WATCH: One of the key entrances to Xenia is getting a major face-lift. Here’s what it will include.

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By Ty Greenlees
May 29, 2018
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The new building that is being touted as a game-changer for Xenia families has almost all of its walls in place along South Prorgress Drive in Xenia.

The 75,000-square-foot REACH Center is a partnership between Xenia, the Greater Dayton YMCA, Clark State Community College and Central State University. The REACH Center will replace the senior center and the Xenia YMCA.

Under construction in Xenia is The 75,000-square foot REACH Center, a partnership between Xenia, the Greater Dayton YMCA, Clarke State Community College and Central State University. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

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PHOTOS: Construction boom on Progress Drive includes REACH Center

Kettering Health bought the land for the project and plans to eventually have a facility at the site. Phase one is expected to be open in 2019.

Under construction in Xenia is The 75,000-square foot REACH Center, a partnership between Xenia, the Greater Dayton YMCA, Clarke State Community College and Central State University. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

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The busy street that welcomes drivers to Xenia on U.S. 35 traveling eastbound has other activity happening. A new Hampton Inn and Suites is in the final stages of construction, and two small retail buildings have been completed on adjacent Hospitality Drive that includes a new Penn Station.

The Hampton Inn and Suites on South Progress Drive in Xenia directly behind two new retail centers including a Penn Station on Hospitality Drive. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

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With Walmart and Lowe’s anchoring the business area, the City of Xenia installed a new traffic signal at Hospitality Drive and West Main Street to ease access to the big retailers and make the intersection safer. Included in this work was changing the U.S. 35 westbound ramp to West Main Street into a stop.

View looking west toward Walmart in Xenia shows Harner Drive and South Progress Drive intersectioin in the foreground. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

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