Category: Op-Ed
Op-Ed | Dayton to host NATO officials in 2025
View Article As Featured in Dayton Daily News Earlier this month, Dayton’s Congressman Mike Turner, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, local government officials and business leaders gathered at the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce offices to announce th...
Extracurriculars make strong women
View Article As Featured in Dayton Daily News The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce has done case studies and analyzed the disparity between women in middle management, compared to the number of women in executive leadership positions in the Dayton ...
Proposed Rule “Exempts” Businesses from Competing
View Article As Featured in Dayton Daily News The US Department of Labor is the latest agency to jump on the government overreach bandwagon as they have put their targets on our business community. In a new rule published by the US Department of L...
Our workforce needs affordable homes
View Article As Featured in Dayton Daily News Workforce continues to be the #1 challenge for employers throughout the Dayton region. The way we address the workforce issues are both broad and complex. Retaining, attracting and training talent is e...
Op-Ed | Patronize Where You Live
View Article As Featured in Dayton Daily News Workforce development and attraction continues to be one of the top challenges for businesses across the country. Dayton area companies have an advantage in the workforce game if they are building thei...
VOICES: Workforce still top of mind for employers in 2024
VIEW FULL ARTICLE IN THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS In many ways, the start of 2024 looks quite different for employers than the start of 2023. Last year began with widespread fear about an impending recession and a feeling that inflation would continue to...
OP-ED | Growth in 2023 and Optimism for 2024
View Article As Featured in Dayton Daily News This past year was an exciting time to be part of the Dayton area business community. I was born and raised in Kettering, and I now live with my family in Clearcreek Township; I can honestly say ...
OP-ED | Marijuana Law Impact on Business
View Article As Featured in Dayton Daily News On November 7, 2023 Ohio voters approved an initiated statute that authorizes limited homegrown marijuana plants and the use of recreational marijuana for Ohioans 21 years of age and over with exceptio...
Op-Ed | Government Shutdown Impact Runs Deep
View Article As Featured in Dayton Daily News Business doesn’t have the option to not pass a financial budget and go on “strike.” Imagine if an internal disagreement at one of the Dayton area’s great companies forced them to not pass their...
OP-ED | The Eyes of the World are on Dayton and Ohio
View Article As Featured in Dayton Daily News On September 18th, Joby Aviation from Santa Cruz, California announced by 2025 they will build the first full scale aircraft manufacturing facility in Dayton since Orville and Wilbur Wright established...
