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Kettering should take ‘underperforming’ Fraze in new direction, study says
Kettering leaders can make improvements to Fraze Pavilion in an increasingly competitive local concert landscape, a Kettering assistant city manager said.
• Why now? Kettering leaders just received the final edition of a lengthy consultant’s report outlining recommendations for operating the Fraze at a time when Rose Music Center — about 20 miles away in Huber Heights — is drawing larger crowds and attracting some national acts.
• About Fraze: Opened in the early 1990s, the Fraze has a capacity of 4,300 seats and serves as the city’s home for live music, community events, and festivals, the study notes.
• About The Rose: The Rose Music Center in Huber Heights, a 4,200-seat covered amphitheater, was completed in 2015. This past summer, Huber Heights announced a proposal for a second music venue near the Rose.
• Funding: In September, Kettering City Council approved more than $2.9 million in spending for the 2025 Fraze performance season.
Grocery Outlet not moving forward with one of its planned Dayton-area locations
A company that offers discounted, closeout and overstocked products from private-label and name-brand suppliers won’t be moving into one of its two planned Dayton-area locations.
• Change in plans: Grocery Outlet Bargain Market had planned to renovate a 25,000-square-foot space at 894 S. Main St. in Centerville. That’s no longer the case.
• Other moving forward: The company is moving forward with plans to renovate a storefront at 606 Taywood Road in Englewood. Located in the Northmont Plaza Shopping Center, that 21,000-square-foot location sits between Instinct Dance Co. and Planet Fitness.
• About Grocery Outlet: Founded in 1946 by Jim Read and based in Emeryville, California, Grocery Outlet touts itself as “the nation’s largest extreme value retailer.” The company and its subsidiaries have more than 520 stores in 16 states, including Ohio and Kentucky.
What to know today
• One big takeaway: Amazon Web Services has plans for a data center in Fayette County near the Jeffersonville outlet mall, about an hour’s drive from Montgomery County, the company confirmed.
• Quote of the day: “They’ve done nothing to date that makes me or the community happy.” — Trotwood City Manager Quincy Pope on National Eagle LLC, which purchased the former Salem Consumer Square shopping center earlier this year. Frustration is mounting among city officials as the dilapidated property sits largely unchanged.
• Stat of the day: Six. That’s the number of Frisch’s restaurants that remain open in the Dayton region as closures elsewhere continue.
• Things to do: The Silos on East First Street will host a playful movement and yoga session on Jan. 1. Click here for more information.
• Photo of the day: A display on Oakwood Avenue in Oakwood celebrated the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” and its fictional town, Bedford Falls, during the week of Christmas.
