Downtown Dayton
| Downtown Dayton | |
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| Central business district | |
Downtown Dayton in 2007
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| Coordinates: 39°45′42″N 84°11′30″W / 39.76167°N 84.19167°WCoordinates: 39°45′42″N 84°11′30″W / 39.76167°N 84.19167°W | |
| City | Dayton |
| State | Ohio |
| Country | United States |
| Population (2,000) | |
| • Total | 2,009 |
Downtown Dayton is the central business district of Dayton, Ohio. Major reinvestment in the downtown area began heavily in the mid-1990s, and continues today with $2 billion in residential, commercial, health, and transportation developments that has or is taking place in the downtown area.
While much of the city's population decamped to surrounding suburbs in the second half of the 20th century, downtown Dayton has begun to gain population again since the early 2000s with over a 90 percent occupancy rate. Downtown Dayton is home to 42,000 employees, 2,000 residents, and more than 7 million yearly visitors. It is also becoming one of the most technology oriented and high-tech friendly downtowns in the United States.
Downtown is home to Sinclair Community College and the University of Dayton. Sinclair community college is the largest community college at a single location in Ohio and one of the largest community colleges in the nation. Sinclair is acclaimed as one of the country's best community colleges. Sinclair was founded as the YMCA college in 1887. Dayton is also home to Miami-Jacob's College.
The University of Dayton is a private, Catholic institution. It is Ohio's largest private university and is one of the top 10 Catholic universities in the United States. UD is also home to the University of Dayton Research Institute which ranks second in the nation for sponsored research, and the Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton which focuses on human tissue regeneration.
Entertainment in the downtown Dayton area is diverse. Downtown is home to the Dayton Art Institute which is a museum of fine arts that owns collections containing more than 20,000 objects spanning 5,000 years of art and archaeological history. The Dayton Art Institute was rated one of the top 10 best art museums in the United States for children. Along with the Dayton Art Institute, there are also other arts in the downtown area. The Dayton Region ranked 33rd in the nation out of 373 metropolitan areas in arts and culture.
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