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Economy Section :: Page 45

  • New store seeks to fill local need

    By Megan BachmanDecember 8, 2011

    Village resident Valorie Claggett recently opened her store of vintage and retro furnishings, Modern Salvage, at 138 Dayton Street. Claggett, an architect, designer and historical preservationist, will stock the store with unique and simple modern items from estate sales, garage sales and thrift stores. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    What Valorie Claggett finds at garage sales, estate sales and thrift stores are not high-priced antiques, she says, but rather useful and affordable items for everyday life that happen to have that retro style.

  • Modern Salvage for vintage home furnishings

    By Megan BachmanDecember 2, 2011

    What Valorie Claggett finds at garage sales, estate sales and thrift stores are not high-priced antiques but rather useful and affordable items for everyday life that happen to have that retro style. Read more about her new store.

  • Occupy sparks local dialogue

    By Megan BachmanDecember 1, 2011

    Village resident Eric Wolf, right, organized an Occupy protest in Yellow Springs last Friday in front of US Bank on Xenia Avenue to criticize the bank’s practices. Bill Houston, left, was one of the 34 local people who raised their voice with Wolf to draw attention to wealth disparity and economic injustice in the U.S. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Money, like religion, politics, and sex, is a sensitive topic of public conversation. But as Occupy Wall Street protesters lambast commercial banks, the decision of where to bank has become increasingly public.

  • Home, Inc. waiver approved by Village Council

    By Diane ChiddisterNovember 24, 2011

    At their Nov. 7 meeting, members of Village Council unanimously approved a request from Home, Inc. to waive tap-in fees for the proposed Home, Inc./Buckeye Community Hope Foundation affordable senior housing project.

  • Drive-thru comfort food beckons

    By Megan Bachman

    Drive-Thru Buffet manager Michael Randall finished redecorating the new restaurant, formerly home to KFC and CJ’s Southern Cooking, this week. Opening at the end of the month, the restaurant’s daily buffet spread will feature fried chicken and other comfort food. (Photo by Megan Bachman)

    Fried chicken is the star once again of the Drive-Thru Buffet, to open at the former KFC building, which was briefly home to CJ’s Southern Cooking after idling two years. But this time the place will go the non-corporate route.

  • Drones projected to be new force in regional economy

    By Diane Chiddister

    UAS (unmanned aerial system), popularly known as drones, are the fastest growing weapons systems for the Department of Defense, and a growing economic driver in southwestern Ohio.

  • Ohio Silver celebrates 40th

    By Diane ChiddisterNovember 17, 2011

    Village jewelry store Ohio Silver celebrates its 40th anniversary with a party for the public this Friday, Nov. 18, from 6–9 p.m. during the Third Friday Fling.

  • Drive-Thru Buffet brings back fried

    By Megan BachmanNovember 15, 2011

    Fried chicken is the star of a buffet restaurant to open at the former KFC building, which was briefly home to CJ’s Southern Cooking.

  • Diversity workshop coming soon

    By Diane ChiddisterNovember 14, 2011

    A forum on inclusion in the workplace, originally scheduled for Nov. 9, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 30. Leaders of the event are Steven and Jalyn Roe of The Jael Group.

  • Geis replaces Omlor at YSI

    By Lauren HeatonNovember 10, 2011

    Last week ITT, the company that acquired YSI this year, announced that Ron Geis of ITT was appointed general manager of YSI. Geis replaces former president and CEO Rick Omlor.

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