Exhibit about Dayton housing segregation coming to region
Undesign the Redline opens Aug. 6 at main library branch.
A new exhibit coming to Dayton will cover the history of racial segregation in the region as well as opportunities to create a more equitable future.
Undesign the Redline will open on Aug. 6 at the Dayton Metro Library’s main branch downtown and travel to six other locations in the area over the next nine months. The presentation will include information about segregation nationally as well as local maps and stories compiled by area experts and community members. You can visit for free or register for a free guided tour of the exhibit on the library website.
“This exhibit is more than a history lesson. It’s a chance for us to redesign the redline so that every person, regardless of their race, family income, or zip code, has what they need to learn, grow, and thrive,” said Kristina Scott, CEO of Learn to Earn Dayton, one of the project co-sponsors.
dent Chris Piper said the first project could be the grades five-six building, which was proposed for the Hook Elementary School site in the Westbrook subdivision.
The district should know by September if the district qualifies for the ELPP.
“This is just saying, ‘Let’s see where we stand right now,” Kleptz said.
“It basically puts us in line,” said board member Doug Trostle.
Trostle said the district won’t get any state money until it has local funds and approval to build.
Kleptz said the failure of the bond issue in early 2020 may not have been bad. He pointed to an OFCC’s representative statement during its recent meeting that it raised its price calculations by 20% with the change in the construction materials costs in the past year.
“If we had passed the last time and been quoting and bidding right now, we would probably be in a lot of trouble due to the cost increases of everything,” Kleptz said.