Economy Section :: Page 38

• Zoning update on final round

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 19, 2013

  The new Yellow Springs zoning code could allow more flexibility in how Yellow Springers live and work. Council passed the first reading of the updated code at its Sept. 3 meeting, and will vote on the second and final reading Sept. 16.

• Miami Valley area seeks commercial drone growth

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  In mid-August the largest Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or UAS, conference in the world took place in Washington, D.C. Among the more than 600 information booths on UAS research, development and manufacturing, the biggest booth hailed from Ohio ­— and specifically, from the Miami Valley.

• Going public about B.O., naturally

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 2, 2013

  

  Adriene Kramer has found a product that works to deodorize without harmful chemicals — it’s one she makes herself.

• Little Art news: the good, the bad and the unreported

  By Anisa KlineJuly 30, 2013

  

  The Little Art Theatre’s renovations are close to completion, but it will be some time before the theater opens again.

• Getting from waste to want not

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 18, 2013

  The busy bugs of EnviroFlight are churning out a new product this year — a natural fertilizer that some say is making area tomato plants grow like weeds.

• A passion for 1950s-era furniture

  By Anisa Kline

  When Atomic Fox owner Terry Fox spent weekends with his grandparents as a child, he didn’t expect those experiences to fuel a lifelong interest.

• New store will focus on 50’s furniture

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 5, 2013

  

  A new store, Atomic Fox, has opened in the Kings Yard space formerly occupied by the survival store. The store features mid-20th century furniture and household items.

• Building on again at Birch III

  By Megan BachmanJuly 4, 2013

  Development of a 40-lot subdivision on the village’s south side, first approved eight years ago, is finally taking off under new ownership and a rebounding housing market.

• A seamstress’ dressmaking passion

  By Anisa KlineJune 27, 2013

  

  BouChic, the new alterations and dressmaking business in Yellow Springs, sits at the very back of the white professional building on Xenia Avenue. Inside, owner Zara McCartney has neatly stacked bolts of cloth, drawers filled with a variety of patterns, a dressing room, sewing machines and a chalkboard wall for children.

• Village’s second passive house opens for one-day tour

  By Lauren HeatonJune 20, 2013

  

  Greene Generation Building will open its second passive house in the village on Saturday, June 22, from 1 to 4 p.m.