Opening Prayer
In Phather Phil’s absence, our Associate Chaplain, David Ladd, delivered one of his “patented” extemporaneous beautiful prayers to start the meeting.
Today’s Guests
| Guest | Guest Of |
| Jalen Bobo | CHS Spirit Chain |
| Morgan Colopy | CHS Spirit Chain |
| Charles Simms | Speaker |
| Robey Simms | with Speaker |
| Catherine Stierle | CHS Spirit Chain |
All Photos from the Meeting are Here
Special Announcement
Three students from CHS attended today’s meeting on behalf of CHS Spirit Chain: Jalen Bobo, Morgan Colopy and Kat Stierle. They explained the Spirit Chain fundraiser to us. CHS Spirit chain has a friendly competition to raise the most money each year against Fairmont High School. Money collected this year goes to Angels for Anna and the United Rehabilitation Services of Greater Dayton. We donated $600 as individuals and the club agreed to match it for a total for $1200.
Committee Announcements
Greg Griffin, co-chair Christmas Tree Lot fundraiser, announced that the tree lot set up will be on November 3, 2018 at 8:30 AM. The trees will be delivered on November 17, 2018 at 8:30 AM, and we need anyone that can come that day to come help unload the trees and get the hole drilled in the bottom for the tree stands. There will be soups/chili for all the helpers after unloading the 2 truckloads of trees. The tree lot opens for sales on Friday November 23, 2018 at 9 AM. Hours of operation are 1 PM to 9 PM weekdays and 9 AM to 9 PM weekends. The tree lot tear down will be Sunday December 16, 2018 at 11 AM.
Nancy Lehren, Childhood Cancer chair, stated that there is a Build-a-Bear meeting on October 11, 2018 at 6:30 PM at Panera Bread in downtown Centerville. The next Build-a-Bear event will be October 25, 2018 at Children’s Hospital in downtown Dayton. The event will be sponsored by CNO members Bill and Kelly Stone. She thanked them for their generosity.
Gail Aiken said the “Haunted Trail at Forest Field Park” will be held on October 16, 2018 and October 17, 2018. It is about a 1-mile walk and we need more volunteers for trail guides. She especially needs someone with a loud commanding voice to volunteer so they can announce the rules.
Greg Fay, of CNO 2.0, announced the next CNO 2.0 event will be on October 18, 2018 at 5:30 at Ollie’s Craft Beer. The guest speaker will be Ryan Hawk, who runs the Leadership Advisory team at Brixey & Meyer and who is a trusted advisor to leaders all over the world.
Today’s Speaker
Gary Aiken introduced Charles H. Simms, president of Charles Simms Development, a builder of homes, townhomes, and condos. He came to talk about the revitalization of downtown Dayton. The Simms tradition from their website is: Four generations of homebuilders in the Dayton area have established the Simms Tradition that is recognized throughout the building industry. With nearly a century of developing some of the finest neighborhoods in the Miami Valley, the Simms family has continually met the demands of today’s homebuyers.
Simms purchased his father’s company in 1996.
Several years ago, the City of Dayton asked him to start building downtown. They gave him a piece of land next to a parking garage. After some market research they went for it. There was a new demand for downtown buildings. In the first development they built 18 units on 1 acre. This density is not possible in suburbs because of setback rules, but downtown there is plenty of space without the rules. Infill sites downtown are popular because the infrastructure of electric, gas, water, sewer and pole lights are already there. They sold the first 18 units in 7 months. It was energizing. There was no theft of building materials.
Simms and his company have built 6 developments downtown for a total of 108 units. Downtown Dayton is making a comeback over the past several years. Most of the townhouses are 3 floors. Twelve of them have 4 floors with the top floor being a sitting room with a view of the river. These units have elevators.
He now lives downtown in one of the townhouses he built.
He is often asked about grocery shopping downtown. He said, “There are no major groceries downtown, but downtown Dayton is great because it is only 5 minutes from a Dorothy Lane Market and 10 minutes from a Kroger’s. Plus, there are some smaller stores that are located downtown.”
He addressed a question about crime downtown. He said, “There is almost no crime downtown. The criminals can’t get away quickly. There is a lot more crime in the suburbs. The only crimes that happen are car break-ins of cars left unlocked.”
Simms mentioned that jobs and population drive new housing demand. There is a great market in Dayton and we live in a great area with virtually no traffic issues.
He predicts that for the foreseeable future there will be less development sprawl (suburbs) and more infill (urban/downtown). Inflation in the cost of newly constructed housing has skyrocketed. Construction cost is getting close to $200/sq foot and this makes infill construction more affordable.
Birthdays
| Member | Birthday |
| Christy Gariety | October 09 |
| Laurie Westheimer | October 09 |
| Paula Kalaman | October 09 |
| Dav Bremer | October 11 |
| Steve Campbell | October 11 |
| Donna Robinson | October 14 |
| Sue Jessee | October 14 |
| Wesley Cleaves | October 15 |
Membership Anniversaries
No membership anniversaries this week.
New Member Readings and Inductions
| Name | Sponsor | 1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction |
| Becky Keegan | Carolyn Taylor | 3rd Reading |
Sergeants at Arms
| Member | Infraction |
| Bob Duffy | Getting second dessert at the Presidents Club luncheon |
| Greg Griffin | Having a tree lot presentation in October |
| Art Hung | Being late |
Happy Bucks!
| Member | Reason |
| Gary Smiga | Thanks for the donations to the Centerville HS Spirit Chain from members at today’s CNO lunch |
| Gary Aiken | Next Tuesday Paul Conover will be our speaker |
| Charles Simms | $20 for having him as speaker at today’s CNO lunch |
| Bill Stone | Retirement is great after selling his business 1 year ago |
| Patrick Arehart | Still enjoys his work as president and founder of Arehart Consulting, LLC for 30 years |