Dayton Development Coalition is major economic development player

The publicly and privately funded Dayton Development Coalition is a major regional player economic development. Here are six things to know about it:

1. It is the western representative of JobsOhio, the private, non-profit corporation that is the state’s privatized economic development arm.

2. Jeff Hoagland has been president and chief executive officer of the coalition since 2010. He is a former Vandalia city manager.

3. The owners of a company funded by the coalition this week alleged a conflict of interest on the part of a coalition executive, allegations the coalition denied.

4. About $64.5 million in taxpayer dollars went to the coalition and its two affiliates between 2004-2014 and more since then. Tallies since 2014 are not yet available from the coalition.

5. The coalition has two funds that target entrepreneurs, Accelerant and the Dayton Region Signature Fund.

6. Ohio Third Frontier pulled entrepreneur funding from the coalition in 2015 over concerns about how the money was spent.

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Lynn Hulsey

Lynn Hulsey is an investigative reporter focusing on business, the economy, government and politics.