Bethel Township News and Views

Miami County, Ohio

The Development Plan


Steering Committee


July 8, 2008 - The FOUNDATION of the proposed plan is seriously flawed.

The assumptions provided by the consulting firm hired to develop the Plan adhered to the "build it and they will come" theory, but they undermined the basis of their own assumption when they admitted that the data that was used in formulating the Plan "may not reflect very recent changes in demographic characteristics or economic activity."

A process known as psychographics (data on credit card purchases, borrowing, media usage, etc.) was used to determine if the surrounding area could provide adequate potential customers for certain goods and services hypothetically available in Bethel Township. However, Jacobs again undermined their own work when they admitted that the "data may not accurately depict  the tastes and characteristics of the local population . . .their profiles oversimplify the target population . . .[and] the accuracy of the data or its applicability cannot be checked for accuracy."



"Policy" Areas

1.  WESTERN GATEWAY AREA

2.  WILDCAT AREA

3.  WILEY AREA - (in progress)

4.  PHONETON AREA

5.  FLICK AREA

6.  SOUTH US 40 AREA

7.  SOUTH ROUTE 201 AREA

8.  BRANDT AREA

9.  EASTERN US 40 AREA

10. SOUTH PALMER AREA

11. BELLEFONTAINE AREA

Timeline associated with the Plan