2 homes will be sold to tornado survivors
Ground broken for new construction and a rehab property.
Nearly two years after Memorial Day tornadoes devastated parts of the Dayton region, volunteers and disaster service groups broke ground Wednesday on the first two homes that are being built in Trotwood as part of the Tornado Survivors Pathway to Ownership Project.
The Pathways Project gives tornado
victims who were renters the opportunity to own a home and return or stay in the area where the tornadoes touched down.
“The tornado recovery group is focused on helping individuals and households identify and attain their recovery goals post tornado and we’ve served more than 2,076 families,” said Laura Mercer, executive director of the Miami Valley Long Term Recovery Operations Group. “Most of these families’ needs have been met. We only have 133 open cases remaining, 71 of which are repair/rebuild jobs and 39 of which we have actually in construction right now.”
Trotwood mayor Mary McDonald said many citizens want to come back to Trotwood, and this is the beginning of an exciting time that will only continue.
“It just makes me feel so good as a mayor to see that pride in a community where people know that they are cared about and that they’re loved,” she said.
Mennonite Disaster Service is leading the new construction on Marlin Avenue, and the Brethren Disaster Ministries and the Presbyterian of the Miami Valley will perform the rehab next door of
this C-47 changed hands many times and its historical significance was lost,” the museum said. “Ultimately, two historians from the U.S. Air Force discovered that this historic aircraft was lying in a boneyard in Wisconsin.”
The Commemorative Air Force, an organization that finds and preserves historic aircraft, acquired the aircraft and returned it to flying status, the museum said.
“That’s All, Brother has
been restored to its authentic 1944 condition, including its D-Day paint scheme and original interior,” the museum said in its release. “The aircraft returned to the skies over Normandy for the commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day in 2019.”
The plane is scheduled to land on the runway behind the museum April 20, next Tuesday, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.
The aircraft will be available for viewing on static display Tuesday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.; April 21
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.; and April 22 between 9 a.m. and noon.
On the afternoon of April 22 the aircraft will depart by 2 p.m.
Visitors can watch the aircraft land and take-off from the museum’s Memorial Park.
The landing and departure are weather-dependent and subject to change.
While indoors masks that cover the nose and mouth are required for visitors ages 3 and older. While outdoors a mask should be worn when unable to properly maintain physical distancing, while
in line and while inside the aircraft, the museum said.
Interior aircraft viewing will be managed by the C-47 crew and limited to two visitors at a time. The aircraft will have a designated entrance and separate exit location. Hand-sanitizing stations will be located at the entrance and exit of the aircraft.
For more information, visitnationalmuseum.af.mil/ Upcoming/C-47-Landing/.