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This week

KeyBank Foundation gives $300,000 to YWCA job program for survivors

The money, paid over three years, funds job training and stipends for survivors of domestic violence in YWCA Dayton's workforce program.

WHIO (Oct. 14)

See what a redesigned U.S. 35 could look like

A new city website shows how a major redesign of the U.S. 35 corridor could reshape Dayton.

WYSO (Oct. 14)

Stratacache puts its Oregon factory up for sale

The Dayton-based company listed its 1.2-million-square-foot plant in Eugene and has laid off Dayton-area employees this year, without saying how many.

Dayton Daily News (Oct. 14)

Dayton Ballet dancers sign their first union contract

The dancers, who voted unanimously to join the American Guild of Musical Artists, reached their first collective bargaining agreement.

Dayton Daily News (Oct. 10)

First new homes open at DeSoto Bass

The first phase of the DeSoto Bass Courts rebuild in West Dayton opened Oct. 2, part of a multi-phase plan to replace the aging public housing complex.

WYSO (Oct. 12)

Free and cheap fall programs for kids

Dayton Recreation runs free cooking, golf, gym and volleyball programs, plus $25 boxing and swim lessons. Sign up at daytonrec.com or 937-333-8400.

Spectrum News 1 (Oct. 6)

The Ledgers

Ledger No. 1 · Dayton

Where Dayton's wealth changed hands

Since 1979, Dayton's biggest companies have been sold to outside buyers again and again, and the headquarters and paychecks usually left with them. Largest deal: 7-Eleven bought Enon-based Speedway for $21 billion in 2021. NCR left for Georgia in 2009 after 125 years, taking 1,250 jobs. Pending: a $33 billion sale of AES, parent of AES Ohio.

Trackers in this section

From the Data Edition of Oct. 21, 2026. + up · − down · = no change from the week before.

Who Employs Dayton
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employers tracked
Who Owns Dayton Health Care
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ownership events logged
Who Owns Dayton's Necessities
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ownership events logged
Who Owns Dayton's News
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ownership events logged
Gas Stations, Car Washes & Storage
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openings tracked
Made in Dayton
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makers in the directory
Dayton Price Watch
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prices up vs. earlier reading, 6 down