Dayton’s Courthouse Square is a beautiful place to be for the holidays. I was there a few weeks ago for the Downtown Holiday Festival and parade, and it was great to see so many people gathered there right in the heart of downtown. But to me, it’s also a deeply fascinating place for what is […]
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New OpEd on Bikeshare, Micromobility in Dayton
I wrote an oped for the Dayton Daily News about bikeshare and micromobility options in Dayton and why they matter! I was inspired to do something after the longtime Link bikeshare program shut down a little over a year ago and then the Spin scooters left Dayton too this past summer. For years I used […]
Sharing Dayton Vistas with Local Young Professionals
This week I had the opportunity to participate in a really fun event where I got to share some of my work on Dayton history and urban redevelopment with Generation Dayton’s community of young professionals. It was called “Gem City Connect: A Guide to Living, Working, and Thriving in Dayton,” hosted by The Hub at […]
A Historic Photo Tour of Downtown Dayton in 1900 (Video)
This year I’ve led a few different walking tours of Downtown Dayton, including for Preservation Dayton’s tour series and for the Downtown Dayton Art in the City event in August. But last week I put together a very different type of downtown tour: a photo tour from around 1900 that I created as a video […]
Local History Talks at Trolley Stop in the Oregon District!
I’ve been giving local history talks since my Lost Dayton book came out in 2018, but this year I’ve started trying something new. Up to this point I’d always just relied on other organizations to find me and request a talk. Over the past few years I’d be asked to speak from time to time […]
New Video on Dayton History
I’ve been writing articles about the history of Dayton for a few years now (as well as a book!), but only recently recorded my first video on the subject. Thankfully I’d been playing around with recording and screensharing for working remotely which first culminated in my series of three videos all about spotting and avoiding […]