See the latest City Beautiful Award winners!

Residents, businesses and community groups throughout Dayton earned the City Beautiful Award for June 2018. See photos here. 

The City of Dayton recognizes owners and occupants of properties demonstrating civic and neighborhood pride with the mont...

Police team up with local organization to reduce infant mortality

The Dayton Police Department is now part of a new partnership to help protect our most vulnerable citizens.

In 2015, Chief Richard Biehl was inspired by a presentation by Dr. Arthur James at the Thinking for Two conference illustrating racial disparity in ...

Mayor Whaley accepts grant for Gem City Market

The U.S. Conference of Mayors and Wells Fargo announced that the Gem City Market is the winner of the 2018 CommunityWINS (Working/Investing in Neighborhood Stabilization) Grant for medium-sized cities.The $150,000 grant award supports nonprofit organizati...

Summer brings block parties to three recreation centers

Fun, fitness and wellness are on the summer calendar at Dayton recreation centers, with community block parties scheduled at three locations. The family-friendly events will feature free swimming and fitness classes, line dancing,face-painting, music, a k...

City, County begin preparing for 2020 census

Dayton and Montgomery County have formed a Complete Count Committee to support a full count of local residents by the 2020 census.  Read more here.

More

Flight Line trail takes a step forward

The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has awarded the City of Dayton a $15,000 Doppelt Family Trail Development Fund grant to help with the acquisition of an out-of-service rail corridor in east Dayton.The City hopes to convert a portion of the corridor into th...

2018 Summer Music Series - at RiverScape MetroPark

Summer fun returns to downtown Dayton with the Summer Music Series at RiverScape MetroPark (111 E. Monument Ave.), presented by the City of Dayton Department of Recreation and Youth Services. Admission is free! The best of the region's music, with food an...

Parking enforcement evolves with a changing downtown

Drivers and downtown visitors may notice some recent changes to City of Dayton parking enforcement. Read more here.

Electric power aggregation update

The City of Dayton electric power aggregation program has been discontinued because of changes in the electric power market.Participating residents and business will receive a letter informing them of the discontinuation in their May 2018 power bill.The p...

Community Engagement Program accepting grant applications

Applications are now being accepted for the 2018 Community Engagement Grant Program. The program recognizes the value of community-based activities and their role in bringing residents together to strengthen neighborhoods.

Neighborhood associations, block ...

City hires new planning director

City Manager Shelley Dickstein has appointed Todd M. Kinskey, AICP, as director of planning and community development for the City of Dayton.  Kinskey is currently planning and development director for Hamilton County, Ohio, and was also executiv...

Natural gas pipeline construction in neighborhoods

Replacement of natural gas infrastructure by Vectren Energy is underway for 2018, and will continue through most of the year. Click on the link below for access to an interactive map showing affected areas and streets. You can enter an address to find spe...

2018 waste collection schedules are online

Celebrate 100 years at Community Golf Club

It began a century ago when John Patterson donated a 294-acre expanse of green hills and dales that would become Community Golf Club to the City of Dayton.Now operated by the Department of Recreation and Youth Services, Communityremains a regional treasur...