Category: Op-Ed
OP-ED | Kershner: R&D Tax Credit Essential for Dayton Businesses
VIEW ARTICLE AS FEATURED IN DAYTON DAILY NEWS The legacy of the Dayton region is one of innovation, small businesses, entrepreneurs and exercising calculated business risks. This culture and environment was alive in the year 1900 and it has evolve...
GUEST OP-ED | Richard Topping, CareSource
The sold-out Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce 2023 Annual Meeting inspired our team at CareSource. Being together with 450+ business leaders seems even more meaningful following the Covid years of cancellations and Zoom meetings. It was a privilege for ou...
Kershner: Dayton International Airport is a Critical Asset
VIEW ARTICLE AS FEATURED IN DAYTON DAILY NEWS The Dayton International Airport is key to business and economic growth in the Dayton region. I know that are other airports in adjacent metropolitan areas that offer cheaper flights or non-stop servic...
Kershner: Transportation and Infrastructure Drive Economic Growth
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 ...
Kershner: Innovation hubs in Ohio budget will boost region
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...
Kershner: Proposal to ban noncompete agreements illegal, out of line
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....
Kershner: Federal Reserve, be careful of impact to small businesses
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...
Kershner: Dayton region secures the future of Honda
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 –...
Kershner: Pilot Shortage Grounding Planes at DAY
View Article as Featured in Dayton Daily News The Dayton region is blessed to have an international airport in our backyard that is the headquarters to PSA Airlines, a regional jet carrier for American Airlines. Dayton International Airport (DAY) serves ...
Kershner: Dayton Matters In U.S. Senate race. It matters a lot
View Article as Featured in Dayton Daily News The leaves are starting to change, Oktoberfest was this weekend and businesses are finalizing budgets for 2023. But nothing says it’s fall in Ohio more than big money campaign ad buys, candidate m...
