The YWCA Dayton Huber Heights Campus, located at 7650 Timbercrest Dr., hosted a grand opening ceremony at the site of the roughly 20-acres space. YWCA Dayton, the oldest multicultural social services organization serving women and girls in the Miami Valley, currently operates six locations across Montgomery and Preble counties.

The program location was formerly the Montgomery County Developmental Center, built in 1980 and closed in 2018. The property consists of 11 buildings on 19.445 acres, including: seven residential units; a 20,000-square-foot administration building with community meeting space; and green space with a gazebo, picnic shelter, and trail.

“This was an incredible opportunity,” said Shannon Isom, president and CEO of the 151-year-old nonprofit. “We are not out to grow for the sake of growth; based on our history, based on our relationships, based on the work we’ve done for more than a century, we’ve been presented with an opportunity to live out our mission and serve the needs of our community, in collaboration, differently than we ever have before.

“There are very few agencies that get presented with the ability to create, to be innovative, to build, to develop, in partnership with others; YWCA Dayton is in a place, and a season, to embrace that. It’s taken us 150 years to get here, and we’re excited and ready to be agile in meeting the Miami Valley’s needs for the next 150 years.”

The campus will open in phases, with initial use focused on administrative functions, youth programming, and community rentals, including long-term small business leases.

Learn more about the Huber Heights campus, and other programs and services offered by the YWCA at https://www.ywcadayton.org.