Economy Section :: Page 42

• Main Squeeze under new ownership— A smooth blend of old, new

  By Megan BachmanJuly 19, 2012

  

  When Main Squeeze went on sale at the beginning of the year, customers may have worried about the fate of the local juice bar. But smoothie addicts can still get their fix at Main Squeeze.

• La Pampa to knit an Argentine tradition into the community

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 18, 2012

  

  Mariano Rios opened La Pampa, an Argentinian grilling and catering business at Peifer Orchards last week.

• New owners for downtown building

  By Megan BachmanJune 21, 2012

  

  One of the oldest downtown buildings is now in new hands. Four local people last week purchased the property at 228 Xenia Avenue, currently home to Sam & Eddie’s Open Books and Asanda Imports.

• GMHA gardens on chopping block

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Patricia High is dejected because she has until July 1 to transplant most of her beautiful garden at her Lawson Place unit, or the Greene Metropolitan Housing Authority will remove the plantings.

• Economic development plan OKd

  By Diane Chiddister

  A public/private economic sustainability outreach team of local leaders for the purpose of business retention, expansion and attraction.

• Charitable funding shift to affect local nonprofits

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 20, 2012

  Over the past 10 years, the Morgan Family Foundation has quietly donated substantial sums of money to local nonprofits. But last week the foundation notified past grant recipients that, at least for the next several years, it is changing direction.

• Ground broken for first stage of CBE construction

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 14, 2012

  

  At a recent ceremony at the Center for Business and Education, or CBE, ground was broken for the first phase of the center’s construction, the creation of the intersection of Dayton-Yellow Springs Road with the CBE’s internal roadway, Gateway Drive.

• Solar goes dark, for now

  By Megan Bachman

  A field of solar panels won’t soon sprout on the Glass Farm as planned, though a local solar farm is still possible.

• Couples purchase Xenia Ave. property

  By Megan BachmanJune 10, 2012

  

  Two local couples — Asanda Imports owners Lee Kibblewhite and Molly Lunde and Brendan Comerford and Christy Lewis — recently purchased the property at 228 Xenia Avenue, currently home to Sam & Eddie’s Open Books and Asanda Imports.

• Food carts allowed, but with rules

  By Sarah SiffJune 7, 2012

  

  The “French fry truck” will no longer enjoy prime frontage along Xenia Avenue downtown. It was ordered not to “obstruct access or sightlines” to other businesses.