Economy Section :: Page 33

• In 80s, incubator boosted businesses in Yellow Springs

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 17, 2014

  

  One of Village government’s first attempts at revving up the economy involved hiring villagers Vicki Morgan and Phyllis Schmidt in 1986 as Yellow Springs Associates, in an attempt to improve the image of Yellow Springs to surrounding communities.

• Wellness doctor hopes to return to Village

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Donald Gronbeck, a 2002 Antioch College graduate, hopes to start his first practice, Yellow Springs Primary Care, the first week of May at the former Creative Memories building, fronting on Dayton Street.

• Home Inc. offers workshop — Village foreclosure rate high

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Losing one’s home to foreclosure is most often traumatic. Foreclosures hurt communities, too. Though Yellow Springs has weathered the housing crisis well with only a small dip in home sale prices, foreclosure rates are relatively high here and may be on the uptick.

• Lucky Dragon Chinese restaurant opens on Dayton Street

  By Lauren HeatonApril 14, 2014

  

  Lucky Dragon opened earlier this month on Dayton Street.

• High foreclosure rate prompts workshop

  By Megan BachmanApril 10, 2014

  

  Though Yellow Springs has weathered the housing crisis well with only a small dip in home sale prices, foreclosure rates are relatively high here and may be on the uptick. A workshop hopes to address the problem.

• At time, home is where the work is

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Like many of today’s college graduates, Emma Woodruff left Antioch College under a mountain of debt and with few job prospects. So she fell into a growing local industry catering to tourists and residents — accommodation and food service — working stints as a Sunrise Café server and in the kitchen of the Emporium Café.

• Workshop to talk mortgages, housing

  By YS News StaffApril 9, 2014

  

  A free workshop hosted by YS Home, Inc. and Neighborhood Housing Partnership of Greater Springfield will be held from 6–7:30 p.m. at the library on Tuesday, April 15.

• Former Creative Memories space— Investors seek to rezone

  By Lauren HeatonApril 3, 2014

  

  At a public hearing on Wednesday, April 16, Village Planning Commission will consider a request to rezone the former Creative Memories building at Dayton Street and East Enon Road from a light industrial district to a planned unit development, or PUD.

• Fewer local jobs, more commuting

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Heidi Hoover could be considered one of the lucky few. Her dream of living and working in Yellow Springs came true seven years ago when, after returning to her hometown to start a family, she was hired as a second-grade teacher at Mills Lawn Elementary School after substitute teaching there.

• CHARTS: More jobs trends in YS

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Fewer local jobs has meant more commuting for residents, but residents are also increasingly working out of their homes and starting their own businesses. Read about more local job trends.