Focused Mission, and the Road Ahead

Meta: Site Updates, a more Focused Mission, and the Road Ahead

by Alexander Sharp | May 7, 2021 | News & Investigations, Reconstructing Dayton

Website Improvements You may have noticed that the website menu has been expanded and there’s more content to explore here on the Reconstructing Dayton website. Not only have we made the existing content more navigable, but we have also consolidated much of the...
2021 Dayton Special Election Results & Analysis

2021 Dayton Special Election Results & Analysis

by Alexander Sharp | May 5, 2021 | Commentary, Elections, News & Investigations

The 2021 Dayton special election is in the books. Jeff Mims and Rennes Bowers emerged victorious in the mayoral race while Shenise Turner-Sloss, Stacey Benson-Taylor, Darryl Fairchild, and Scott Sliver survived the commission race. As far as special elections go, it...
Montgomery County Fact-Sheet

Montgomery County Fact-Sheet

by Alexander Sharp | May 4, 2021 | Data & Research, Montgomery County Research

Dayton Historic Redlining

Dayton Historic Redlining

by Alexander Sharp | May 4, 2021 | Data & Research, Montgomery County Research

Historic Redlining in Dayton, Ohio Redlining was a system of grading neighborhoods established by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation to determine which neighborhoods were desirable and which ones were “hazardous.” The redlining system was used to...
Valerie Duncan and the Importance of Neighborhoods

Valerie Duncan and the Importance of Neighborhoods

by Alexander Sharp | May 3, 2021 | Candidate Interviews, Civic Information, News & Investigations

Recently we sat down with Valerie Duncan, candidate for the Dayton City Commission, and we talked about the importance of Dayton’s neighborhoods to revitalizing the city. This is the primary pillar of Duncan’s campaign and she has quite a bit of experience...
City Manager Pay Per Person

City Manager Pay Per Person

by Alexander Sharp | May 3, 2021 | Data & Research, Montgomery County Research

The chart below provides a visualization of how much city managers are paid compared to how many people they represent. As you can see, for medium to large sized cities the managers are paid comparable salaries. Kettering and Centerville even pay their city managers...
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