April saw an improvement in online job postings in the Dayton region from the previous month, according to information from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services. There were 17,100 job openings posted in the 12-county area of Dayton and western Ohio between March 14 and April 13, an increase in 537 ads from [...]
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has landed a $ 26 million U.S. Air Force contract to upgrade two Airbus aircraft with a Large Infrared Countermeasures system. The Department of Defense late this week announced the award, which involves foreign military sales to Germany. It includes hardware, support equipment and services for two Airbus A319CJ Head of [...]
A nonprofit after-school program has launched a landscaping business to provide more revenue for the organization and to provide employment for its participants. The Victory Project, a mentoring program for boys in Montgomery County who have been involved in the court system or are at-risk, recently founded Victory Landscape Management LLC to expand on one [...]
Restaurateurs across the country rejoiced in April as the month closed out with record sales, and Dayton restaurants noticed an uptick too. Sales reached a record $ 45.9 billion in April. That’s a seasonally-adjusted increase of $ 200 million from December 2012 when the industry hit its last high, according to preliminary figures from the [...]
The Advanced Technical Intelligence Center for Human Capital Development, or ATIC, has partenered with a regional university to help educate professionals in the intelligence community. Employees, students and alumni of ATIC who enroll in a Franklin University degree program will received reduced tuition rates for both graduate and undergraduate courses. Graduates of ATIC’s Analyst Boot [...]
Despite facing a slow year in the construction industry, Danis Building Construction Company has already hit some highs this year with some national recognition. The Miami Township-based company was recognized by Modern Healthcare magazine as the 14th best health care construction management firms in the U.S. It also has received six awards from the Associated [...]
Fuel is the largest single expenditures by the U.S. military. Operational energy required to train, move, and sustain forces, weapons, and equipment for military operations accounted for 75 percent of all energy used by the Department of Defense in 2009. For fiscal year 2013, the DoD anticipates spending more than $ 16 billion on energy [...]
Leaders from around the Dayton region converged in Washington, D.C., this week to make the case for the city’s future. The Dayton Development Coalition led the 29th Annual Fly-In to the nation’s capital over several days this week. It included a series of meetings and talks with Ohio political leaders, national defense leaders and embassies [...]
Seven projects, which account for 281 new jobs, have been approved for funding by the Montgomery County Board of County Commissioners intended to spur economic development in the area. The entities will receive a combined $ 1.79 million in Montgomery County Economic Development/Government Equity, or ED/GE, grants, which were finalized Thursday in a Board of [...]
The Dayton TEA Party says it will rally Friday to protest recent actions by the Internal Revenue Service. In a release, the TEA Party says it will gather in Courthouse Square downtown at 6 p.m. Friday. It will air grievances related to the IRS scrutiny on TEA Party-affiliated groups over the past three years. In [...]
