{"id":4,"date":"2013-05-17T21:08:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T21:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daytonsalive.com\/blog\/?p=4"},"modified":"2013-06-25T13:50:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T13:50:37","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.daytonsalive.com\/blog\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayton’s Alive! first post"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo<\/a>Welcome to the Dayton\u2019s Alive<\/strong> blog! I am Paul Harvey Livingston, creator, owner\/operator, writer, reporter, photographer, editor, and\u2014as you probably guessed\u2014the only person working on Dayton\u2019s Alive<\/em> right now. But I hope to enlist more help in the future. I\u2019m going to need it if I want my dream to come true.<\/p>\n

So what is my dream? Well, here\u2019s the story:<\/p>\n

I started visiting Dayton from Youngstown, Ohio about three years ago. I was driving back and forth pretty much every weekend for a year and a half when I finally decided to move here, which I did on October 22, 2011.<\/p>\n

During my travels back and forth and since my move to Dayton, I\u2019ve been to a lot of events and met a lot of people from the Dayton area. After meeting\u00a0 and talking with these people, one thing stood out to me: the prevailing attitude among them was that \u201cDayton\u2019s dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

I love to take pictures. I take a lot of them. Everywhere I go. One day, while backing up my hard drive, I was going through all the photos I had taken at the myriad of events I\u2019d been to in this area over the past three years. There were (are) hundreds … and I\u2019d only attended a fraction of what was out there.<\/p>\n

Another thing stood out to me: Dayton is very much alive! <\/em>The pictures I have show fun, happy people at fun, happy events.<\/p>\n

So why do people here think Dayton\u2019s dead? Hell, I have no idea. Maybe the same reason people from New York City have never been to the Statue of Liberty: they don\u2019t know it\u2019s there.<\/p>\n

So this is my dream. To convince citizens and visitors that Dayton\u2019s Alive! <\/em>And I intend to do it any way I can. I\u2019m going to show<\/em> people, by posting pictures and stories on this blog; on the Dayton\u2019s Alive website<\/a>; on the Dayton\u2019s Alive Facebook page<\/a>; and on Twitter (after I figure out how to use it).<\/p>\n

Yeah, I know. There are already sites showing happenings in the Dayton area. But people must not be seeing those sites, or else why the \u2018Dayton\u2019s dead\u2019 attitude?<\/p>\n

I want everybody to see my sites and I\u2019m going to build and promote them as best I can. Please visit them often. Post comments, suggestions, requests, etc. where and when you can. And\u2014this is very important\u2014tell other people you know about the sites. Prompt them to visit and comment. Often.<\/p>\n

With your help, this thing will take off. And after it does, the negativity towards this great city will fade and be replaced with positive, upbeat attitudes. So please visit my links. And spread them around. Here they are again:<\/p>\n

This blog: http:\/\/daytonsalive.com\/blog<\/a>
\nMain website: http:\/\/daytonsalive.com<\/a>
\nFacebook page: http:\/\/facebook.com\/DaytonsAlive<\/a> (Don’t forget to “Like” us!)<\/p>\n

Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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