Commissioner Matt Joseph

This new episode seems extra-relevant on rainy days like today! Take a look at it and see how you can make a big difference in keeping our streams and rivers clean by cleaning up around the storm drain on your street. Thank you to Theresa McGeady and the Dayton, Ohio - City Government Water Department for putting the program!
If you're interested in making it official, the link to sign up for the program is: https://adopt-a-storm-drain-daytonohio.hub.arcgis.com/ When you sign your drain up, you're allowed to give it a name, and we'll be giving out awards for the best-named drains!

Green Dayton with Commissioner Matt Joseph, Episode 15 - Adopt a Drain In this episode of Green Dayton Commissioner Joseph talks with Teresa McGeady, Environmental Scientist with the City's Department of Water, about the recentl...

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It was a great day for Derrick Lee Foward and some friends to knock on doors and talk about his campaign for the 38th District OH House seat. The voters we spoke with were supportive and enthusiastic! Please vote for Derrick and for Issue 6: Neighborhoods for Dayton's Future . There are only 12 days left to vote!

I just had the pleasure of attending the ribbon-cutting for 's first free composting site located next to . I'm thrilled that they are taking on this challenge! Meg Maloney, our Sustainability Manager, also said a few words about how happy we are to see the start of this initiative. If you live in or near Dayton and don't compost at home, I encourage you to sign up here to participate: https://www.wastefreedayton.org/compost-stations. Thank you, Waste-Free Dayton and Pink Moon Goods!

I'm proud to announce that I've been endorsed by IAFF Local 136, the Dayton Firefighters! I'm thankful for their support and for their work protecting our community every day.

Take a look at our latest Episode of Green Dayton. If you haven't heard of Renewable Natural Gas, you're going to want to learn about it. It's a tool that's going to help us drastically reduce our carbon emissions here in Dayton, Ohio - City Government . Thank you to the Water Department for their work and for hosting me!

Green Dayton with Commissioner Matt Joseph, Episode 14 - Renewable Natural Gas In this episode of Green Dayton Commissioner Joseph talks with Patrick Ludwig, Senior Engineer with the City's Department of Water, about the recently approv...

Reupping our most recent Green Dayton Episode, which features Sarah Richard and her Gem City Ceramics shop in Dayton, Ohio - City Government, focusing on the importance of buying local. And it's a great place to find unique holiday gifts!

Green Dayton with Commissioner Matt Joseph, Episode 13 - Sustainable Local Shopping In this episode of Green Dayton Commissioner Joseph talks with Sarah Richard, Owner of Gem City Ceramics, Student Engagement Coordinator with the University ...

Enjoyed stopping by Edgemont Solar Garden Greater Edgemont Community Coalition with Commissioner Chris Shaw , Commissioner Debbie Lieberman and Carolyn Rice to celebrate their partnership with Culture Works . We bought some fresh vegetables, of course, and also got to see their new tractor (donated by Dayton, Ohio - City Government ) in action! We're proud to support the neighborhood and the garden. Thank you to the board and all the residents and partners making amazing things happen there!

Commissioner Chris Shaw and I had a great time at Belmont Days yesterday! Thank you to the Belmont Eastmont Hearthstone Community Council and Belmont Business Association for all the work they did putting it together! Belmont High School band and cheerleaders were there and brought music and energy to the festival! Chris and I enjoyed talking with all the people who stopped by our table. What a great event!

I'm here at the Dayton Metro Library West Branch, proudly supporting Mayor Mims' on his Neighborhood Outreach Tour. He's speaking with Arlington Heights residents about what's going on in the city and in their neighborhood.

Thank you to everyone who came to help Belmont Eastmont Hearthstone Community Council clean up downtown Belmont on Saturday! We had 20 people show up and we got a lot of trimming, mowing, pruning, sweeping and trash picking-up done! It's looking great for Belmont Days this coming Saturday! Also thank you to Dayton, Ohio - City Government and Montgomery County, Ohio for providing tools, equipment and people to help! Big thank-yous to Spencer Maxwell Reggie Swickard Reggie Swickard American Coin & Jewelry Gallery and everyone else who came out to help!

Here's a new Green Dayton episode to take you into the weekend! I went to beautiful Possum Creek Metropark to talk with Timothy A. Pritchard, the Sustainability Manager at Five Rivers MetroParks about composting. He provided a ton of great information about how they do it and why it makes sense for our residents, too. https://youtu.be/1fxzhG2zKTM

Also, a quick thank you to the University of Dayton students who were working hard, volunteering in the garden behind us as we talked. Dayton, Ohio - City Government

Green Dayton with Commissioner Matt Joseph - Episode 12 In this episode of Green Dayton Commissioner Joseph talks with Tim Pritchard, Sustainability Manager for Five Rivers MetroParks, about the benefits of home c...

Even with stitches, I'm out here reminding people to vote against Issue One this coming Tuesday! :)

Right now is a great time to vote No on Issue 1 to preserve the voice of the people! I just voted early at the Board of Elections and it took me exactly 2 minutes and 41 seconds from the time I arrived to putting on the 'Ohio Voted' sticker! Please take the time to come down and vote in the next few days!

I had fun joining Old North Dayton neighborhood president Matt Tepper and a bunch of residents cleaning up Stuart Patterson Park yesterday. It looks great, ready for the Taste of Old North Dayton celebration this Tuesday evening. Thank you to everyone who came out to help!

Happy to be here with Commissioner Shaw to support collecting food for !

I really enjoyed being in the Arcade Rotunda today with Commissioner Shaw and a hundred friends and partners celebrating the closing of the deal to bring the north Arcade back to life! It's a good day for !

I was happy to celebrate Clothes That Work 's 25th anniversary today by helping cut the ribbon for their new mobile unit. They are a great organization, providing clothes and confidence for job-seekers, and I appreciate the invitation to join them today!

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Take a look at this new episode of Green Dayton, in which we discuss the progress being made at the Valleycrest Landfill cleanup site. I had the pleasure of interviewing two neighborhood presidents for this episode: Matt Tepper from Old North Dayton Neighborhood Association and Jerry Bowling from McCook Field Neighborhood (Dayton, OH) to get the latest information about the site and the neighborhoods around it.

Thank you to SUV Sherman Camp 93 for inviting me to speak at their Memorial Day ceremony this morning at Old Greencastle Cemetery. I'm honored to join you in remembering the sacrifices made by our ancestors. Also, thank you for all your work in maintaining and improving the cemetery, which contains the graves of veterans from the Revolutionary War onward, and many others, and is a historic treasure in our city. This picture shows the attendees spreading flower petals on the graves of our veterans after the ceremony, an act requested in 1868 by the Grand Army of the Republic General Order creating Decoration Day- later changed to

I'm a little late with this, but I wanted to make sure to post the awesome news that we've passed new Wage Theft laws at Dayton, Ohio - City Government to help identify and sanction employers who don't treat their employees correctly, and by doing so take from both their workers and Dayton taxpayers. A huge thank you to Grady Mullins at Dayton Building & Construction Trades and Tom Ritchie at Dayton Miami Valley AFL-CIO and all the brothers and sisters in labor who educated and supported Commissioner Chris Shaw and Mayor Jeffrey J. Mims, Jr. and myself as we put it together and got it passed. I also want to especially mention my good friend, the late Jonathon White from LIUNA Local 1410 who along with Ted Baker and his other colleagues worked extremely hard to get this effort off of the ground. We dedicate all the good that this legislation will do in honor of him and his legacy.

I was happy to join with .shaw.75641 to have one last excellent meal and wonderful event at Carmen's Deli this evening. and the Commission proclaimed today as Haitham Iman Day in Dayton in honor of his years of service to the community! Thank you Haitham, and we look forward to supporting you as you chase your next dream.

It's a pleasure to work alongside everybody here for the cleanup at Cleveland Park in Linden Heights! We're making a real difference here for the neighborhood! Thank you to for joining us, too!

It's a beautiful day to be out reminding people to vote for me and Chris Shaw in the Commission primary in less than 2 weeks! It was a little chilly this morning, but it's great out now!

I enjoyed attending the Eastern European Heritage Experience, and especially presenting a proclamation to David Boston from the City Commission declaring Eastern European Day in ! Congratulations and thank you to David and all who worked to organize and run the event!

We're taking advantage of this beautiful weather to walk the neighborhoods this evening and talk to our residents. Don't forget that early voting has already started at the Board of Elections! Find out more at , and remember to vote for Chris Shaw and myself!

Thanks to the sign crew for your hard work putting signs together for .shaw.75641 and I today! We also had a good day out walking and talking with our residents!

Thank you to all the volunteers who knocked on doors, put signs together, and even put some of those signs in yards for me and Commissioner Chris Shaw today! It was a really productive day, and we enjoyed talking with our constituents.