Yellow Springs lost an additional 7.3 percent of its population in the last decade, continuing a 40-year population plummet.

• Yellow Springs business owners denounce plastic ban

  By Reilly DixonMarch 20, 2023

  

  The message from a number of local business owners at a recent town hall was clear: The proposed legislation to restrict commercial single-use plastics is too hasty.

• New cannabis store opens in downtown Yellow Springs

  By Jessica ThomasMarch 17, 2023

  

  After years of learning about CBD, its medicinal effects and the business side of the industry, Shane Ayrsman and his wife Sarah DeVore recently opened Tweedle D’s on Xenia Avenue, in the heart of downtown Yellow Springs.

• Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce ramps up 2023 activities

  By Reilly DixonMarch 6, 2023

  

  Looking ahead to the coming months, the Chamber of Commerce has a jam-packed calendar.

• Planning Commission | Residential zoning changes proposed

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 28, 2023

  

  At their most recent meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 14, the members of YS Planning Commission voted to initiate the process of amending some text of the Village Zoning Code.

• Anthrotech takes expertise to courtroom

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 26, 2023

  

  Last year, Anthrotech collected data and provided expert testimony for a criminal trial, in which the events detailed spanned thousands of miles, from the United States to Zambia and back again.

• Millworks gains more tenants

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 25, 2023

  

  As of the beginning of the year, Local affordable housing program Yellow Springs Home, Inc., villager-owned landscape company Fox Trot Services and a new tattoo parlor called Studio Uncommon all have a new home at Millworks.

• Housing, education at the former Greene County Career Center

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 19, 2023

  Once completed, the 290,000-square-foot Emerge Trade and Recovery facility will offer live-in recovery services, provide job training and provide a place for those recently emancipated from the foster system.

• YSDC considers reconfiguration

  By Cheryl DurgansJanuary 13, 2023

  

  At the Yellow Springs Development Corporation’s, or YSDC’s, regular meeting in October, YSDC President Corrie Van Ausdal proposed establishing a committee whose responsibility would be “to plan and present a future configuration for the YSDC.”

• Village ends lease with Lawson Place tenants

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 12, 2023

  At the last Council meeting of 2022, Council members heard from several Lawson Place residents voicing their concern for two long-term residents whose lease had been terminated by Village Manager Josué Salmerón, who is acting as property manager for the apartments.

• 2022 In Review | Local Business

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 2, 2023

  

  It’s been a big year for business in Yellow Springs. While a number of locally-owned businesses opened their doors this year, several well-known brick-and-mortars closed up shop or moved out of town.