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On Tuesday, Sept. 12, Planning Commission members unanimously approved the rezoning of a downtown parcel on which an indoor public market and eatery is proposed. The 0.67 acres at 108 Cliff St. — where the future business the Lumber Co. Market & Eatery will sit — are now zoned as a planned unit development, or PUD. According to previously outlined business plans, the market aims to have around 10 vendors selling prepared foods and goods. (2022 rendering by Crome Architecture)

Planning Commission | Lumber Co. Market & Eatery project advances

The future business sited for that land, dubbed the Lumber Co. Market & Eatery, owned by Massies Creek Ventures, LLC, aims to have approximately 10 vendors selling prepared foods and goods in a newly renovated facility where a 1940s-era lumber yard once stood.

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Web Features

Building Community | ‘Encoded’ meaning, identity in Migiwa Orimo’s work

Perhaps you’ve seen Yellow Springs-based artist Migiwa Orimo’s banners, created in collaboration with community activists: Visual representations of various social justice movements, screen printed in her studio through the Peoples Banner Project.
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World House Choir to celebrate a decade of song, social justice

The World House Choir — a multicultural and intergenerational musical group whose decade-long repertoire has embraced songs that put forward messages of unity, solidarity and social justice — will perform its 10-year anniversary concerts Thursday–Saturday, Sept. 21–23, at the Foundry Theater.
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New Little Art Theatre manager is old hand

Next time you go to the movies, you can join the longtime Yellow Springs resident Caleab Wyant in celebrating his new position at the Little Art if you greet him by his new title: Theater Manager.
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Arts (archives)

40 years of Chamber Music in Yellow Springs
Chamber Music in Yellow Springs, or CMYS, will mark its 40th anniversary this season, which opens Sunday, Sept. 24. Established in 1983, CMYS was founded by a handful of devoted classical music lovers.
Film director Michael Schultz’s Yellow Springs connection
Renowned film director Michael Schultz, known for iconic 1970s movies “Cooley High” and “Car Wash” and 1980s classics “Krush Groove” and “The Last Dragon,” once directed at the Antioch Area Theater's summer festival in the '60s. Arthur Lithgow offered Schultz the job.
Lights up at the Antioch College Foundry Theater
This fall, the Foundry will again be the home to not just one group of artists-in-residence, but three. At the same time, the Foundry is gearing up to launch a full season of programming.

Village Schools (archives)

Yellow Springs school board appoints Scott Fife
On Friday, Sept. 1, the Yellow Springs Board of Education unanimously voted to appoint local resident Scott Fife as a member of the board.
Yellow Springs Board of Education to pursue phone plan
The Board of Education returned to a discussion of phones in schools at its Aug. 10 regular meeting; the board originally discussed the issue at a July 6 meeting after receiving a letter from 16 district parents concerned about how phones affect school environments.
School Board President TJ Turner resigns
Just before the adjournment of the most recent regular meeting of the Board of Education on Thursday, Aug. 10, Board President TJ Turner announced to those present that the meeting would be his last.

Economy (archives)

Community, tea at CommuniTEA
For local mother-daughter team Amy and Modjeska Chavez of CommuniTEA Love, the making and drinking of tea is itself the grand affair.
Fine lines at Studio Uncommon
True to its name, Studio Uncommon, Yellow Springs’ newest tattoo parlor, specializes in a unique and infrequent style. It’s located in Suite L at 305 N. Walnut St., in the Millworks business park.
Yellow Springs Home, Inc. awarded $1.5 million for senior housing
Yellow Springs Home, Inc. announced that the Ohio Housing Finance Agency has reserved approximately $1.5 million to fund a 32-unit senior rental housing unit slated to be built on 1.8 acres along Marshall and Herman streets.

Village Life (archives)

Sunflower field to bloom next week
The Yellow Springs sunflower field planted each year by Sharon and David Neuhardt just north of the village, at 4627 U.S. 68, is anticipated to be in full bloom beginning Friday, Sept. 22, and lasting through at least the next weekend.
The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Mice and moles and shrews, oh my!
"One lasting memory of my time at Oxford was watching a cricket match between the Bodleian librarians and some local captains of industry."
West Nile Virus detected in area
Greene County Public Health has received notice from the Ohio Department of Health that West Nile Virus was detected in mosquito samples recently trapped in Beavercreek and Bellbrook, according to a press release from health officials.

Government (archives)

Village Council reexamines priorities under new administration
At their Tuesday, Sept. 5, regular meeting, Village Council reviewed a list of ongoing projects and discussed which of those projects should be paused temporarily or stopped altogether — as well as which may continue and which can be initiated.
Multi-modal pathway construction, intersection narrowing work to begin
Villagers will soon have an easier and safer time walking down some of Yellow Springs’ most trafficked throughways.
Township trustees support Polecat Road speed change
Village Planning Commission member Scott Osterholm spoke before the trustees on a plan to request that Greene County change the speed limit on Polecat Road to 35 mph outside Village limits near Ellis Park, on a stretch of road located within Miami Township.

Obituaries (archives)

Martin Stromberg
Martin Stromberg, 70, of Yellow Springs, passed away peacefully on Sept. 11, 2023, in Dayton, Ohio. He was born on April 17, 1953, to the late Fredrick and Marie (Wood) Stomberg in Broadstairs, England.
Marilyn Berryman
Marilyn Berryman passed away on July 26, 2023, due to natural causes after a fall.
Shoji ‘Sho’ Maruyama
Shoji “Sho” Maruyama, beloved father of Jeff, Benji, Drew and Mike Maruyama, passed away peacefully on Aug. 12, 2023. He was 96.
Dave Carrigan
It is with great sadness that we, his family, announce the death of Dave Carrigan. Dave passed away Aug. 6, 2023, in Dayton, Ohio, after a long illness.
Nannie Mae (Trimble) Harshaw
Nannie Mae (Trimble) Harshaw passed away at Hospice of Dayton on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at 11:45 p.m.

Higher Education (archives)

Two Antioch College buildings go up for sale
Antioch College announced last week that it has listed for sale two of its prominent campus buildings — the Sontag-Fels Building, located at 800 Livermore St., and the Charles F. Kettering Building, at 150 E. South College St.
Antioch College to sell, lease properties
On Tuesday, Aug. 22, Antioch College announced in a press release that it will list some of its land and buildings for lease or sale.
Building Community | McGruder brings expertise, experience to local orgs
Kevin McGruder, who has lived in Yellow Springs for 11 years, has spent his time in the village finding space for himself, and in turn, creating space for others.

Sports (archives)

Blunt gets 7th place at state track meet
Graduating senior Malcolm Blunt capped off his stellar track career by earning a medal with a seventh-place finish in the 200 meters at the Division III state track meet.
Senior Malcolm Blunt heads to state track meet
Malcolm Blunt, a senior member of the YS track team, will be competing in two events — the 200 meter dash and the long jump — at the 2023 OHSAA state track meet at Jesse Owens Stadium on Friday, June 2.
Bulldog Sports Round-Up | May 26, 2023
The varsity baseball team wrapped up the 2022–23 season with an exciting match-up against Franklin Monroe on May 15, which ultimately ended in a 3–4 loss for the Bulldogs.