Dayton Freight Expansion Gets Ohio State Tax Credit to Add 51 Jobs

Dayton Freight Lines Inc. is expanding in Vandalia, Ohio, and expecting to create 51 full-time jobs.

The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved a 1.383%, seven-year “job creation tax credit” for the project, Gov. John Kasich’s office announced May 22.

The Dayton Freight Lines project is expected to generate $3 million in new annual payroll while retaining $11.2 million in existing payroll.

Dayton Freight Lines is a freight carrier with 50 service centers in the Midwest, and ranks No. 58 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.

The authority also approved credits for two other projects in Columbus.

Together, the state expects the three projects to create a total of 105 new jobs and protect 221 existing jobs statewide. Collectively, the projects are expected to result in more than $6.8 million in new payroll and spur $11.8 million in investments.

Last week, Montgomery County commissioners approved a $70,000 grant to fund the expansion of an existing “advanced manufacturing” company, also in Vandalia.

The company’s identity in that project, code-named “Project Bullseye,” was shielded. The project won approval for a $70,000 Montgomery County Economic Development/Government Equity, or ED/GE, grant.

That company was considering a total investment of about $40 million, Vandalia Assistant City Manager Greg Shackleford told this news outlet. The company would be committing to 35 new full-time jobs with an average annual salary of $80,000, he said.

But Project Bullseye is not the same project as the Dayton Freight expansion, a spokesman for the city of Vandalia said May 22.

“Bullseye is completely different, I can tell you that," he said.