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JANUARY 24, 2021

 We don't know about you, but we're still geeked about the Bengals win against the Titans this past weekend. 🐅 This is the first time they're going into an AFC title game since 1989. While you wait in nervous anticipation for Sunday, here's what you might have missed in Dayton news this past week.

​- The team at Curafied Dayton

HOME SWEET DAYTON
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Do you have friends or family that you’d like to convince to move back to the Dayton area? One of the latest projects out of local think tank, The Collaboratory, is a relationship-based talent attraction initiative called Dayton Homecoming. Unlike a typical government-based initiative, Dayton Homecoming relies on local family members and friends to share its in-development resources and events geared towards the excitement and support of moving folks back. For more info and updates, join the Dayton Homecoming Facebook page.

SELFIE STUDIO OPENS in centerville
arts & entertainment

Do it for the ‘gram. Matthew Gwin and James Kavanaugh, Jr., two Archbishop Alter alums, have opened Selfie Scene, a selfie studio with 20 interactive vignettes that change with the seasons. Located on SR 725, it’s BYOC (bring your own cell or camera) for taking photos; Selfie Scene provides props, backdrops, “light rings” and hand-held photo remotes that connect via Bluetooth. Learn more here.

LAWMAKERS AIM TO HELP OH KIDS ACADEMICALLY affected by pandemic
POLITICS

The kids are not alright. Not surprisingly, K-12 children have “lost ground” academically when schools went to remote learning during the pandemic. In Ohio, “74% of students in an urban Ohio district missed 18 days or more of unexcused absences during the pandemic.” The Ohio Department of Education says, “students scored about eight points lower in-state language arts tests last year and 15 points lower in math.” Lawmakers are coming up with a plan to use federal dollars to get college students studying for education jobs to help tutor kids who got behind from the interruption in learning. Full story here.

VIRTUAL HUB LAUNCHES FOR 'NEW MAJORITY' ​BUSINESS FOUNDERS
BUSINESS

The house always wins. Coming out of its 1-year beta testing stage, Trep House, a Dayton-based virtual superhub for new majority founders, has launched providing 360-degree services for new and existing small business owners who are ready to grow. According to Trep House’s website, the new majority are black and other underrepresented younger people who are creating the culture, products, and services for the 21st century and beyond. Original story here.

area non-profit saving food from dumpsters
philanthropy

Waste not, want not. A local food rescue non-profit, Access to Excess, that goes to grocery stores and farms to pick up produce that would’ve gone to waste, has partnered with Fresh Food Connect, an app that makes it easier for backyard growers or community gardens to donate any extra produce. Together they are doing “everything they can” to find homes to distribute the surplus of produce that already exists. Full story here.​

9 local chefs to watch in 2022
FOOD & DRINK

What’s cookin’? Dayton.com has recognized 9 chefs they’re “excited to watch in 2022.” The list includes newcomers and vets in the local culinary scene as well as “Dayton’s own Food Network champion,” Erica Roby, who was crowned “Master of ‘Cue” when she won the second season of BBQ Crawl. Check out the full list here.​​
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