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September 04, 2010

Cheers For The Dayton City Commission

Bravo to our Dayton City Commission! The City of Dayton has received $5.5 million from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and is using it to demolish many of the abandoned boarded up properties that blight our fine city. "This is a problem that impacts us all," said Max Fuller in a recent Dayton Daily News article. There are currently 2000 houses on the city's nuisance list and its the largest list Dayton has ever compiled. Dayton employee Aaron Sorrell admits that "We're not out of the woods yet, that's for sure. We need to rid the landscape of these vacant houses. Its really a triage for neighborhoods. I think it reaffirms we're on the right path." Sorrell may just be right. The city has a vacancy rate of 21% and that is not acceptable. In an effort to combat this The Dayton City Commissioners plan to bring down the nuisance properties in order to reduce crime and grow jobs. As the City Commissioners continute to grow jobs in our area, we will continue to step up and help them build a brighter Dayton for a better tomorrow.

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