Articles About conservation easement
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Rescinding previous offer, Township Trustees now commit $50k to land trust
The Miami Township Trustees again turned discussion at their recent regular meeting Monday, May 19, to setting aside funding to help local nonprofit Tecumseh Land Trust fund conservation easements on farmland just outside the village on Dayton-Yellow Springs Road.
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Miami Township Trustees dispute Tecumseh Land Trust funding
During an often fraught two-hour special meeting Tuesday, April 29 — which was attended by about two dozen local residents — the Miami Township Trustees discussed at length both the possibility and the fiscal feasibility of funding conservation easements for local farmland preservation nonprofit Tecumseh Land Trust.
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Greenbelt farm land heads to sale
According to Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, Executive Director Michele Burns, the anticipated asking price is $22,000 per acre and “for sale” signs will likely be in the coming week.
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Tecumseh Land Trust seeks protection on 184 acres
Approximately 184 acres along Dayton-Yellow Springs Road may soon go up for auction to the highest bidder; Tecumseh Land Trust intends to purchase that land or work with a buyer to protect it from future development with conservation easements.
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Miami Township Trustees commit $113,000 to Tecumseh Land Trust
Tecumseh Land Trust is currently eyeing land along Dayton Yellow-Springs Road that is likely to come up for auction this year — land that has been identified by TLT and the Village as a priority for conservation.
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School board discusses Mills Lawn greenspace preservation
At the regular school board meeting Thursday, March 14, local advocacy group Citizens to Preserve Mills Lawn Greenspace brought forward a potential plan to place a conservation easement on a portion of land on which Mills Lawn Elementary School is located.
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Tecumseh Land Trust receives $100,000 grant
Locally based Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the American Farmland Trust, or AFT, to help farmers and landowners in the area in transferring their land to a new generation of producers.
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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.
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Village vies for more municipal solar
The Village of Yellow Springs is looking to build solar photovoltaic arrays on a number of municipal properties. Sites up for consideration are the Village-owned Sutton Farm, located on State Route 343; the parking lot at the John Bryan Community Center; and the rooftops of several Village buildings.
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