Activist Puts Finishing Touches on New Community Resource Center in Dayton
- The Dayton Weekly News
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read
Dion Green’s Fudge Foundation project nears completion with community support.
A unique community resource center on Weaver Street in Dayton is quickly taking shape. For approximately a year, Dion Green has been dedicating himself to this latest project. Green is the CEO and founder of the Fudge Foundation and a survivor of the 2019 Oregon District shooting in Dayton. He started the nonprofit after the death of his father, Derrick Fudge, who lost his life in the shooting.
Back in August, Spectrum News caught up with Green while he was renovating the building, and now it has come a long way. “We’re putting up the drywall, doing the drop ceiling, you see the flooring is right there. I got all of the stuff to finish up bathrooms and everything, so it’s just basically one day at a time, and as long as the weather is permitting,” Green said.
Green has been working mostly solo, but lately students like 18-year-old Andrew Norman—part of a Dayton Job Corps carpentry pre-apprenticeship—have been lending a hand. Working side-by-side gives students hands-on experience and a chance to contribute to a space designed for social services, trades training, workshops, and meals.
Once completed, the center will host services and a memorial mural honoring the victims of the Oregon District shooting. Green hopes the interior will be ready by the end of the year, pending final inspections and ADA additions.
