Office Depot Leaves Trotwood!

Office Depot announced its closing its Trotwood, Ohio location.

The "Great American Comeback" folks. Happening somewhere in the United States, but not in Dayton, Ohio and the Miami Valley.

Donald J. Trump carried Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida. He is likely going to carry Ohio and Florida. The other three states are up for grabs but with an older white population and folks comfortable with the status quo of American politics, Trump is likely to conduct another four years of turmoil.

Another brick and mortar store in the ghost town of Trotwood is set to close. Just as embattled mayor, Mary A. McDonald tried to get her city back on its proper footing, here comes the news that Office Depot inside the nearly vacant Salem Consumer Square is closing.

The chain operates an Office Max in Huber Heights and two locations in Dayton and one in Beavercreek.

The Dayton stores are located on Miller Lane and near the Dayton Mall. The Beavercreek store is near the Mall at Fairfield Commons.

They are set to close in mid-March leaving another vacant property to a desolate Salem Avenue (Ohio State Route 49). The Consumer Square was built in the late 1980s and opened up in 1990s.

The shopping center once had over 90 stores. At present time, there's at least 10 to 15 stores left in the nearly vacant shopping center.

Trotwood used to have a Walmart, Kmart, Target, Toys R Us, Sears, JcPenney and Best Buy. They all left the area during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama presidencies. Now with Trump in the White House, nothing "changes" here.

Still the same status quo.

Along with already gone and forgotten retailers, Trotwood has became the ghost town of the Dayton metropolitan area.

Trotwood was dealt two huge blows to the community. The owner of Foodtown had decided to close the last remaining grocery stores in the city. Cub Foods, a Minnesota branded company owned by local business owner Charles Lafino and later son Michael closed up shop in 2015.

Walmart left Trotwood in 2008.

Grocery stores were scarce over in Trotwood and West Dayton. It left the community with food deserts.

The community bank of local investors are working on developing the Gem City Market. Right now, the ground is broken but nothing went up as of yet. We'll see how this idea moves along.

Dayton is suffering. Especially west of Interstate 75. Anyone who lives here can tell you that the city is holding on to a legacy of forgotten icons and not excelling into the future.