Economy Section :: Page 34

• CHART: Job changes in YS

  By Megan BachmanApril 2, 2014

  

  What are the predominant local jobs in Yellow Springs and where do Yellow Springers work? A new article explores the trend that fewer local jobs means more commuting for residents.

• Coming home, but not for the jobs

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 27, 2014

  

  The high point of the Yellow Springs economy, like that of much of the rest of the nation, seems to have been during the post-World War II boom years of the 1950s and 60s. The town’s four small industries — Morris Bean, Vernay, YSI and Antioch Bookplate — employed hundreds of workers each, Antioch College was going strong, and small research firms — the Fels Lab and Kettering Research Institute, among others — fed off the college’s intellectual vitality.

• Village economy: good, bad news

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 20, 2014

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs government hasn’t generally involved itself in the local economy, but over the past 10 years, the Village has gotten increasingly active in supporting the local business community.

• Yellow Springs downtown business mostly steady

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 20, 2014

  

  When it comes to surviving as a business in downtown Yellow Springs, not all outfits are the same. The various successes and challenges of each seem to relate more to the practices of the shop owners and the pressures within each merchandising industry, rather than the common location at the hub of the village.

• Local Yellow Springs businesses hold steady

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 13, 2014

  

  While the top five businesses in Yellow Springs generate about a third of the Village’s total income tax revenue, dozens of smaller businesses together contribute a significant portion of the total.

• EnviroFlight, Antioch College seek partnership

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 6, 2014

  

  Antioch College and the local sustainable animal feed business EnviroFlight are poised to collaborate in a way that leaders believe will benefit both entities.

• Local business rebounding

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Local businesses appear to be recovering and returning the Village to pre-2009 tax revenue levels, according to data from the Regional Income Tax Agency, or RITA.

• CBE project delayed for now

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 30, 2014

  

  In an unexpected development, Village Council on Monday night withdrew an ordinance to fund the CBE infrastructure due to procedural errors.

• Enviroflight, college collaborate on project

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 28, 2014

  

  Antioch College and the local food sustainability business Enviroflight are poised to collaborate on a project that leaders believe will benefit both entities.

• Viability of CBE challenged in meeting

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 23, 2014

  

  The current landscape of commercial real estate building and lending was the focal point at an informational forum on public funding for the CBE infrastructure last Thursday night, and several professionals in the field urged Council not to put money into the project.