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• Village Council— Council to contract out pool care

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 21, 2013

  At their Feb. 4 meeting, Village Council members agreed to contract the responsibilities for running the Gaunt Park pool to Dayton Pool Management, or DPM, part of a nationwide pool management company.

• Village buys Railroad Street lot

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 1, 2012

  Thirty-five people gathered around the gravel lot to witness the the auction of the property at the corner of Railroad and Dayton streets. After a short bidding process, the Village of Yellow Springs had purchased the property for $170,000.

• Council considers drilling ordinance— Ban would be first in Ohio

  By Megan BachmanAugust 9, 2012

  Yellow Springs, though far from the epicenter of natural gas fracking in Ohio, could nevertheless become the first town in the state to ban all oil and gas drilling and waste wells within its municipal limits through passage of what is described as rights-based legislation.

• Economic development plan OKd

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 21, 2012

  A public/private economic sustainability outreach team of local leaders for the purpose of business retention, expansion and attraction.

• Arts community, arts policy

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 31, 2012

  Village Council members and local artists and arts supporters this week began a dialogue on the arts and a potential Village government arts policy at Council’s regular May 21 meeting.

• Village breaks ground on sidewalk repairs

  By Megan BachmanMay 22, 2012

  

  Long awaited repairs to Village sidewalks began last week with the building of a piece of sidewalk along Xenia Avenue near the bikepath.

• Opinions differ over wind power

  By Megan BachmanMay 17, 2012

  

  When Ohio’s largest wind farm comes online this summer, 300-ton turbines reaching 40 stories high will convert wind into electricity, and will help Ohioans cut carbon dioxide emissions and stem climate change. Or will it?

• Tackling hard water, hard choices

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 10, 2012

  Of all the critical decisions made by municipal governments, perhaps no decisions are more important than those concerning water.

• Council eyes economic plan

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 19, 2012

  Village Council members at their April 2 meeting heard a review of the recent Economic Sustainability Plan by several members of the Village Economic Sustainability Commission.

• Cuts shrink Village budget

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 8, 2011

  In these difficult economic times, it’s a familiar story for states and municipalities: while revenues are falling, costs are rising. And that’s the story again this year for the Village of Yellow Springs.