Transformation Tech Town is Dayton's premier technology-oriented commercial park, located on the site of a former GM factory in Downtown Dayton. Over the last several years, the City of Dayton has leveraged resources with a variety of partners to drive this cutting-edge project. Tech Town is the future of Dayton.
Tech Town was recently featured in Site Selection Magazine as an example of a cutting edge technology park. Click the link above for their website or click here to download a PDF copy of the article. Click here to read about the Grand Opening of Tech Town in 2009.
Location Tech Town is less than 10 minutes drive from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), the largest single-site employer in Ohio, which is now experiencing unprecedented growth. Tech Town is strategically located within a HUB Zone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone), a Federal program established to provide more access to government contracting opportunities.
That's only part of the reason why Dayton was recently named Ohio's Aerospace Hub. Just click here to read the new "Strategic Plan for Strengthening Relationships between The City of Dayton and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base" task force report.
Collaboration Tech Town serves as a setting where business, academia and government work together strategically to support the region's core competencies. A major emphasis of this collaborative spirit will be technology commercialization---taking technologies developed at WPAFB and other regional R&D facilities, and applying them to commercial uses.
Innovation New tenants already include the University of Dayton-led Institute for Development and Commercialization of Advanced Sensor Technology (IDCAST), the Dayton RFID Convergence Center (DRCC), and Weston Solutions, an environmental engineering firm.
Participation Currently there are 10 building sites available for sale or build-to-suit which will accommodate buildings ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 square feet. Tech Town will encompass approximately 400,000 square feet of office and research space and accommodate up to 2,500 new jobs. For those seeking leasing opportunities, visit the Tech Town's real estate listing for the latest information.
Information The City of Dayton's Master Plan will guide the development and growth of the project. Visit the Tech Town website for more information and see the future of technology in Dayton.
To find out if Tech Town is right for you, please contact the City of Dayton Office of Economic Development at (937) 333-3634.
An old General Motors building (rear, demolished in 2009) was the last of the legacy propertities to be removed from the Tech Town site.