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DAYTON—The Economic Development Steering Committee met via Zoom on November 2.

Jennie Dickinson kicked the meeting off with an update regarding a grant from the Innovia Foundation for startup businesses. Two businesses in downtown Dayton, Table Rock Meat and Main Street Marketplace, have benefitted from the grant in the past. This year $5,000 has been awarded to Annie’s Attic, a new cafe and a vintage furniture business coming to Dayton, both owned by Laura and Tony Auckerman.

A second startup, the Starbuck Lodge, owned by Deb Hays and Zonie Dedloff, also received a $5,000 grant. The new lodge...