PDAC: Submission #690 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

1. To which Review Panel are you submitting your project? Economic Development

2. Project title Triumph of Flight Monument

3. Short description The Triumph of Flight will be a national monument to flight and gateway to our area's aviation heritage. It will stand 270 high with a stainless-steel replica of the 1905 Wright Flyer III, the world’s first practical airplane, at its top. Its planned location is adjacent to the future National Park Service facilities in the original Wright brothers' aircraft manufacturing hangars at US Route 35 and Abbey Avenue.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request Wright Image Group, Inc.

5-8. Address 1605 N. Main Street
Dayton, Ohio. 45405

9. County Montgomery

10. Recipient organization Same

11-14. Address {Empty}

15. County {Empty}

16. Organization type Non-profit

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Curtis Nelson

18. Title Executive Director

19. Organization Wright Image Group, Inc.

20. Telephone 937-602-1221

21. Email cnelson@triumphofflight.org

22-25. Address 2584 Ridge Rd.
Xenia, Ohio. 45385

26. County Greene

27. Additional contacts Byron Kentner
Wright Image Group, Inc.
937-266-9232
bkentner@triumphofflight.org

Location Details

28. City Dayton

29. County Montgomery

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 150000

32. Total Cost 10000000

33. Other sources of funds Pledges restricted to construction of the monument total $446,800, including $250,000 from the State of Ohio, re-appropriated in its FY2023-2024 Capital Improvement Budget.

34. How the funds will be used Construction or Capital

35. Do you have matching funds raised or committed? If yes, explain in question #36. If no, skip to question #37. No

36. If yes, please provide additional information. (Or, budget document can be uploaded, see question 37) {Empty}

37. Budget Yes

Budget File Upload

2025-flyer-estimate.pdf (13.37 KB)

38. By what date will you be ready to spend the funds A year from now or later

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify We know of no other funding available for our purpose.

Community Details

40. Community Need The Dayton area has never had the national recognition it deserves for the central role it has played in aviation history and continues to play in aviation technology. The Triumph of Flight will make the emphatic statement to all who see it in person and those who see it in photos against the Dayton skyline that Dayton is THE birthplace of aviation and continues to pilot aviation into the future. The Triumph of Flight will bring new visitors to the Dayton area, educate those visitors about other aviation sites in the area, direct those visitors to those sites, and bring the economic benefits that come with new visitors to our region. The Triumph of Flight will lead the way in rebranding our region as a center of technology with high livability making it attractive to businesses and job seekers.

41. Previous Funding: Has the requesting organization received Congressionally earmarked funding in the past? If so, please provide a brief project description, year funded, amount, and Congressional sponsor. No

42. Direct new jobs created 101 to 250

43. Existing jobs retained? None

44. Sustained permanent jobs? 51 to 100

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. We conducted a benchmarking study to determine the likely range of out-of-town visitors to the Dayton area to see the Triumph of Flight. From this data we determined the direct spending by these out-of-town visitors and the direct, indirect, and induced jobs resulting from that spending based on data from the “The Economic Impact of Tourism in Montgomery County, Ohio,” June 2018, by Tourism Economics.

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? $25,001-$50,000

47. Is your project a workforce development program? No

48. If yes, does your program center on one of the ten JobsOhio targeted industries? {Empty}

49. Counties in which jobs will be created Montgomery

Additional Details

50. Letters of endorsement, supporting materials, additional information. You can submit ONE PDF file that does not exceed 10 pages.

triumph of flight draft prospectus 11-2022.pdf (1.89 MB)

51. Is there opposition to the project? No

52. Name of person filling out this form. Byron Kentner

53. Telephone number of person filling out this form. 937-266-9232

54. Email of person filling out this form. This is where notification will be sent that the form was received. bkentner@triumphofflight.org

55. Do you want your project to be considered as a Community Project in the fiscal year 2025 –2026 State Capital Budget Bill? {Empty}

56. If your project type is on the list of ineligible projects (see above), please offer an explanation why your project could be eligible. If your project is not on the list, answer the question by stating that your project is not on the list of ineligible projects. {Empty}

57. Has your organization received state capital budget funding in the past? If so, provide a brief project description, year funded, and amount. {Empty}

58. Does your project have a connection with, or provide some benefit to, a state agency that has bonding authority? Please check all that apply from the following list: {Empty}

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