Housing Section

• ‘Spring Meadows’ to go before Village Council

  By Reilly DixonOctober 26, 2022

  

  A proposed 90-home major subdivision — dubbed “Spring Meadows” — is one step closer to being developed in Yellow Springs.

• YSDC asked to consider rental housing

  By Cheryl DurgansJuly 29, 2022

  

  In a presentation made at the YS Development Corporation’s July 5 meeting, villager Dirk Lackovich-Van Gorp asked the organization, amid a months-long process to determine the organization’s future direction, to consider affordable housing as it continues its deliberations.

• Six months of living in the Glen Cottages

  By Jessica ThomasApril 11, 2022

  

  Six months in, the residents of Glen Cottages are beginning to feel at home. Inspired by the Bowen housing needs assessment, the project’s goal was to “fill the gaps” in the village’s housing needs. The total project cost approximately $2.29 million.

• Extended Coverage | New Yellow Springs subdivision proposed

  By Reilly DixonMarch 30, 2022

  

  Miamisburg-based development company DDC Management, Inc., is seeking to build a 89-lot subdivision in northwestern Yellow Springs.

• Co-creating shared spaces for people of color

  By Jessica ThomasFebruary 11, 2022

  

  Last fall, YS Home, Inc. Executive Director Emily Seibel took part in a fireside chat keynote discussion for the annual conference of Ohio Community Development Corporation Association, speaking with Jamar Doyle, of Greater Collinwood Development Corporation, and Evelyn Burnett, of ThirdSpace Action Lab.

• Yellow Springs Village Council rejects Oberer PUD

  By Jessica ThomasFebruary 9, 2022

  

  At the Monday, Feb. 7, Village Council meeting, held virtually via Zoom, a request from Oberer Development Company to rezone 52.6 acres on the south end of the village as a planned unit development, or PUD, did not receive enough votes to move forward.

• Lawson Place purchase eases tenant worries

  By Cheryl DurgansDecember 16, 2021

  

  On Nov. 29, Council approved a down payment for the building of $160,000 and authorized the financing of the purchase for up to an additional $800,000. The closing date will likely be after the new year.

• Extended Coverage | Planning Commission sends Oberer plans to Village Council

  By Reilly DixonNovember 28, 2021

  

  At its Tuesday, Nov. 9, regular meeting, held via Zoom, Village Planning Commission approved a conditional use application submitted by Oberer Land Developers to rezone 52.6 acres in southern Yellow Springs to accommodate a 140-unit residential neighborhood.

• Village to buy Lawson Place apartments

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 23, 2021

  

  In their regular Nov. 15 meeting, held virtually via Zoom, Village Council approved two measures allowing Village Manager Josué Salmerón to purchase an apartment building located at 10 Lawson Place.

• Planning Commission sends Oberer plans to Village Council

  By Reilly DixonNovember 18, 2021

  

  At its Tuesday, Nov. 9, regular meeting, held via Zoom, Village Planning Commission approved a conditional use application submitted by Oberer Land Developers to rezone 52.6 acres in southern Yellow Springs to accommodate a 140-unit residential neighborhood.