{"id":118930,"date":"2026-01-15T07:22:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118930\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T07:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:22:33","slug":"miami-township-upgrades-parks-after-2024-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118930\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Township upgrades parks after 2024 assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio \u2014 Miami Township is a place filled with community outdoor spaces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The opportunity that parks create is just unmatched,&#8221; Miami Township Administrator Steve Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the township published a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamitwpoh.gov\/PDF\/Admin\/2024\/2024-ParksAssessment.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">park assessment<\/a>, prepared by <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kleingers.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Kleingers Group<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The study provided an overview of the current conditions at the four Miami Township parks, with a corresponding grade for each amenity or facility.<\/p>\n<p>Grades include poor, fair or good, with a corresponding red, yellow or green color.<\/p>\n<p>The township decided to make improvements to different areas through a series of projects. <\/p>\n<p>See the recent improvements to Miami Township parks in the video below:<\/p>\n<p>Township renovates, improves parks<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some of those things are things you have to identify as immediate needs that would require some maintenance or repairs, but long range they&#8217;re going to need to be replaced or overhauled,&#8221; Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly said that projects are still in development while leaders determine priorities based on need and urgency. He said the township is using the 2024 assessment as a guide. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re trying to work through that document as we work into master planning for our parks and try to make sure that we&#8217;ve accounted for replacing or taking care of those things that are yellow before they become red,&#8221; Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p>As certain projects remain in the works, the township has completed two major renovations at Community Park and Miami Riverview Park.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768461753_971_.png\" alt=\"Miami Riverview Park pickleball courts\"  width=\"635\" height=\"315\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WCPO 9 News<\/p>\n<p>        Miami Riverview Park pickleball courts<\/p>\n<p>Miami Riverview Park has newly renovated tennis and basketball courts. The township has also added new pickleball courts, open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just reflecting the fact that not as many folks play tennis, even though it&#8217;s still popular, but definitely there has been an influx of folks who want to see pickleball courts and facilities installed,&#8221; Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p>The second major project was a fitness court at Community Park. It includes different bodyweight exercises, as well as an open fitness area with a mural depicting historical sites in Miami Township.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a seven-minute circuit-based workout,&#8221; Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p>When the fitness course opened last summer, the township hosted a demonstration and had firefighters and police take part in a friendly competition.<\/p>\n<p>The township works with TriHealth for internal health and wellness for their employees. TriHealth led the demonstration on how the course can help community members stay active.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TriHealth already provides fitness classes to the fire department,&#8221; said TriHealth Wellness Coordinator Abigail Louis. &#8220;So it just seemed natural to start incorporating some fitness classes there as well as all of our employee wellness pursuits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kelly told me that the township hopes to have more public classes once the weather allows for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio \u2014 Miami Township is a place filled with community outdoor spaces. &#8220;The opportunity that parks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[35666,35667,123,125,124,35668],"class_list":{"0":"post-118930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-9-on-your-side","9":"tag-cincinnati-news","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-headlines","12":"tag-miami-news","13":"tag-wcpo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}