From Dayton Mall to Miami Crossing, Ohio

Abstract

Miami Township in Montgomery County, Ohio, is a typical suburban community of nearly 30,000 people with a regional shopping mall and a fairly diverse array of offices along with some industrial land uses. It faces many of the same fundamental challenges and opportunities communities across the country face as they wrestle with converging forces that will determine how they grow, adapt, or in some cases decline over the next decades. These forces range from economic and social changes to technological developments that will rapidly affect building and transportation decisions. Communities that can anticipate and adapt to these changes will have the best chance of thriving.