Burlington Closes In Trotwood!

Burlington Store closed in Trotwood.

Dayton, Ohio's ghost suburb.

Trotwood, once the beacon of shopping, entertainment and luxury is now a ghost town. A ghost town with boarded up homes, vacant lots and graffiti.

The city has a population of 19,000 residents. The city was once a tiny village.

It annexed Madison Township in 1998 and incorporated itself as a city in 1999.

During that time, the Salem Mall still existed. But by 2006, Trotwood saw its community fall before its eyes. The Salem Mall would soon close. The city lost Circuit City, Best, Kmart, Sears, Cub Foods, McSports, Walmart, Target, Elder-Beerman, JcPenney, Lazarus, Footlocker, KB Toys, Toys R Us, Value City, Best Buy, Hara Arena, Good Samaritan Hospital (Dayton), Sutherlands, Builders Square, Rex Electronics and numerous businesses and attractions.

So far, the city is hanging on by a thread.

And now another nail in the coffin for the Dayton area.

Burlington Stores has closed the Trotwood location. The company claims it relocated to Huber Heights, a city that is 15 miles from Trotwood.

It was the only retail discount store in the depressed community. The only thing left for the time being is Shoe Carnival which I predict will relocate to Huber Heights in the near future.

The city's only attraction is the Greyhound Bus services and the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority's transit station. The city still has hardware superstores Loews and Home Depot for the time being.

Salem Avenue is depressing. The road once was a booming part of Northwest Dayton. It was the gateway to the Gem City.

The relocation of Ohio State Route 49 was supposed to bring growth to the area. Alas, it hasn't. It's just a road that leads to nowhere.

Speak of that. I want to share a quick tragedy. Three individuals lost their lives last week. The driver of a Pontiac Grand Prix tried to elude a police cruiser. They accelerated to nearly 100 mph and tried to blaze through an intersection.

They ended up crashing into a RTA bus. The three were killed. The bus driver and a handful of riders were injured in the crash. They were not killed.

Myan'nie Nabors, Kyren Wright and Christopher Baker lost their lives.

The county boys, Trotwood Police and Ohio State Patrol closed the case because the driver (Baker) was killed as well. He would have faced involuntary vehicular manslaughter if he survived.

Trotwood at least became the news other than being a dying community.