Civil and Municipal - Mar 2023

71 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3 BUSINESS VIEW M GAZINE Amanda Zimmerlin, City Manager shares, “We provide wonderful public services, our roads are top-notch, we are the home of Northmont City Schools, we have a golf course and a banquet facility that the city has begun to use as a focal point for the surrounding communities, hosting different events, like breakfast with Santa. We also do large fireworks displays over Labor Day weekend with food and activities for children. Clayton really is an integral part of Northwestern Montgomery County.” As a growing community, Clayton is working to meet the need for more housing inventory, with three developments under construction, totaling 300 new residential units. One of these is the Grand Villas of Clayton, consisting of 118 single- story homes, geared to professionals and retirees. “We have quite a number of retirees, grandparents who moved outside of the Northmont area because we didn’t have the type of low maintenance lifestyle housing options available here in Northmont and in the city of Clayton,” says Jack Kuntz, Director of Development. “Now they’re calling us and wanting to find out how they can get on the waiting list CI T Y OF CLAY TON, OHIO for Grand Villa’s of Clayton because they want to move back to the community, be closer to their families, their grandchildren, with the amenities that we have here.” Another project underway is Hunters Path, bringing 125 single-family homes to Clayton. “They’re really targeting families that are currently living in an owner-occupied house and are looking to either graduate to the second or third generation of a house within Northmont, or they want to move into the Northmont region because of the schools and because of the amenities,” Kuntz relays. He adds that as part of the Northmont City Schools district, Clayton is a draw for families, noting, “They are always ranked excellent in the state of Ohio. They have great reputations for sports, as well as extracurricular activities. We have families that are trying to get into the city of Clayton and the Northmont region, and Hunters Path is going to provide them an opportunity to get that next level of a house, as well as being part of the community.” The third project underway in Clayton is the