March 11, 2010

Dayton CC endorses Third Frontier renewal 

By William Hershey

Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 08:10 PM

The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, March 9, officially endorsed State Issue One, renewal of the Third Frontier high tech economic development plan, Chris Kershner, chamber vice president for public policy & economic development, said.

The issue is on the May 4 primary ballot.The ballot proposal calls for the state to issue $700 million in bonds over four years to provide money to universities and businesses for high tech research with the goal of creating jobs.