The Mad River defines the Technology Corridor of the Dayton Riverfront Plan. From Eastwood MetroPark, near Wright Patterson Air Force Base, the Mad River flows to its confluence with the Great Miami River beneath the shower of the Five Rivers Fountain of Lights. This...
The Stillwater River, perhaps the most beautiful of Dayton’s four waterways, converges with the Great Miami River at Island MetroPark, and the Great Miami continues south into downtown. This stretch of the Dayton Riverfront Plan, known as the Culture Corridor, offers...
As we bring 2021 to a close, it seems a good time to show appreciation for the partnerships and collaboration that go into bringing the Dayton Riverfront Plan to fruition. Nine agencies work together to plan, design, engineer, and implement the plan’s nearly 100...
The Downtown Hub Corridor of the Dayton Riverfront Plan is just that: the hub of all other corridors in the plan. The center where they all converge. RiverScape MetroPark has shown that the public’s investment in that park, just less than $40 million, led to the...
The vibrant redevelopment of downtown is spilling up, down and over our rivers to Dayton’s neighborhoods along all points of the compass. The Dayton Riverfront Plan continues to spur this evolution: The Gem City Market has opened; proposals for redevelopment abound...
The Wolf Creek is Dayton’s most friendly waterway. This small, meandering stream winding through the dense neighborhoods west of downtown offers great fishing, ankle-deep wading, rock-skipping, and turtle-watching. Residents of Southern Dayton View, Westwood,...
McIntosh Park is one of the most hoppin’ and exciting parks in Dayton. Sitting above the mouth of the Wolf Creek, McIntosh Park offers a spray park and playground for the kids, basketball courts, and a picnic shelter that fills the air with the sweet aroma of...
The Dayton Riverfront Plan (DRP) proposes over 90 projects within five corridors along 15 miles of waterway covering over 4,000 acres. How could we possibly get all of this done? With partnerships and perseverance. And it’s already happening. The Dayton Riverfront...
One of the most ambitious proposals of the Dayton Riverfront Plan is the transformation of Sunrise MetroPark and Sunset Park, parks complimenting each other on either side of the river west of downtown. The big idea is that this portion of the river, which has...
In the last year, despite the need to turn our attention to staying safe and helping our neighbors and community through the COVID-19 pandemic, the partners in the Dayton Riverfront Plan (Five Rivers MetroParks, City of Dayton, the Miami Conservancy District, and six...
