Economy Section :: Page 45

• Entrepreneurs get busy on the perfect brew

  By Lauren HeatonJanuary 5, 2012

  

  After years of dreaming, planning and home brewing, Shane and Jacqui Creepingbear are launching their long-awaited Vitruvian Brewing Company. The couple began moving into the MillWorks space formerly occupied by Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute on Jan. 1, and will spend the first two months remodeling for beer production. They expect to have their first brew […]

• Basho moves to Kings Yard

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 31, 2011

  

  Basho Apparel moved this month to a storefront space in King’s Yard, where the business plans to expand its inventory and continue to feature a new print artist each month.

• Schnapps in the Schprings

  By Megan BachmanDecember 22, 2011

  While sipping some authentic German pear schnapps during Christmas 2009, Meg and Steven Gujer of Sugar Creek Township had the idea to start a local craft distillery that made schnapps the traditional way.

• Antioch seeks local jobs for students

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 15, 2011

  As leaders of a school that places work at the heart of its educational experience, Antioch leaders face a challenge: in this economic downturn, they aim to create local jobs for the college’s first class of students.

• The Spirits of Yellow Springs

  By Megan BachmanDecember 14, 2011

  

  S and G Artisan Distillery will begin producing its “Spirits of Yellow Springs” schnapps and liquors locally in 2012.

• Cuts shrink Village budget

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 8, 2011

  In these difficult economic times, it’s a familiar story for states and municipalities: while revenues are falling, costs are rising. And that’s the story again this year for the Village of Yellow Springs.

• New store seeks to fill local need

  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

  

  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.