by Riverfront Plan | Jul 22, 2022 | Riverfront News
Dayton’s flood control system is the envy of the world. After the Great Flood of 1913, the Miami Conservancy District was formed with a system of five dry dams, ground-breaking engineering and hundreds of miles of levees which have kept the region safe from high water...
by Riverfront Plan | Jun 21, 2022 | Progress Reports, Riverfront News
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 on this evolution. The Third Street Bridge has reopened; the Gem City Market is...
by Riverfront Plan | May 27, 2022 | Riverfront News
In 1911, the Olmstead Brothers, sons of Fredrick Law Olmstead, the Father of Landscape Architecture, laid out Dayton’s System of Parks and Parkways. In that design, the Olmstead Brothers envisioned ribbons of parks along our rivers. Motorists could drive the parks’...
by Riverfront Plan | Apr 20, 2022 | Riverfront News
Many of you may have seen the television interviews and the newspaper articles a few weeks ago about plans for Sunrise MetroPark and the Unity Bridge over the Great Miami River. In addition local TV coverage, reporting on the bridge can be found online at the Dayton...
by Riverfront Plan | Mar 21, 2022 | Riverfront News
The Education Corridor of the Dayton Riverfront Plan provides the most dynamic opportunity for economic redevelopment. The corridor covers the south stretch of the Great Miami River from downtown to Carillon Historical Park, connecting some of the region’s strongest...
by Riverfront Plan | Feb 18, 2022 | Riverfront News
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...
