How to spend billions in federal relief money
Billions of federal dollars and hundreds of local decisions are transforming our communities and fueling recovery from the COVID downturn. To follow that money, we’ve launched an investigative project you can follow at daytondailynews.com/investigations.
In addition to asking local governments to show how they’re spending taxpayer money and keeping an eye out for waste, fraud, abuse or mismanagement, we’re asking you, our readers, how this money should be spent in your communities.
That’s why we’re hosting a Community Conversation at noon Wednesday to discuss plans from around our region.
The discussion will be co-hosted by investigative journalist Josh Sweigart and Community Impact Editor Nick Hrkman. The panel will include experts and decision-makers from around the area:
■ Michael Colbert, Montgomery County administrator
■ Shelley Dickstein, Dayton city manager
■ Derrick Foward, Dayton Unit NAACP president
■ Alison Goebel, executive director of the Greater Ohio Policy Center
■ Terry Posey, Miami Twp. Trustee
The Community Conversation can be watched live on the Dayton Daily News Facebook page.
Community Conversations are a Dayton Daily News series of moderated panel discussions on topics important to the Dayton region.
Visit our website or Facebook page to watch recordings of April’s Community Conversation on immigration, March’s Community Conversation about how the pandemic has affected child development and more.