Articles About Village Council :: Page 7

• St. Mary Development Corp. exits low-income housing talks

  By Reilly DixonJune 3, 2024

  

  St. Mary Development Corporation has “decided to end discussions” regarding the pursuit of a tax credit application that could have financed a 50-unit, low-income housing development.

• Elected bodies weigh low-income housing proposal on school land

  By Reilly DixonMay 27, 2024

  

  For the first time in public meetings, YS Home, Inc. unveiled a new, large-scale affordable housing proposal: the development of a 50-unit, low-income rental complex that may one day be sited on three acres of school district-owned land.

• Village Council renews municipal Wi-Fi efforts

  By Reilly DixonApril 30, 2024

  

  Since the Village implemented a municipal broadband pilot program in early 2022, over 100 homes and businesses have opted into the network.

• Village Council weighs future changes to zoning code

  By Reilly DixonApril 22, 2024

  

  At the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, April 15, Council members wrestled with a familiar issue: Should the Village zoning code be modified to encourage more high-density and affordable developments? The answer from most Council members was “yes, but in due time.”

• Village Council | March 4 Meeting

  By Reilly DixonMarch 28, 2024

  

  In his Manager’s Report, Burns told Council that development of the future 90-home subdivision, Spring Meadows, is on schedule.

• EXTENDED COVERAGE | March 14 homicide upheaves Yellow Springs

  By Reilly DixonMarch 24, 2024

  

  Following a four-day manhunt, and amid an ongoing investigation by the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, or BCI, Jackson Isaiah Bleything, a Springfield resident and 2020 graduate of Yellow Springs High School, was taken into custody Sunday, March 17.

• Johnnie Burns sworn in as Yellow Springs village manager

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 22, 2024

  

  At the most recent Village Council meeting, held virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 20, Interim Village Manager Johnnie Burns was appointed to permanently fill the manager role, following unanimous approval from Council. He was officially sworn in early Wednesday morning.

• Tuesday, Feb. 20, Village Council meeting is virtual

  By Matt MindeFebruary 16, 2024

  

  The next Village Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 20, at 7 p.m. This meeting will be held virtually, due to an increased risk of COVID.

• Village Council adopts ceasefire resolution on Israel-Hamas war

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 15, 2024

  

  On Monday, Feb. 5, at the group’s most recent regular meeting, Village Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

• After Council, life goes on for Marianne MacQueen

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 31, 2024

  

  Since Village Council reconvened in 2024 without Marianne MacQueen, the lifelong Yellow Springs resident has spent her January days looking back and looking ahead — even beyond her new aquamarine workplace.