PDAC: Submission #675 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

1. To which Review Panel are you submitting your project? Quality of Life

2. Project title Great Miami Riverway Recreational Trail, Extension

3. Short description Connecting the existing paved recreational trail south of Sidney at Kuther Road to the Eastern Corporation limits of the Village of Lockington. Proposed trail is 10-feet wide, asphalt, approximately 12,300 feet (2.3 mile) long. The majority of the trail will follow along The Miami Erie Feeder Canal southwest of Sidney, Shelby County.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request Shelby County Commissioners

5-8. Address County Annex Building, 129 East Court Street, Suite 100
Sidney, Ohio. 45365

9. County Shelby

10. Recipient organization Same

11-14. Address Same
Same, Ohio. Same

15. County same

16. Organization type Government

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Tony Bornhorst

18. Title Shelby County Commissioner

19. Organization Shelby County

20. Telephone 937-498-7308

21. Email tbornhorst@shelbyco.net

22-25. Address 129 East Court Street, Suite 100
Sidney, Ohio. 45365

26. County Shelby

27. Additional contacts Duane Gaier, City of Sidney Parks Director, dgaier@sidneyoh.com, 937-498-8105

Dan Foley, Great Miami Riverway, Director, dfoley@mcdwater.org, 937-223-1271

Location Details

28. City Lockington, Ohio

29. County Shelby

30. Congressional district Ohio 15th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 2500000

32. Total Cost 5700000

33. Other sources of funds Shelby County has funded the preliminary engineering and feasibility studies.
Capital Budget Grant of $500,000 awarded 7-1-2022.
TAP application for $3,900,000, Letter Interest sent 10-31-2022 with consult of ODOT.
ODNR Consult, application of Clean Ohio Trails, Land and Water Conservation Fund upon receipt of TAP Funding. Total $1,000,000.
Business and Industry Funding, with Individual Donations. Shelby County. Total $300,000

34. How the funds will be used Construction or Capital

35. Do you have matching funds raised or committed? If yes, explain in question #36. If no, skip to question #37. Yes

36. If yes, please provide additional information. (Or, budget document can be uploaded, see question 37) Support from Business and Industry, as indicated by Support Letters that are included in Question #51.

Support from Shelby County, as the County has funded initial design and feasibility by Choice One Engineering, Sidney, Ohio. Included in the design work was the projected location for the 2.3 mile segment from Kuther Road to the Village of Lockington and the 2.6 mile segment form Lockington to the northern terminus of the Great Miami Riverway Recreational Trail at Piqua.

37. Budget Yes

Budget File Upload

great-miami-riverway-recreational-trail-budget.docx (13.08 KB)

38. By what date will you be ready to spend the funds A year from now or later

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify ODOT Transportation Alternatives Program
Clean Ohio Trails Fund
Natureworks
Land & Water Conservation Fund

Community Details

40. Community Need By completing this 2.3 mile section of the Great Miami Riverway Recreational Trail, leaves only a 2.6 mile gap between Lockington and the Northern terminus of the Great Miami Riverway Recreational Trail at Piqua. Miami County Park District is actively seeking funds to complete the 2.6 mile segment. Completion of the two trail sections will connect Sidney to Hamilton, over 90 mile of paved, safe and continuous trail that inter connects with other east-west trails for a total of 360 miles. The trail provides not only safe cycling and walking, the route is scenic and historical with many amenities along the way.
Economical benefits derived from users of the trail, will support all hospitality providers along the entire Great Miami Riverway. Business and Industry in all of the Southwest Quarter of Ohio will benefit by the available recreation provided by the trail to employees and guests, and fits the "place making" model that potentially can attract new business and expansion of current business.
Completion of the 2.3 mile section of the Great Miami Riverway Recreational Trail in Shelby County from Kuther Road to the Village of Lockington provides paved, safe, scenic and historical trail to be used by all citizens of Southwest Ohio. It provides economic benefits to hospitality providers and is an "place making" incentive to expand current employee base and to attract new businesses to the region.

41. Previous Funding: Has the requesting organization received Congressionally earmarked funding in the past? If so, please provide a brief project description, year funded, amount, and Congressional sponsor. The City of Sidney, Shelby County received Capital Budget Grant from the State of Ohio for FY 2021, $850,000; known as Canal Feeder Trail Phase Five, to continue paved trail from the City of Sidney to Kuther Road.

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43. Existing jobs retained? {Empty}

44. Sustained permanent jobs? {Empty}

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. A 2014 study by the Miami Regional Planning Commission indicated that the bike trail system generates significant economic activity for our communities along those trails. Of the 772,000 annual cyclists, hikers and pedestrians who used the Miami Valley Trail System, about 15% of those came from other parts of Ohio, and they spent close to $13 million in our communities. This economic impact to the economies and employment of Sidney-Shelby County and those the path connects throughout the Miami Valley is significant. In today's dollars and increased recreational activity the impact is even greater.

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? {Empty}

47. Is your project a workforce development program? {Empty}

48. If yes, does your program center on one of the ten JobsOhio targeted industries? {Empty}

49. Counties in which jobs will be created Miami, Montgomery, Shelby, Warren

Additional Details

50. Letters of endorsement, supporting materials, additional information. You can submit ONE PDF file that does not exceed 10 pages.

Great Miami Riverway Recreational Trail.pdf (5.57 MB)

51. Is there opposition to the project? No

52. Name of person filling out this form. Tony Bornhorst

53. Telephone number of person filling out this form. 937-498-7308

54. Email of person filling out this form. This is where notification will be sent that the form was received. tbornhorst@shelbyco.net

55. Do you want your project to be considered as a Community Project in the fiscal year 2025 –2026 State Capital Budget Bill? {Empty}

56. If your project type is on the list of ineligible projects (see above), please offer an explanation why your project could be eligible. If your project is not on the list, answer the question by stating that your project is not on the list of ineligible projects. {Empty}

57. Has your organization received state capital budget funding in the past? If so, provide a brief project description, year funded, and amount. {Empty}

58. Does your project have a connection with, or provide some benefit to, a state agency that has bonding authority? Please check all that apply from the following list: {Empty}

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