Campaign for Community Progress
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I'm Ronnie Moreland and I'm the Executive Director of the Community Progress Institute. We are embarking on our quarterly campaign - and I need your help! We have very exciting things planned for Dayton - and if you support these plans, please do me a favor and make a donation.
Here are the plans for our projects for 2016 - we are calling it #BuildDayton. You can learn more about us at www.cpidayton.org
Riverflame
Since Dayton has an underdeveloped and underused Riverscape Park, CPI will work in conjunction with other community organizations and appropriate government agencies to produce and host an artistic exhibition unlike that which has been seen in this city before involving braziers, or solid steel bowls, floating in the water and anchored to the riverbed, then filled with wood and lit ablaze to illuminate the Gem City while families enjoy a Dragons game at Fifth Third Field, couples stroll the walkways after a night at the Dayton Art Institute, and theatergoers stop to admire the fusion of the timeless elements of fire and water. This project will be called Riverflame.
There is absolutely no reason why Dayton should be a city that people flee at dusk.
Downtown Development
Next, downtown development. Years ago, the area of what is now Tech Town was being considered as a candidate for a mixed-use retail and residential space that later became the Greene in Beavercreek.
Certainly, there would be tremendous job growth, an increase in sales for already-existing Downtown businesses, and somewhere for the city’s newest downtown residents to enjoy shopping, dining, and being entertained.
CPI will team up with developers and planners to audit, analyze, and assess all vacant or underused lots in an effort to organize the biggest downtown building project in the history of the city of Dayton.
We won’t stop there – because we are going to duplicate this effort in the most neglected area of our city – West Dayton.
West Dayton Development
It is an indisputable fact that de facto segregation – be it economic, social, or employment – has been allowed to perpetuate the cycle of excluding blacks and other minorities from opportunities that would otherwise be afforded them in a fair and just society.
And that’s exactly why CPI will continue to research the causes of unfair wages and the disproportionate, lingering effects that the Great Recession has had on our Black and other minority brothers and sisters. CPI will issue a report in mid-April that explicates Dayton’s economy and details the hardships faced by minority populations and we will then tirelessly work to implement policy solutions wherever they are necessary.
We will no longer neglect the needs of West Dayton and we will harness the ingenuity and creativity of this important sector of our community.
Heroin Treatment
We have seen our loved ones suffer. Families have been torn apart. Our children have been negatively impacted.
That is why we are partnering with the best physicians in the region to create a state of the art residential heroin treatment program, specifically devoted to eradicating this monstrosity from our community once and for all – and we will open this much-needed community resource in January 2017.
Dayton Presence in the United Nations
Dayton deserves a larger presence on the world stage. In our great city, we have the best workers in the world. We have a tradition of excellence, integrity, and innovation. And with those skills, we built airplanes, automobiles, and a rock solid work culture that made Dayton home to more patents than anywhere else in these great United States.
That is why CPI will be honored to have an Ambassador to the United Nations – a Daytonian who is equipped with the tenacity, understanding, and judgment to represent Dayton on the world stage – bringing businesses, jobs, money, and productivity to our region. And if you think it can’t be done – just watch.
We will audit our community and with perception and foresight we will talk to countries like China and Vietnam, the Philippines and India – and we will be a magnet for their companies to invest in our workers and together we will make Dayton a world-class city.
Integrity, business acumen, stalwart perseverance, and unmatched brilliance – these are characteristics that have defined Dayton for many decades. And they are the qualities that will drive our work here at CPI – where we have the most talented staff, the best partnerships, and the most ambitious goals
Community Progress Institute is a Dayton-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation devoted to improving our city’s families, neighborhoods, and communities. Through dynamic and innovative programs and strategies, we work to increase positive community relations, promote health and education, reduce poverty, improve social services, increase veteran support, and teach self-reliance.
Here are the plans for our projects for 2016 - we are calling it #BuildDayton. You can learn more about us at www.cpidayton.org
Riverflame
Since Dayton has an underdeveloped and underused Riverscape Park, CPI will work in conjunction with other community organizations and appropriate government agencies to produce and host an artistic exhibition unlike that which has been seen in this city before involving braziers, or solid steel bowls, floating in the water and anchored to the riverbed, then filled with wood and lit ablaze to illuminate the Gem City while families enjoy a Dragons game at Fifth Third Field, couples stroll the walkways after a night at the Dayton Art Institute, and theatergoers stop to admire the fusion of the timeless elements of fire and water. This project will be called Riverflame.
There is absolutely no reason why Dayton should be a city that people flee at dusk.
Downtown Development
Next, downtown development. Years ago, the area of what is now Tech Town was being considered as a candidate for a mixed-use retail and residential space that later became the Greene in Beavercreek.
Certainly, there would be tremendous job growth, an increase in sales for already-existing Downtown businesses, and somewhere for the city’s newest downtown residents to enjoy shopping, dining, and being entertained.
CPI will team up with developers and planners to audit, analyze, and assess all vacant or underused lots in an effort to organize the biggest downtown building project in the history of the city of Dayton.
We won’t stop there – because we are going to duplicate this effort in the most neglected area of our city – West Dayton.
West Dayton Development
It is an indisputable fact that de facto segregation – be it economic, social, or employment – has been allowed to perpetuate the cycle of excluding blacks and other minorities from opportunities that would otherwise be afforded them in a fair and just society.
And that’s exactly why CPI will continue to research the causes of unfair wages and the disproportionate, lingering effects that the Great Recession has had on our Black and other minority brothers and sisters. CPI will issue a report in mid-April that explicates Dayton’s economy and details the hardships faced by minority populations and we will then tirelessly work to implement policy solutions wherever they are necessary.
We will no longer neglect the needs of West Dayton and we will harness the ingenuity and creativity of this important sector of our community.
Heroin Treatment
We have seen our loved ones suffer. Families have been torn apart. Our children have been negatively impacted.
That is why we are partnering with the best physicians in the region to create a state of the art residential heroin treatment program, specifically devoted to eradicating this monstrosity from our community once and for all – and we will open this much-needed community resource in January 2017.
Dayton Presence in the United Nations
Dayton deserves a larger presence on the world stage. In our great city, we have the best workers in the world. We have a tradition of excellence, integrity, and innovation. And with those skills, we built airplanes, automobiles, and a rock solid work culture that made Dayton home to more patents than anywhere else in these great United States.
That is why CPI will be honored to have an Ambassador to the United Nations – a Daytonian who is equipped with the tenacity, understanding, and judgment to represent Dayton on the world stage – bringing businesses, jobs, money, and productivity to our region. And if you think it can’t be done – just watch.
We will audit our community and with perception and foresight we will talk to countries like China and Vietnam, the Philippines and India – and we will be a magnet for their companies to invest in our workers and together we will make Dayton a world-class city.
Integrity, business acumen, stalwart perseverance, and unmatched brilliance – these are characteristics that have defined Dayton for many decades. And they are the qualities that will drive our work here at CPI – where we have the most talented staff, the best partnerships, and the most ambitious goals
Community Progress Institute is a Dayton-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation devoted to improving our city’s families, neighborhoods, and communities. Through dynamic and innovative programs and strategies, we work to increase positive community relations, promote health and education, reduce poverty, improve social services, increase veteran support, and teach self-reliance.
Organizer
Ronnie Moreland
Organizer
Dayton, OH