Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. The Dayton metropolitan area, or Greater Dayton, which includes the communities of Vandalia, Trotwood, Kettering, Piqua, Tipp City, Centerville, Beavercreek, Fairborn, West Carrollton, Huber Heights, Troy, and Miamisburg, had a population of 843,577 as of the 2005 estimate. Dayton is situated within the Miami Valley region of Ohio, just north of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
Dayton plays host to significant industrial, aerospace, and technological/engineering research activity and is known for the many technical innovations and inventions developed there. The Wright brothers and entrepreneur John H. Patterson were born in Dayton. The Dayton area is home to several major international, national, and regional corporations, including NCR, Reynolds & Reynolds, ChemStation International, Liberty Bank, NewPage Corporation, Standard Register, WorkflowOne (formally Relizon), Huffy Bicycles, LexisNexis, and Mead prior to becoming MeadWestvaco.
Recent Dayton business news
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- Electronics, appliance store plans liquidation
- The REX electronics and appliances store at the Regency Mall complex is closing.
- Fricker's inks Miller Lane lease
- Regional Manager April Baker and Paul Curtis, director of franchising and human resources at Fricker's USA, stand in the Huber Heights location on Chambersburg Road.
- Budget cuts to doom hall?
- Interior view of the entryway at Dayton's Memorial Hall. Click to view more photos You would think Daytonians would grow numb to news that a piece of local history is endangered and could be closed ...
- Mall isn't closing, but Rex departure adds to rumor mill
- In these tough economic times, when a store at Jefferson City's Capital Mall announces it will be leaving, it seems to create a domino affect.
- Dayton blood center let everybody compete
- When the blood center decided to move its most sophisticated work involving tissue donations and grafts to Kettering, some worried that the City of Dayton had let another big one get away.
- Crude prices edge up, Dayton gas at $1.80
- Crude oil prices are up Monday closing in on $50 per barrel propelled by Israeli's ground invasion into the Gaza Strip, with Dayton-area gas prices averaging higher than the rest of the nation at $1.80 per ...
- Hot Shots And Cool Clips - Volume 4 Updates
- Coming in early Spring 2009 JAT Productions will begin their 21st year of business with volume 4 of the " Elvis Hot Shots And Cool Clips ". This film will include footage from: 1955 in Texas 1956 Hy Gardner ...
- The AED Foundation Announces 2009 Seminar Line Up
- Look no further than The AED Foundation for the best in industry-specific professional education.
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