User:Nickolaseposter/Downtown Dayton, Dayton,Ohio

Downtown Dayton is Dayton, Ohio's largest, and most heavily dense urban region in the city limits. It is often referred as "downtown", the "Central Business District" or, the "Greater Downtown Area." Comprising of roughly over 180 blocks, and surrounded by all the major arteries of the metro, it is the heart and centerplace of businesses, research, education, government, housing, arts, entertainment, cuisine, sports, parks, and many other regional assets. The neighborhood is made up of seventeen districts: Grafton Hill, McPherson Town, Riverscape, Ballpark Village, Tech Town, Cannery Arts District, Courthouse Square, Gay District, Terra Cotta, University Place, Midtown, Rubicon, Merchant's Row, Monument, Sinclair, Oregon, and Wright-Dunbar. Although the downtown has suffered from many industry-related job loss in the past four decades, it has craftily balanced and diversified its economy enough to stray away from the effects like many other rust-belt's downtowns have delt with. It's massively growing Healthcare, Education, Government, Research, Technology, Aerospace, Arts, Recreation, and Environmental economies keep it growing and have held its population at a steady 155,000 in the recent years.

Efforts to revitalize Downtown Dayton into a true 24-hour neighborhood system that never sleeps are underway. Although downtown has lost some retail it has maintained some and is attracting many local galleries, furniture, and speciality shops to the core. Unlike most cities in Ohio, Downtown Dayton still boasts downtown movie theaters, retail stores, classical loft living, and even four upscale markets: the 2nd Street Market, the 5th Street Wine & Deli, the Wine Loft Market, and the Webster Street Market. Downtown Dayton is truly one of the only thriving downtowns outside of Chicago and Pittsburgh in the rust belt.

Dayton was ranked as the 37th Best Arts City in 2010 despite it being a smaller town ( the 159th biggest in America). This is largely due to the number and quality of arts organizations, companies, and museums in the downtown core. With attractions such as the Dayton Art Institute (one of the top 10 art institutes in the nation), the K-12 Art Gallery, DVAC, Victoria Theater, Schuster Center, University Theater, Dayton Theater Guild, the Loft Theater, the Neon, Wiley's Comedy Theater, Rythym in Shoes, Dayton Philharmonic, or Dayton Cultureworks, you can never truly get bored.

Downtown Dayton also has some major food attractions to wet your appetite. The Dayton Convention Center hosts hundreds of food related events every year. The most popular event, a Taste of Dayton, attracts hundreds and hundreds of locally owned restaurants and brings many people downtown every year. Another food event is the World Affair which also brings many to the Convention Center. Besides this, Dayton's high end rib houses and steak and potato places never forget to make people happy. There are many high end restaurants like SideBar or cozy lunch stops like Las Americas or Butter Cafe. If you're a java person try the Ohio Coffee Company. If you're looking for an edgy place look in Oregon or University Place where Webster's, Blind Bob's, Ned Pepper's, The Tumbleweed Connection, and Tiki Bar call home. Canal Street Tavern and Brixx Ice Company are always promising eateries and are just a few examples of the many comfort food dining options the Downtown has to offer. And downtown Dayton is home to the start up of so many pizza chains that are Dayton-patented only. Whether you want to taste Casano's, Flying Pizza, Marion's, or Milano's you'll be having a blast with Dayton-style pizzeria!

Sports fanatics would love downtown Dayton's many offerings. Whether your an athlete, or just love watching sports, the possibilities are endless. The Dayton Metroparks is creating a waterpark for canoers on the river and the city is ranked one of the most bike-friendly cities in the country (there are literally bike-lanes in the every street). There are several rec centers, and the Oregon District boasts it's rehabbed Church-into-rec facility which has a climbing wall where the steapal once was. Dayton is also home to several sports venues in Ballpark Village. Baseball team Dayton Dragons at Fifth Third Field (which is the only stadium to be sold out every season since it opened) is in the center, and there are plans to attract a prffesional MLA soccer team stadium downtown and the Dayton Bombers, a hockey team, is opening an arena in the next year as well.

Tech Town, a relitively new district Downtown, has began construction and is designated by the State of the Ohio as the center of the Aerospace Hub, which is Dayton. While attracting high-tec jobs, faster than even Youngstown's tech plans, the district is attracting high tech jobs that will soon make it the Silicon valley of the midwest. The district is planning 18 more midrises by 2020 and has already filled up three buildings. The buildings are all LEED-approved and energy efficient and will bring thousands of jobs downtown, expanding the population of downtown, as well, in the next decade.