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Mound Business Park Finds Success with New Collaborative Space

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Mound Business Park Finds Success with New Collaborative Space

Mound Development Corporation opens new space for teleworkers, students, and businesses in Miamisburg, Ohio

Office of Legacy Management

December, 10 2024



The Mound Development Corporation, or MDC, recently opened a new office space at the Mound Business Park in Miamisburg, Ohio, called Mound Collaborative. The new space provides a work area for teleworkers and graduate students as well as an office space for businesses to have meetings. 

MDC has accepted approximately 94 percent of the 306-acre former Mound site, and DOE retains ownership of the remaining 6 percent.

The new telework space

Much of the former DOE Mound Plant site transferred to the city of Miamisburg from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) by 2001. Since that time, the site has welcomed private businesses and tenants to the area. The last remaining parcel is scheduled to be transferred from DOE to the city in 2025.

The new space opened in October and was immediately popular in the community, quickly selling out of available offices. 

“We are excited that the public has found this to be a useful tool,” Mound Development Site Manager April Hauser said. “We definitely weren’t expecting it to sell out so quickly.”

The Mound site sits about 10 miles southwest of Dayton, Ohio, with farmland, residential areas, and a school surrounding it. The park currently has 28 businesses in total, while the new collaborative space has welcomed six businesses. Businesses are mostly tech based, along with a printing company and a museum called the Mound Cold War Discovery Center. 

The new telework space

“Some of the people who previously worked at the site have started their own businesses and are coming back to work at the site,” Hauser said. “It’s really great to see people wanting to return and take full advantage of the park and the new area.” 

Since her hiring, Hauser has worked hard to attract new businesses to the area. 

“We have over 100 acres available for redevelopment and are consistently coming up with ideas and opportunities we can use to make this area even better,” Hauser said. 

Hauser added, “For the first time, we actually have a private developer wanting to come in and purchase acreage to create new development, so that is very exciting.”

While the site belongs to the city of Miamisburg — and MDC owns the park — LM has been instrumental to the site’s reuse efforts and continues long-term surveillance and maintenance of the area to make sure site conditions continue to keep human health and the environment protected. 

“The business park is a great example of LM’s work in transitioning former sites over to commercial reuse,” LM Site Manager Tiffany Drake said. “We want to be able to give these sites back to the community and watch them grow and transform into something that benefits everyone.”

Hauser is thrilled the site is being put to use for the greater good of the community.

The Mound Business Park in Miamisburg, Ohio

“It’s a success story for LM, for sure, and is an example of what DOE is able to do — and it’s really cool to see it come together,” Hauser said. “I’m excited to see the development we will have over the next 20 years.”

Along with expanding the park, Hauser and MDC have plenty on their plates. Not only is the final piece of the park scheduled to transfer to MDC soon, but Hauser is also looking at more available spaces for Mound Collaborative. 

Hauser added, “We’ve had such great success with the office space that we are looking to expand it so we can continue to open our doors to more and more businesses.”

To learn more about the Mound Business Park, visit: https://mound.com/. 

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