Gem City

Dayton,
OH
(2020)

Gem City

Community, FQHCs, Grocery and Fresh Food, Healthcare, Mixed-use, Nonprofit Hub, Retail, Retail and Commercial

New construction of a 15,000 sq. ft. community-centered co-op grocery store in a food desert in Dayton, Ohio.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $5,000,000
Total Project Cost: $5,935,350

IMPACT

18 FTE jobs
23 construction jobs
750 patients served
2,500 Food Desert residents (70% Low Income) and approximately 750 FQHC patients (100% Low Income) served.
15,000 sq. ft. of real estate

CDEs

Dayton Region New Markets Fund, PNC

Investor

PNC

Project Description

New construction of a 15,000 sq. ft. community-centered co-op grocery store in a food desert in Dayton, Ohio. The store will include space for a clinical area to be operated as a FQHC, community space and a teaching kitchen to offer healthy food and nutrition classes and programs.

MAP

Address: 324 Salem Avenue, Dayton, OH 45406

Census Tract: 39113001000

Site Visits

Rep. Mike Turner tours of Gem City Market in Dayton

The long-awaited grand opening of the Gem City Market takes place on Wednesday, and a couple of U.S. lawmakers this week got a sneak peek of the new facility, which was partly funded with federal dollars.

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Jun-2021