The Dayton Arcade – Waking the Giant
About
By 2023 the renovation of the Dayton Arcade became a story of perseverance. The effects of COVID were everywhere. Restaurant and retail space, vital to the Arcade’s long-term success, sat empty. But in the second half of 2023, the tide turned. In Part 3 of this multi-year documentary, we meet the people whose are bringing a new vibrancy to the Arcade. These are the dreamers and doers who are writing the final chapter of the renovation.
We’ll be airing this documentary in four parts this January – the three parts of the documentary and a panel discussion recorded in early 2024.
Airdates
Sunday, January 28, from 1pm to 3pm on CET
Thursday, February 1, from 1pm to 3pm on ThinkTV14
Saturday, February 3, from 3pm to 5pm on ThinkTV14
Gallery
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANDY SNOW
Documentary Treatment
Interested in learning more about this upcoming project? Read the treatment here.
In The News
April 13, 2021
New episode of DBJ-affiliated podcast with Dan Edwards focuses on Arcade development
Dayton Business Journal
March 4, 2021
Dayton Arcade is ‘open for business’ after 30-year slumber. This is “just the beginning”
Dayton Daily News
September 27, 2019
Women of the Dayton Arcade Restore Gem City’s Crown Jewel
Dayton Business Journal
April 25, 2019
Dayton Arcade project gets major boost with long-awaited financial close
Dayton Business Journal
March 14, 2019
Dayton Arcade project moves ahead with rotunda restoration, cleanup
Dayton Business Journal
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Funders
We are Dayton Families
Friends of the Dayton Arcade
Let’s Wake the Giant
Anonymous
Carrie and John Haley
Robert and Linda Nevin
Lee and Patti Schear
Jerry Tatar
The White Family / White-Allen
Brick by Brick
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred G. van Breukelen
Dayton Wheel Concepts, Inc.
Steve and Debbie Freeze
Mr and Mrs R H Grant III
Gary Gottschlich
Julia D. Hobart
William and Sonnie Kasch
Amy Laughead-Riese
Lockwood Family Foundation
George and Moni Malacos
Mary and David Mathews
Barbara N. O’Hara
Brad J. Roof
