Experts from the region provide in depth analysis of topics that impact the residents of the Miami Valley
What’s in store for the region’s economy in 2023? Join Dayton Daily News Community Impact Editor Nick Hrkman and a panel of experts as they detail what to expect in the new television series Community Conversations, presented each month by the Dayton Daily News and cablecast on the Miami Valley Communications Council (MVCC) channels. Included in the panel are President of Dayton Realtors Greg Blatt, President of the Midwest Market at Miller-Valentine Construction Dave Dickerson, Commercialization Program Manager at The Entrepreneur’s Center LeKeisha Grant, and Vice President for Strategic Initiatives with the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Stephanie Keinath.
Community Conversations, produced by Hrkman, records each month with previous episodes available online and seen on MVCC.
Other episodes on the channel include:
• Hunger in the Miami Valley and how to help
• Air Force Turns 75 and Wright Patt
• Building homes for our future
• Reclaiming Education
• How will historically high inflation affect our region?
• How Should billions in federal relief money be spent?
• Immigration in the Miami Valley
• Generation COVID
• Making our region the best for military and veterans
• Kids and the COVID-19 vaccine
For more information on Community Conversations visit the Dayton Daily News on Facebook.
History
Miami Valley Communications Council is a municipal communications and technology organization representing the eight member cities of Centerville, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Springboro and West Carrollton. The council also has affiliate agreements with other Miami Valley cities. MVCC was formed in 1975 as a council of governments to monitor, regulate, and administer common cable television franchise agreements, manage the operation of the council's cable access television channels, and develop and implement intergovernmental projects designed to strengthen communications between member cities and their citizens. A policy-making body consisting of delegates representing member cities governs the council.
Funding
MVCC is funded through franchise fees paid by the cable service provider. Franchise fees are rent that the cable company pays for placing its wires over or under the public rights-of-way (streets.) MVCC uses these franchise fees to support its community access television activities, cooperative intergovernmental projects, and to explore new and changing technologies that will benefit member communities. The council, in turn, provides many services to our communities at little or no cost.