Sitemap - 2026 - Civic Capacity
Watching a Gas Station Get Built
Quick Hits: Twelve Items, Six Committees, One Evening
Election 2026: Piqua’s Turnout Tells a Story of Its Own
An Inside Look at Troy’s 2027 Budget
The Deep Brief: The Box-Checking Exercise
BREAKING: Piqua Commissioners Recalled, Charter Amendment Approved
A Final Meeting on the West Main Street Roundabout
State Legislation Introduced Could Change The Future on Troy’s Flock Cameras
Introducing November’s Community Survey
Early Voting is Growing in Miami County
The Deep Brief: A Different Electorate Is Showing Up
What Are Community Benefit Agreements?
The Wrong Place or No Place at All?
Is the Piqua Data Center Worth It?
It’s Time to Ask A Council Member!
Cash Cascades into Piqua’s Special Election
The Best of Civic Capacity: The Silence of the Lambs
The Deep Brief: Piqua Heads to The Polls for Recall Election
CDBG: The Four Letters That Always Show Up in Local Government
ODOT Wants YOUR Input on West Main Street Roundabout
Early Voting Still Going Strong Across Miami County
Piqua’s Election Needs Better Facts
Could Miami County Growth Pay for a Montgomery County Music Venue?
The Deep Brief: Painting Bullseyes
Troy’s New Development Code is Headed to City Council
Troy’s Finance Committee Eases Utility Increases
A Lame Duck, A Twenty-Year Job and A Closed Door
Troy’s Looking for Steep Increases to Utility Bills
Ohio’s Fifth District Court of Appeals Says Lawsuit Against Piqua Can Keep Going
Early In-Person Voting in Miami County is Booming
The Deep Brief: Reflections on Recent Announcements from City Hall
Why the Piqua Improvemment Corporation Now Appears in the City’s Financial Report
BREAKING NEWS: City Officials Announce Retirement
Chief McKinney Talks Flock Cameras
Inside Piqua’s Annual Financial Report: Better Results but Some Warning Signs
Our Community Survey: Trojans Mood on the Nation Sinks
Troy Council Faces Short Agenda and Possibly A Long Conversation
The Deep Brief: Trust Doesn’t Grow in Silence
Why Doesn’t Troy Have a Quiet Zone?
The People v. Caleb Flynn - Reflections on Where This Happened
What is the Permissive Motor Vehcile License Tax?
Where to Find the Rules that Govern Your Hometown
The Deep Brief: My Day with the Police
Profiles in Leadership: The Story of Ordinance O-32-26
One Election Day With Two Elections
Looking Deeper at Troy’s Financial Picture
Council Improved The Ordinance
Bethel Township’s Recent Audit Has Findings for Recovery
Deep Brief: Which School District Delivers the Best Value in Miami County?
How To Get Rid of an Old Building
So, The City Isn’t Building a $2.7 Million Park
Is Troy Going to Build a New $2.7 Million Park?
Troy’s Human Relations Commission to Meet Next Wednesday
Residential Property Sales Show Strong Summer in Miami County
Deep Brief: A Hammer Is Not a Strategy for Homelessness
Piqua Appears Headed For Recall Election
D. R. Horton Gives Notice to Piqua
The Local Number That Could Change Everything
Homelessness Ordinance Comes in Front of Council
Council Committee Moves Duke Park Plan Forward
The Deep Brief: An Ordinance’s Journey
When “Exemplary Work” Comes With a Price Tag
Troy’s Homeless Ordinance Moves Forward
Announcing our September Community Survey
Recreation and Parks Committee Pauses Planning Contract
Troy’s Proposed Homelessness Ordinance Has Changed
The Deep Brief: Troy’s Unified Development Code Reaches an Important Milestone
Grid Growth Ventures Looks at Miami County
Troy’s Planning Commission May Forward Draft Code to Council Tomorrow
Troy’s Aquatic Park Price Tag Climbs Again
If It Ain’t Broke, Let’s Fix It (Part Two)
Piqua Voters Will Decide Proposed Data Center Prohibition
Deep Brief: The Piqua Government Academy Is Back
It's Time for Friday Night Lights!
Tipp City Plans for the Future
Troy's Planning Commission Balances Transparency and Cybersecurity
The County Fair Is Here Again!
The Deep Brief: Before Piqua Gives Away Its Leverage
Will Piqua Crack the Door to AES?
Why Have I Been Quiet About Piqua?
Troy's Planning Commission To Talk Code Concerns
Troy's Southwest Side to Get Bigger
Data Centers and Ohio's Next Governor
Data Centers Would Need Your Vote Under New Statehouse Bill
The Deep Brief: Data Centers, Secrecy, and the Cost of Saying Yes Too Quickly
Our Community Survey: Trojans Showing Some Optimism for the Future
Troy Council Pauses Vehicle-Habitation Ordinance for More Review
Tonight is the National Night Out
Troy Council to Vote Tonight on Banning Living in Vehicles
Miami County's Board of Commissioners Clamp Down on Non-Disclosure Agreements
Troy Development Council/Chamber of Commerce Sound Off On New Code
The Deep Brief: Uneven Property Tax Relief Comes to Miami County
Troy's Safety and Health Committee Recommends Two Ordinances to Council
What Does a County Treasurer Do?
The Quiet Tourism Economy of Miami County
City Council Committees to Meet Tomorrow
Fourteen Residents Give Comments to Planning Commission
Troy's Planning Commission Recommends New Gas Station Standards to City Council
Will Troy City Council Be Meeting Today?
Troy's Planning Commission Wants Your Input on New Development Code
Will Troy City Council Extend Two Land Use Moratoriums?
Looking at the Past Six Months of Parking Enforcement in Troy
All Signs Signal New Roundabout for West Main Street
Elected Officials Need To Show Their Work
Growing Pains: What 200 Years of Data Tell Us About How We Grow
Working Towards Good Government
Troy's Planning Commission Talks Gas Stations
What is the Ohio Ethics Commission?
Decision Looms for West Main Street Roundabout
Deep Brief: Is Troy Getting Tighter on Data Centers?
How an Iowa Judge Impacted Local Government Across the Nation
Troy's Gas Station Moratorium Is Still Alive
Trust Isn't A Program. It's The Point.
Troy's Gas Station Moratorium is Running Out of Road
Should Non Residents Pay More for Using the City Pool?
What Are Ohio's Fireworks Laws?
The Deep Brief: City Hall Shouldn't Be Fixated on a Roundabout - But on a Better Discussion
Announcing our July Commnuity Survey!
Troy's Planning Commission to hold Public Input Meeting on New Development Code
Troy Aquatic Park Renvation Price Tag Skyrockets
The Tradeoffs of West Main Street
The Deep Brief: On Tattoo Parlors and Data Centers
A $4 Million Solution to a Problem That Can't Be Easily Solved
Troy Talks West Main Street Roundabout
Ohioans Won't Decide on Data Centers This Fall
Troy's Planning Commission Gets First Crack at New Code
The Committee Passed It. That Doesn’t Mean They Bought It.
Troy's Civic Calendar Is Full Next Week
The Deep Brief: The City Meets The State Employee Relations Board
A Quiet Army Watching The Storm Clouds
Troy's New Unified Development Code: Form Over Function?
City Council's Community and Economic Development Committee to Meet on Wednesday, June 17
The Vices Troy Wants to Keep Out
Could a Data Center Come to Troy?
Ohio's General Assembly Punts on Data Centers For Now
It's Time to Ask A Council Member Again!
One Thousand Mornings Together
Governing at a Crossroads: When Ethical Frameworks Clash
The First Time I Saw a Consent Agenda in Action
Our Heritage: Remembering Steve Hamilton
What Miami County Home Sales Are Telling Us This May
Ohio's State Capital Budget Introduced
When Does an Application Become an Application?
Our Community Survey: Piqua Residents Sound Off
Our Community Survey: Troy Speaks Out
The Government That Governs Closest Often Governs Best
Troy Parks Inline for Improvements
$860,000 DOT Grant Agreement Moves Forward
Remembering Our Heritage: Lt. Col. Barton S. Kyle
Troy's $860,000 Question: What Exactly Did The City Tell Washington?
House Bill 948 Looks to Educate Ohioans on E-Bikes
The Deep Brief: Happy Anniversary!
Troy's Main Street Roundabout Just Got More Complicated
The Troy City Schools Talk Taxes
Waterline Extension for Data Center on Piqua's Agenda
Enhanced Pedestrian Safety Signals Proposed for Public Square Project
Who's Growing? Who's Shrinking?
The Deep Brief: The Annexation War That Never Ends
Bethel Township Approves Annexation Agreement
What is the Community Development Block Grant Program?
Water World: What Was Negoitated Between Local Communities and Data Center Developers
Why The Ones You Have Mean More Than The Ones You Will Get
How Do We Get Good Government In A Trust-Less Society?
Old Schools, New Uncertainties
Deeper Dive: Primary Night Election Analysis
Legislative Malpractice on a $12 Million Vote
BREAKING: Voters Reject Levies Across Miami County
Did The Jail Issue Drive Early Voting Turnout?
Early Voting In 2026 Shatters Expectations
What are Community Benefit Agreements?
Introducing May's Community Survey
The Deep Brief: A Better Plan is On The Agenda - Because Residents Made it Better
A Local Foundation Wants to Build Sixteen Homes in Piqua. Here's the Plan.
Can Bethel Township and Huber Heights Call a Truce?
Miami County's Early Vote Is Shattering Expectations
A Tale of Two Referendum Efforts
Townships Might Get a New Weapon Against Annexation
Troy's Downtown Is About to Get a Major Upgrade
The Deep Brief: The Rulebook That Will Shape Troy For a Generation
Troy's New Development Rulebook is Almost Ready
Troy's Gas Station Moratorium Gets Extended
Early Voting Remains Strong in Miami County
Bethel Local Schools Looks at a New Facility
When Secrecy Becomes the Law: The New Rules in Economic Development
The Mind of the Economic Developer
New Gas Station Moving Along in Piqua
They Didn't Even Know Who Was Asking
Gas Station and Group Home Pause Looks To Get Extended
The Deep Brief: The Day The Hospital Came Down
State Auditor Releases Troy City School District Financial Audit
If It Ain't Broke, Let's Fix It
Your View: Facing the Reality of Our Jail
What Six Months of Surveys Tell Us About Piqua
People Love Troy. They Just Don't Think It's Going Anywhere
The Deep Brief: Some of the Lessons I Learned In Economic Development
Celebrating National County Government Month
How does Miami County's Fiscal Health Stack Up?
What Our Schools Cost: The Bradford Puzzle
The Deep Brief: Show Me The Jail!
Which Cities Are Building Wealth?
A Letter Troy Shouldn't Ignore
BREAKING NEWS: Oberdorfer Resigns
What Your City Owes - And Who's Really On The Hook
Community Awaits Study on West Main Street Roundabout
Piqua City Commission Nixes Loans to Purhcase Properties
What Our Schools Cost: Tipp City's Hidden Risk
The Deep Dive: Visiting Winesburg, Ohio
Leash Law Conversation Highlights City Council Meeting
Piqua Commission to Vote on $110,000 Concert Production Contract
Troy's Downtown Drink Zone Gets It's Five-Year Checkup Tonight
Week In Review - March 15, 2026
What Our Schools Cost: Introducing A Civic Capacity Series
The Deep Brief: Why We Don't Chase Clicks
Troy's Council Rulebook Has a Problem
What Your City's Finances Actually Says About Its Priorities
A Bill That Could Change Everything for a Township Near You
Troy's DORA Turns Five - And Council Has Some Decisions to Make
Why Forest Hill's Audit Should Matter To You
$589 Million Changed Hands in Miami County Last Year.
The Deep Brief: What Will Happen to Troy's Schools After the Wrecking Ball?
Other Ohio Cities Are Planting Street Trees. Troy Has the Tools To Do the Same.
Your Neighbors Showed Up. Now It's Your Turn
Troy Says Its a Tree City. So Who Is Actually Running the Tree Program?
Piqua Changes The Rules and Residents Lose
Your Community. Your Take. Three Minutes.
City of Troy Looks Back at 2025 and Ahead to 2026
The Deep Brief: City Council Found It's Footing
Something New Starts Tomorrown Here at Civic Capacity
Councilwoman Madison Hickman Holds First Meeting in the Third Ward
Miami County's Home Sale Values Are Outpacing Assessed Values
Ohio Has a Lot of Local Governments. A New Bill Wants Fewer.
Downtown Property Assessments to Be Discussed
Piqua's 2024 Financial Report Shows Mixed Results
What Maya Angelou Can Teach Us About Crossing a Street
City of Troy Files Lawsuit to Recover Loan Funds
Will Mrs. Westfall Get Her Answers?
New Bill Would Prohibit Local Elected Officials from Entering into Non-Disclosure Agreements
Duke Park Improvements Move Forward
Concert Expenditure Approved by Council
New Residential Subdivision Planned For Southwest Side
Adams Street Roundabout Project Under Contract
2026 Street Paving Program to be Discussed
Special City Council Meeting Scheduled for Monday
A Look Back at January Here at Civic Capacity
Local Primary Ballot Takes Shape
BREAKING: Piqua City Manager Finalist for Same Role in Hilliard
Snow and Sidewalks: A Study of Three Communities
Marijuana Money Fills Piqua's Coffers
Is a New Financial Institution Coming to Town?
Parking Tickets In Troy Have All But Disappeared
New Data Tells The Story of Troy
Controversial Crawford Street Multi-Use Path Has Come Back
Taxes, Tourism and the Future of Small Towns
Human Relations Commission Holds First Meeting of the Year
Council Committee to Talk Pool Improvements
What is an Emergency Management Agency?
What Are Voluntary Contribution Programs?
What We Learned About a 90 year old's Arrest
Park Commission and Recreation Board Talk About Master Plan
Park Plan to be Discussed Today
Four Local Projects to Receive Community Development Block Grant Fuunding
City Files Civil Lawsuit on Property Maintenance Concerns
An Attempt to Correct a Narrative Shows that Public Records Actually Do Exist
Digging Deeper: Public Records Don't Exist
Litigation Against Piqua Moves Foward
Piqua City Commission to appoint Fourth Ward Commissioner
Looking at Troy's Boards and Commissions For 2026
Council Committee to Talk Fire Suppression
Senior Citizen Is Arrested For Property Maintenance Violation
City Council Committee to Discuss Gas Station Moratorium
What is the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission?
Sticker Shock: Property Tax Amounts Rolled Out for 2026
A Look Back at December here at Civic Capacity
Kicking Off Our First Community Survey for 2026!
An Inside Look at Tipp City's Financial Picture
A Look Ahead to the Coming Year
Digging into Troy's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for 2024