Plans for Centerville Uptown are moving forward; 3 new restaurants expected this year

SENTVILLE, Ohio (WDTN) — Plans to turn Centerville into a restaurant and entertainment center in the Miami Valley are under way. Several new restaurants in the Centerville residential area are expected to open this spring.

Patrick Beckel owns a Beckel’s humidor and insurance company in Centerville. He is one of the business owners who are helping spearhead the Uptown Centerville development project.

“As a business owner, I love that,” Beckel said. “It brings people here to my business and you get to see all the incredible things that you might have just driven by every day.”

Beckel said that in the two years that his cigar shop was uptown, he noticed the potential of the area.

“We always felt we were a little behind Springboro, a little behind Miamisburg, we said we needed to catch up,” Beckel said.

City of Centerville leaders are working to make Centerville’s residential area a destination for people traveling to the city as well as residents who already live or work there. Plans include new restaurants, new businesses, entertainment venues, improved walkability and reduced traffic.

“When you work in Centerville, you need to have a place to have fun and also feed yourself on your lunch break, on your lunch break, we think we provide that,” Centerville City Manager Wayne Davis. said.

Three new restaurants are nearing completion.

Manna, which shares the same owner as Salar in Oregon County, plans to open in just a few weeks. The Agave and Rye taco and tequila restaurant is expected to open this summer. The work is also progressing in the Brunch pub.

With so many new developments, the city’s first priority is parking.

The city plans to build an associated public parking lot behind the businesses on the north side of West Franklin Street in a first phase. The city will also build a public parking lot at 98 West Franklin Street.

“This is one of the issues we’ve had in Uptown, but again, we’re working hard to resolve it,” Davis said.

Moving forward with the new, the city still plans to keep the historic buildings along the streets.

Beckel said these buildings are hard to maintain, but Uptown’s booming neighborhood could be key to keeping these businesses going.

“For businesses to survive in buildings like this, they have to have amazing things, and these businesses do have,” Beckel said.

The city expects to begin work on parking projects this spring and complete them sometime this year.

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