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announced plans to do so.

Set to launch construction this year are two new housing plans that will add more than 330 homes combined in the city’s southern end, something Collins saidwould be the most new homes built in Miamisburg in about 20 years.

Site preparation already can be seen at the Aberdeen subdivision, which will bring new homes by Fischer Homes to a 42-acre site off Miamisburg Springboro Road next to Pipestone GolfCourseandneartheAustin Boulevard interchange.

Also starting construction this year is the first phase of the Deer Valley subdivision, an Oberer Development and RyanHomes project on 86.6 acres off Benner Road near the Mound Business Park.

Construction of the new homes will help the city retain existing residents and attract new homeowners from outside the city who might otherwise decide to live in neighboring communities, Collins said. The last home construction was at Sydney’s Bend, which was constructed in the early 2000s and is “a small subdivision compared towhat’s being planned now,” she said.

Also slated for Miamisburg in 2021 are improvements to the Ninth Street bridge, a 60-foot span built in 1930 and reconstructed in 1970. Cityofficials previously said the bridge is structurally deficient. Miamisburg will cover $700,000 of construction costs, with the federal government providing a $546,000 grant.

Designwork for the Ninth Street bridge projectwill be completed this year with the bids going out in November and a 3-to-6month construction period after that, according to City Manager Keith Johnson.

This year also will see the reopening of the city’s Sycamore Trails Aquatic Center in Miamisburg, which did not open in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. During the closure, the city launched various structural andaestheticimprovements, including “deep maintenance” to its approximately two-decade-old pool and the addition of newerwater features, such as sprayers, Collins said.

“It’s like anything else: it has to be maintained and it has to be kept current,” she said. “It’s going to only really improve the venue and keep it up to date with the way it should be.”

Larry Niswonger (left) and Brad Davis tuck point the brick of the old SuttmanMen’s and Boys’Wear building in downtownMiamisburg inOctober. The building is being renovated, possibly into a brewpub and residential apartments.