A local government approved federal monies to support a kitchen incubator and two area nonprofits.
The Dayton City Commission gave the greenlight for $400,000 in Dayton Recovery Plan funds to go to Omega Community Development Corporation. The money will pay for asbestos and lead abatement at Fout Hall, land use planning and engineering to encourage sustainability, support environmental justice initiatives, and prevent flooding on its Harvard Avenue campus in northwest Dayton.
The Dayton Society of Natural History will receive $200,000 for facility upgrades. The society is the parent organization of Boonshoft Museum of Discovery and its sister organization Sunwatch Indian Village. The money will help increase the life of the museum facility.
The 6888 Kitchen food business incubator will receive $750,000. The group’s first phase launches OH Taste LLC’s Sharpen the Axe education program for food business entrepreneurs. Participants learn about a multitude of topics to prepare them to run a successful food business.
Food businesses incubated at 6888 Kitchen can move to brick-and-mortar locations and be eligible for First Floor Fund support.
Marrying the First Floor Fund and Dayton Recovery Plan is a way to maximize Dayton Recovery Plan funding and serve the overarching tenets of the Dayton Recovery Plan – helping people most negatively affected by Covid-19. The 6888 Kitchen will be located at 32 S. Ludlow St. in the Arcade.
The city received $138 million grant as part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
The Dayton Recovery Fund is a roadmap of how Dayton will spend those funds.
Five areas of focus were identified: Improving our neighborhoods, supporting black and brown business, aiding community and small business recovery, enhancing critical city services, and catalyzing economic recovery.
