Articles About land use

• Sale puts farmland at risk

  By YS News StaffMarch 2, 2017

  

  At Village Council’s Feb. 21 meeting, a villager and Village Council member urged villagers to come together in an effort to preserve farmland at risk of development on the western edge of Yellow Springs.

• Village Council — Citizens plan CBE moratorium

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 15, 2016

  

  At Village Council’s Sept. 6 meeting, Council was informed that a group of citizens is aiming to place a temporary moratorium on the proposed expansion of Village infrastructure to the entrance of the Center for Business and Education, or CBE.

• CBE land to return to Village

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 21, 2016

  

  The 35-acre parcel of land at the center of the controversial Center for Business and Education, or CBE, will soon be returned to the Village, according to a representative from Community Resources.

• Antioch College to present farm vision

  By Megan BachmanMay 8, 2014

  

  Antioch College will lay out its long-term vision for a 36-acre property on the south end of campus known as the “golf course” at a public meeting next week.

• Antioch College farm talks continue

  By Lauren HeatonJanuary 23, 2014

  

  When Antioch College asked Village Council last spring to allow a limited number of small and large farm animals on the part of its campus known as “the golf course,” many of the college’s neighbors were surprised and upset they had not been informed of the plans earlier.

• New Mills lawn will feature a hotel, cafe and banquet hall

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 15, 2013

  

  A new Mills Park Hotel, in the image of this former Mills home, is planned for the Barr property next year.

• Antioch College Farm raises animals, concerns

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 8, 2013

  

  The farming activity on what is affectionately known as the Antioch golf course is just beginning, and it’s the heart of what Antioch College envisions for its sustainability program, one of the key components of the college curriculum.

• Land trust garners praise

  By Megan BachmanNovember 25, 2010

  

  The director of the largest federal funding source for farmland preservation stopped in Yellow Springs last week to visit Ohio’s top recipient of federal funding, the Tecumseh Land Trust, which he praised as one of the nation’s top land trusts.

• Stutzman’s land for lease

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 17, 2010

  The 20-acre plot of Village-owned land on U.S. 68 North that formerly housed Stutzman’s Garden and Landscaping Center will be available for rent within a few months, according to Village Council at its June 7 meeting.

• Affordable Housing Expert Promotes Land Trust Model

  By Megan BachmanJune 8, 2010

  

  John Emmeus Davis of the Champlain Housing Trust in Burlington, Vermont met with a group of community members Monday morning to promote community land trusts as a way to acheive affordable housing in Yellow Springs.