Attract jobs and industry.
Market Xenia's low cost of business, utilize performance-based incentives, tailor City's webpage to business site selectors, create business park design standards to reflect business values.
You spoke, we listened - now let us know if we got it right!
After months of community meetings, online participation, phone surveys, and even a high school class project, you told the City of Xenia what X-Plan should focus on. Now the City has built a preliminary draft X-Plan around what you told us, and we need your feedback!.
To participate, click on "Register" or "Login" at the top-right corner. Once you've registered/logged in, please view the summary of X-Plan strategies below on how we can grow our economy, be a community of choice, make Xenia's neighborhoods great, and strengthen our core. There is also a Regulatory Framework that contains future development and growth policies. View the more detailed draft in the X-Plan section of the City's website (www.ci.xenia.oh.us, click X-Plan, more, and Plan Documents).
Did we miss anything? Are some items more important than others? Click on the "campaigns" on the left to view draft X-Plan recommendations for each category. Then you can vote on them by clicking the up or down thumb next to the idea, add comments by clicking "add your comment" below the idea, or submit additional ideas by clicking the new idea button.
After we hear from you the next step will be to develop an action plan that prioritizes and phases these recommendations - we'll be asking you for your input then as well!
Market Xenia's low cost of business, utilize performance-based incentives, tailor City's webpage to business site selectors, create business park design standards to reflect business values.
Achieve historic district status for downtown, apply for historic tax credits, seek existing building code exemptions, promote facade loan program, explore upper-floor restoration grants
Recruit retailers, explore adaptive reuse opportunities, meet with retail experts, utilize incentives to fill vacant space with proven niche retailers
Leverage more community benefits out of the bike path system - prepare a bicycle master plan, survey trail users to determine what would encourage them to return/stay/shop/dine, create neighborhood connectors, achieve Bicycle Friendly Community Status, improve signage and maps, hold bike path-related events, promote/educate about healthy lifestyles and bicycle safety, create "complete streets" designed for cars/bikes/pedestrians ...more »
Leverage more community benefits out of the bike path system - prepare a bicycle master plan, survey trail users to determine what would encourage them to return/stay/shop/dine, create neighborhood connectors, achieve Bicycle Friendly Community Status, improve signage and maps, hold bike path-related events, promote/educate about healthy lifestyles and bicycle safety, create "complete streets" designed for cars/bikes/pedestrians
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Reposition downtown as a mixed-use "lifestyle" neighborhood, add lifestyle housing, promote a diverse range of retail uses (chains and locals), attract the arts, maintain downtown anchors in or near downtown (Library, YMCA, public offices), expand clean and beautiful programs with a Special Improvement District
...as a more urban, downtown-appropriate development. Prepare a redevelopment master plan, create a public-private partnership, restore the street grid, construct a festival street, include open space, incorporate a mix of land uses, add on-street parking to West Main Street
Brownfield Action Plan (funding to clean up/repurpose vacant industrial sites), purchase problem properties, utilize aggressive code enforcement, consider vacant property registration/fee
Create a community park (by expanding West Side Park or alternative locations), provide equitable distribution of parks, increase neighborhood park visibility (turn "back door" parks into "front door" parks - or identify a new replacement park location as an alternative), update parks and recreation master plan, maintain open space dedication/impact fee for new development
No business should be turned away, but recruitment efforts should be targeted toward companies that benefit from Xenia's advantages. Hold roundtable meetings with business executives, work closely with regional partners (Dayton Development Coalition, higher-education institutions, developers, brokers, Greene County), target WPAFB-related firms, agriculture-related businesses, logistics firms; develop strategic marketing ...more »
No business should be turned away, but recruitment efforts should be targeted toward companies that benefit from Xenia's advantages. Hold roundtable meetings with business executives, work closely with regional partners (Dayton Development Coalition, higher-education institutions, developers, brokers, Greene County), target WPAFB-related firms, agriculture-related businesses, logistics firms; develop strategic marketing plan, promote incentives to recruitment targets.
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For those who live in Arrowhead ie Colorado, Wyoming area, we have no bike path or even a sidewalk to walk safely to Progress Dr. I see adults and kids of all ages walking and riding a bike on Bellbrook to get to Walmart. This is not a safe way to get there and I am sure that the people who do this would be more appreciative and could do this safely.
Build on regional trail work and preserve "greenways" - natural areas along streams (floodplains/steep slopes) with trails, create natural features protection ordinance, seek access/conservation easements for greenways
Calm traffic, extend curbs where possible for pedestrian comfort, install mid-block crossings, develop non-motorized transportation strategy, consider "pedestrian scrambles," improve alleys, add street furniture and outdoor seating, create online parking/directory maps, screen parking lots, provide marked/lighted paths to parking lots
I beleive one of the things Xenia needs is family entertainment. A place to bring our children and grand children. A place that has something for all ages. Things like a bowling center,miniture golf, a game room,batting cages,how about a go-cart track? According to City-Data.com in 2010 there were 139,548 people with in 20 miles and 25 minutes of Xenia. I think it's needed! Anyone have 6 to 8 million laying around let's ...more »
I beleive one of the things Xenia needs is family entertainment. A place to bring our children and grand children. A place that has something for all ages. Things like a bowling center,miniture golf, a game room,batting cages,how about a go-cart track? According to City-Data.com in 2010 there were 139,548 people with in 20 miles and 25 minutes of Xenia. I think it's needed! Anyone have 6 to 8 million laying around let's get started I know the perfect location! Thanks for listening.
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Town and Gown means a partnership between a college/university and its host community to achieve mutual goals. Establish a Town and Gown committee, attract a branch campus to Xenia, develop a multi-institutional facility, enhance workforce development and school system, jointly develop incubators
Track/analyze neighborhood indicators, brand and market neighborhoods, establish more strategic code enforcement, adopt neighborhood design controls for infill development, maintain historic neighborhood integrity, create livable neighborhood streets (street trees, traffic calming, historic district identifiers, sidewalks/bike paths), ensure equitable access to parks/open space, encourage neighborhood advocacy, maintain ...more »
Track/analyze neighborhood indicators, brand and market neighborhoods, establish more strategic code enforcement, adopt neighborhood design controls for infill development, maintain historic neighborhood integrity, create livable neighborhood streets (street trees, traffic calming, historic district identifiers, sidewalks/bike paths), ensure equitable access to parks/open space, encourage neighborhood advocacy, maintain neighborhood schools, land banks, vacant property registry, rental registry/inspection, time-of-sale inspections
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Signs of decline include increases in vacancy, single-family rental conversions, code violations, tax delinquency, foreclosures, and structurally obsolete housing - Target assistance in one small area at a time, coordinate infrastructure improvements with neighborhood investment efforts, encourage home modernization through tax abatements/demonstration projects/zoning code changes, promote home energy audits, improve ...more »
Signs of decline include increases in vacancy, single-family rental conversions, code violations, tax delinquency, foreclosures, and structurally obsolete housing - Target assistance in one small area at a time, coordinate infrastructure improvements with neighborhood investment efforts, encourage home modernization through tax abatements/demonstration projects/zoning code changes, promote home energy audits, improve existing neighborhood parks, explore first-time homebuyer assistance
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Fill the downtown bicycle gap (study feasibility of replacing one travel lane of Detroit Street with a bikeway or "cycle track"), study feasibility of diagonal bike crossings, establish downtown as a cyclist service center (restaurants, supplies, etc.), develop bike trail advocacy organization
Develop building space inventory, work with realtors to market available space, create a downtown "champion" person/organization, establish window promotion stickers, maintain/expand downtown events and event sponsors, market downtown to targeted publications and audiences (e.g. surrounding universities, Athletes in Action visitors), market downtown to development professionals
Enlarge downtown boundaries, market adjacent neighborhoods as part of downtown, network with brokers, extend streetscapes, create resident benefit programs, hold a parade of homes, target housing rehabilitation programs, refresh/rebrand Allison/Orange areas, leverage Xenia Station as a revitalization catalyst, develop downtown greenway near Xenia Station
Innovation Drive business park expansion to US 42/US 68, Ohio Certified Job-Ready Sites, property acquisition/agreements, intergovernmental collaboration (e.g. Joint Economic Development Districts)
Help local companies grow - promote affordable space, create an incubator, offer business development assistance via SBDC/Score, information
Streamline permitting processes, develop ombudsman program, expand business retention and expansion efforts, create Economic Development Assistance Team, make commitment to great customer service, establish/refine Xenia's "message" and provide message training to participants in the economic development process
Fiscal impact analysis for new annexations or significant development proposals, ensure that zoning reflects service capabilities, prioritize/coordinate existing infrastructure maintenance, ensure impact fees cover costs of servicing new development, construct future fire station in northern Xenia, relocate existing Fire Station 32 further southwest, expand Police headquarters or relocate, expand joint services agreements ...more »
Fiscal impact analysis for new annexations or significant development proposals, ensure that zoning reflects service capabilities, prioritize/coordinate existing infrastructure maintenance, ensure impact fees cover costs of servicing new development, construct future fire station in northern Xenia, relocate existing Fire Station 32 further southwest, expand Police headquarters or relocate, expand joint services agreements with surrounding jurisdictions, develop a facilities master plan
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Prepare marketing and branding strategy for Xenia, prepare regular press releases
Work with property owners to modernize older buildings, create business incubators, develop branding/marketing
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