All roads lead to Wilmington Pike and Interstate 675, it seems.
Or maybe I have that reversed: Maybe everyone is driving from that interchange.
A plan to improve that interchange is picking up momentum, with support from the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, the Dayton Development Coalition and the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce.
There’s even a design on the table: A “Diverging Diamond.”
“Without a doubt, a project of this scale is in our nation’s interest as we improve access to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,” Centerville City Manager Wayne Davis said.
In this newsletter:
How Sinclair Community College gave NATO members a place to talk.
Kettering Health’s way back from its recent tech outage.
One upshot of eliminating property taxes.
Long-planned I-675 interchange project to move forward
What’s happening: After more than five years of planning, the city of Centerville and Sugarcreek Twp. are moving forward with a $70 million overhaul of one of the Miami Valley’s most congested and dangerous interchanges.
The multi-phase improvements at Interstate 675 and Wilmington Pike will be aimed at enhancing safety, easing traffic and bolstering connectivity, especially for the thousands of commuters traveling the corridor daily, many heading to and from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Economic engine: “This area is not just an economic engine for Greene and Montgomery Counties and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, but for the region as well,” Centerville City Manager Wayne Davis said.
Kettering Health no longer diverting EMS from its hospitals
What’s happening: Kettering Health is no longer diverting emergency ambulances to other hospitals, according to its latest update amid a continuing technology outage.
This move brings Kettering Health’s emergency departments back to being fully operational, the hospital system said, as they return to accepting both walk-in patients and those transported by EMS.
What they’re telling us: “Our teams have worked incredibly hard to bring imaging up, so we could end diversion in our emergency departments,” said John Weimer, Kettering Health senior vice president and leader for incident command.
Eliminating property taxes could ‘cripple’ Ohio government, critics say
If property taxes are ended at the ballot, what happens to services funded by property taxes?
All local entities get property taxes, cities and schools can collect income taxes (townships can collect income tax but only within Joint Economic Development Districts) and counties impose sales taxes. None get all three.
What they’re saying: Schools get the lion’s share of property taxes but they also receive federal, state and in some cases income tax funding. Cass Freeland, spokesman for the Ohio Association of School Business Officials, echoed what Gov. Mike DeWine has said about the ballot push to end property taxes.
“That would be devastating for schools in Ohio. Property taxes across the state fund more than half of education spending and some districts rely on property taxes for 90% of their funding,” she said.
Months of secret preparations led to ‘Dayton 2.0′ talks at Sinclair
What happened: A lot — very quietly.
Leaders of Sinclair joined U.S. Rep. Mike Turner this week in talking about the behind-the-scenes work required to give Balkan leaders a place to talk over lingering problems.
The meetings, off the books and off the agenda, happened in Sinclair’s building 12 over Memorial Day weekend, as NATO Parliamentary Assembly spring session proceeded nearby downtown.
Ready for its next phase: Centerville’s Cornerstone
We wrap up with another Centerville story.
What’s happened: A dozen years ago, the area just north of Feedwire Road along I-675 was empty land and trees on the Dille Farm. Today, there are dozens of businesses with hundreds of thousands of square feet of retail and restaurants, with housing.
With Bodybar Pilates recently securing the final spot in the last retail building at Cornerstone of Centerville North, the 156-acre mixed-use development has officially filled its final retail space.
What’s next: Centerville Planning Commission voted 5-2 May 20 to recommend approval of Cornerstone South’s final development plan to City Council.
“We’re not looking to change. We’re not looking to shock our regular customers, but we definitely want to entice new customers to come visit with us,” said co-owner Sean Wilz.
Kettering Health is no longer diverting first responders providing emergency medical services to other hospitals, according to its latest update amid its ongoing technology outage. This move brings Kettering Health’s emergency departments back to being fully operational as they return to accepting both walk-in patients and those transported by EMS.
Three Birds, a new restaurant by The Idea Collective, a hospitality development company that owns Sueño and Tender Mercy in downtown Dayton, will open to the public on June 10.
Hallmark Communities has plans to construct 288 apartments at Renaissance Pointe in Middletown off Union Road....
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