COMMERCIAL & RETAIL DEVELOPMENT

Most of the City's commercial and retail development is centered around its Salem Avenue Corridor, northwest Montgomery County’s primary retail trade hub for over 50 years. Within five miles live nearly 140,000 consumers. Mid-sized national retailers calling Trotwood home here include MC Sporting Goods and Office Depot as well as larger competitors like Target, K-Mart, Best Buy and Lowe’s. Many major development opportunities can be found here.

In recent years the City has undertaken a major effort to restore the Salem Corridor’s hometown charm, character and pride. Planned public improvements feature new roadway intersections, streetscapes, sidewalks and major landscaping. This major regional project is being facilitated via some highly influential public/private sector partnerships, including:
• The City of Dayton
• Montgomery County
• State and Federal Government Agencies
• Good Samaritan Hospital’s Phoenix Project
• Precious Blood Church
• Salem Avenue Vision Committee (SAVISCO)
• Trotwood-Madison City Schools and
• The United Theological Seminary

Recently, thanks to the City’s efforts the Salem Avenue Corridor has witnessed significant redevelopment. Some of the large, vacant, highly affordable and readily available City-owned real estate along the Corridor is already being redeveloped.

Recent success stories include:
• Redeveloped properties – new Walgreen’s, White Castle, Family Dollar
• Renovated properties – former K-Mart site yields major retail center
• Acquired properties – former movie theatre site is yielding a major medical center complex

For more information please contact Economic Development Administrator Rhonda Finley at (937) 854-7214 or rfinley@trotwood.org.