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IT'S BEEN TOUTED AS AN
INCUBATOR FOR SMALL TECHNOLOGY
COMPANIES LOOKING FOR
ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE DAYTON
REGION'S HIGH-TECH BUSINESSES.
TONIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING INTO
THE HEALTH OF TECH TOWN. NEW
AT 6... DAN EDWARDS
INVESTIGATES WHAT'S IN STORY
FOR THE NOW EMPTY BUILDING
NUMBER 3.
3
TECH TOWN'S MISSION IS TO
ATTRACT HIGH TECH COMPANIES...
AND HELP THEM GET THEIR
BUT WITH BUILDING THREE
ACROSS THE WAY STANDING EMPTY
FOR OVER A YEAR, IS TECH TOWN
GETTING OFF THE GROUND?THIS IS
THE DAYTON RFID CONVERGENCE
CENTER HERE ON THE TOP FLOOR.
I ASKED THE MAN IN CHARGE OF
ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESS TO
HERE THAT QUESTION AND MORE.
MR TAYLOR THE CITY OF DAYTON
TAXPAYERS HAVE BUILT A THIRD
BUILDING HERE AT TECH TOWN
WHEN YOU'VE STRUGGLED TO FILL
THE FIRST TWO. WHY THE THIRD
BUILDING? THERE'S ALWAYS
THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENT THAT WE CAN HAVE
HERE OF A PARTICULAR TYPE OF
AN ECLECTIC MIX OF COMPANIES
THAT WE CAN HAVE. BUT YOU
HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SET
OF REAL ESTATE OPTIONS THIS
ONE HERE IS MORE FOR SMALL
OFFICE SUITES MORE FOR
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUT
IF YOU'RE WANTING TO STEP THAT
UP TO MEDIUM, NOT LARGE BUT
FOR MID-SIZE COMPANIES YOU
GOTTA HAVE SPACE FOR THEM.
SO FOR TAYLOR AND THE CITY OF
DAYTON IT'S THE PROVERBIAL
"BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME"
MENTALITY. THERE IS NO REAL
GOOD PLACE IN THE REGION TO
THE DIFFER BUT IT'S REALLY
HERE AT TECH TOWN. BUT
IS THIS A FIELD OF DREAMS, OR
DOES THE REGION HAVE A SOLID
HIT WITH TECH TOWN? I AM ABOUT
AS BUSY NOW THAN I HAVE EVER
BEEN. TAYLOR ADMITS
EMPLOYEE AND FINANCIAL IMPACT
NUMBERS ARE DIFFICULT TO
MEASURE. PROBABLY PUT NUMBERS
ON THINGS I WOULD SAY PROBABLY
5 DIRECTLY AND WITHIN 10
INDIRECTLY THAT HAVE BEEN WINS
FOR TECH TOWN. I D CAST , HE
POINTS-OUT TENANT IDCAST'S
TREMENDOUS GROWTH AND GE'S
EPISCENTER AS TWO OF THEIR
BIGGEST HITS SO FAR. TECH
TOWN IS THE COLLABORATIVE
MODEL TO STITCH THESE TYPE OF
COMPANIES TOGETHER. LOCATED
ON MONUMENT NEAR 5TH/THIRD
FIELD, TECH TOWN IS LOCATED
WITHIN DAYTON'S AEROSPACE HUB
OF INNOVATION & OPPORTUNITY,
AND BOASTS IMPRESSIVE PARTNERS
LIKE WRIGHT STATE, UDRI AND
WRIGHT-PATT.THIS IS WHERE THIS
PARTICULAR AREA TECH TOWN AND
WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IS
PROBABLY A MORE ATTRACTIVE
MODEL THAN MAYBE SOME OF THE
OTHER AREAS AROUND THE REGION.
ENTREPRENEURS CENTER ACROSS
THE STREET IS GROWING,
BUILDING NUMBER TWO IS NEARLY
AT CAPACITY...AND HE TELLS ME
HE'S CLOSE TO LANDING NEW
TENANTS FOR BUILDING THREE.
COLLECTIVELY, YES, WE ARE
STARTING TO ADVANCE. I'VE SEEN
IT JUST IN THE COUPLE OF YEARS
I'VE HAD THE JOB.. I THINK
IT'S VERY POSITIVE. AT TECH
TOWN, IN DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DAN
EDWARDS, 2 NEWS!