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November 15, 2021
Good afternoon, Dayton! If you were bored this weekend, we see ice skating, drive-thru Christmas lights, and North Pole Express train rides in your future. 🔮 But first, here’s what you might have missed in local news this past week.
- The team at Curafied
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PUFF, PUFF, BILL PASS
business
A new Ohio bill written by state Sen. Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City) could make medical marijuana cheaper and better available to treat more conditions. Additionally, legal cultivators in Ohio could expand their growing operations by thousands of square feet for increased production. More product means lower prices. “The bill’s all about business,” Huffman said. “We’re trying to bring free market principles to a highly regulated business.” Get high on more information here.
REVENGE OF THE NERDS
BUSINESS
But make it badass. $88 million in funding was awarded to the University of Dayton Research Institute by the Air Force Research Laboratory to research and develop Air Force autonomous capabilities such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, neural networks, and more. These applications can be used in the Air Force for intelligence, cyber security, surveillance and reconnaissance, and command and control systems. In other words, some pretty heady stuff. Learn more here.
WHISKEY BUSINESS
food & Drink
Mark Twain once said, “Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.” It’s a shame he won’t be in Dayton this weekend. Dayton Barrel Works will hold its first Whiskey Bash on Saturday, Nov. 20 offering 40+ varieties of bourbon and whiskey, live music, and small bites. New Dayton Barrel Works flavors will be released as well. Tickets are $50 for general admission and $75 for VIP which includes additional special release and rare bourbons to sample. All tickets come with a commemorative logo glass. Get the full story here.
WHITE TEETH > WHITE CHRISTMAS
SPONSORED
Curafied has partnered with Brytn Smile At-Home Teeth Whitening Kit to bring you a brighter, whiter smile this holiday season, so if you needed something to distract Aunt Carol from asking when you’re getting married, this is it. To keep the good cheer going, every purchase of Brytn Smile helps provide life-saving, life-changing surgeries for children in impoverished areas born with cleft palates through its ongoing partnership with Operation Smile. We can’t help you find a date to your family events, but we can help you get a whiter smile for a great cause. Use the discount code CURAFIED25 for 25% off of your purchase here.
gone line dancin'
ENTERTAINMENT
If you like the music scene in Nashville then you’re gonna love this: a 24,000 square foot honky-tonk just opened in West Chester called Lori’s Roadhouse and has both customers and musicians alike freaking out about how cool it is. In addition to live music from both local and national recording artists, Lori’s Roadhouse offers a diverse dinner menu as well. There’s even free line-dancing from 7-10 p.m. on Tuesdays. For the full story, boot-scoot boogie over to here.
EYES ON THE PRIZE
PHILANTHROPY
Dayton has a Literary Peace Prize (who knew!?) and each year it nominates adult fiction and nonfiction books that “have led readers to a better understanding of other cultures, peoples, religions, and political points of view” for a cash prize. The Literary Peace Prize Foundation just announced that it has hired a new full-time executive director, Nicholas Raines, a Dayton native with over 15 years of experience in community development and engagement, fund raising, team management, and strategic planning. Sounds like the start of a great new chapter to us. Learn more here.
THE TAR HEELS ARE COMING
business
Textum, A North Carolina-based company that manufactures composite material for use in aerospace, space and defense, is opening their first Dayton location. The company has signed a 5-year lease at Lyons Business Park in Miami Township and with that comes over 20 high-wage tech employees from North Carolina who will now be calling the Dayton area home. Let the backyard BBQ wars begin. Get the full story here.
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We’ll be back again next week.
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