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Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce hosts 115th Annual Meeting

Date: May 4, 2023 Category: Press Releases

Over 500 leaders gathered to celebrate the Dayton business community’s successes and future goals. (DAYTON, Ohio – May 4, 2023) – This morning, the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed its membership to the Sinclair Conference Center for its...

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Chamber Leader Shines in Magazine Feature: Financial Insights and Expertise Shared

Date: April 20, 2023 Category: Articles

We are proud to announce that our very own Chief Operating Officer for the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Linda Ashworth, has been featured as an expert in the Winter 2023 edition of ACCE’s Chamber Executive magazine. Linda shared her valuable insi...

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Kershner: Transportation and Infrastructure Drive Economic Growth

Date: March 27, 2023 Category: Op-Ed

VIEW ARTICLE AS FEATURED IN DAYTON DAILY NEWS If you ask anyone in the Dayton region how long it takes to drive somewhere, the answer is usually the same, “about 20-30 minutes.” This ease of travel and efficiency is point of pride when the community ...

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Leadership Dayton Class of ’23 Creates Fundraiser for East Palestine Police Dept.

The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce’s legacy professional development program, Leadership Dayton (LD), is designed to develop local leaders to better serve the Dayton region. Each year welcomes a new cohort of area professionals eager to learn and bette...

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Keep the Streak Going! Save the Dayton Dragons’ 22-Year Sellout Record

Date: March 15, 2023 Category: Uncategorized

Dayton Area Business Leaders: A BIG REASON TO ASK A SMALL FAVOR The Dayton Dragons professional baseball team had the first game on April 27, 2000 with overwhelming support from our business community. Thanks to the Dayton area business community th...

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Leadership Dayton Graduates Rave About Program’s Impact

Leadership Dayton (LD) is a premier leadership development program designed to identify, educate and motivate a network of community leaders and increase their capacity to serve the Dayton region. Michael Newsom [caption id="attachment_10735" align="align...

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Kershner: Innovation hubs in Ohio budget will boost region

Date: February 27, 2023 Category: Op-Ed

VIEW ARTICLE AS FEATURED IN DAYTON DAILY NEWS Earlier this month, Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted rolled out their executive budget proposal for the next two fiscal years and sent it to the Ohio General Assembly for consideration. Th...

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Kershner: Proposal to ban noncompete agreements illegal, out of line

Date: January 30, 2023 Category: Op-Ed

VIEW ARTICLE AS FEATURED IN DAYTON DAILY NEWS On Jan. 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in Washington, D.C. submitted a proposal to ban all employer sponsored noncompete agreements and January 18th, this proposal was officially registered on the U.S....

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Kershner: Federal Reserve, be careful of impact to small businesses

Date: January 2, 2023 Category: Op-Ed

View Article as Featured in Dayton Daily News On December 14, 2022, the Federal Reserve Bank raised the interest rate by another .5%, which caused the European Central Bank to also raise its rate at the same time by .5%. The Federal Reserve needs to b...

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Kershner: Dayton region secures the future of Honda

Date: November 28, 2022 Category: Op-Ed

View Article as Featured in Dayton Daily News After the $20 billion Intel FAB announcement earlier this year, we thought we had seen a once-in-a-lifetime economic investment that couldn’t be matched. However, Honda Manufacturing had other plans –...

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