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Community producer Loveyah Stewart’s family is deeply rooted in West Dayton. Her grandparents came up from Mississippi and Alabama in the 1940s, and now three generations have lived in her home on West Third Street.
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Some people say the term “food desert” doesn’t speak to the larger issues at play. Is “food apartheid” more accurate?
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The gunshot-detection microphones used by the Dayton Police Department dispatched officers to West Dayton over 2,200 times over the last two years.
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A Dayton Police Officer is in stable condition after exchanging gunfire with a man in West Dayton.
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Over 60 years since their building opened, the Boys and Girls Club of Dayton will finally begin some necessary renovations and repairs.
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The nonprofit Early Visions hosted a vintage tea party to honor the women of West Dayton. WYSO spoke with attendees about their memories of the West Dayton YWCA, the first African American YWCA in the country.
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The West Dayton nonprofit Early Visions is working to preserve the building that once housed the first African American YWCA in the country.
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A group of LGBTQ community members in West Dayton held the first Dayton Black Pride Festival in McIntosh Park.
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The city is seeking input on how to spend $138 million in federal aid through the American Rescue Plan Act. Five more meetings are scheduled this month.
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Two candidates for Dayton City Commission, Jared Grandy and Shenise Turner-Sloss, have emerged in a crowded race as grassroots candidates looking to enact change.
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The nonprofit group I Love West Dayton joined the Gem City Market in hosting a community cleanup event Saturday. Their mission was to beautify the area before the market opens this summer.
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The organizations I Love West Dayton and Dayton Young Black Professionals passed out hundreds of meals, hygiene care packages, and backpacks filled with school supplies on Saturday. The giveaway was in honor of the late Bootsie Neal.