Economy Section :: Page 50

• Local farmers’ markets to screen sustainable agriculture film

  By Megan BachmanJune 3, 2011

  

  The Winter and Summer Farmer’s Markets are jointly sponsoring a free local screening of FRESH. See the trailer.

• Vernay on path of growth

  By Lauren HeatonJune 2, 2011

  With a committed force of long-time employees who care a great deal about the well being of the company, Vernay is poised to widen the markets for its small rubber parts, which are used in nearly every automobile and appliance in the world.

• Census figures show aging of village — Boomers dominate census

  By Megan Bachman

  Yellow Springs is aging more rapidly than anytime in at least the last 40 years, as its median age rose more than seven years in the last decade alone, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures.

• A radical, rooted farm vision

  By Megan BachmanMay 26, 2011

  

  Where can you learn how to repair a tractor, help move a barn, have chicks raised for you and eventually pick your own strawberries and buy fresh-pressed apple cider vinegar and hazelnut oil, all from a 29-year-old woman?

• Efficiency program benefits businesses in many ways

  By Megan BachmanMay 19, 2011

  Local businesses looking to save money by cutting their fuel use now have an extra incentive to do so. Money that began as a fine against the Village for buying power from a polluting coal plant is coming home to help Yellow Springs businesses get energy-efficient.

• Investing in YS, making beauty

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Call it the Miracle on Walnut Street. A dingy, dilapidated house — the eyesore of the neighborhood — is transformed into a stately, sleek modern home with a neighbor’s investment and a local couple’s vision.

• Glen House Inn open for parties and overnights

  By Megan BachmanMay 6, 2011

  

  Erik and Deirdre Owen recently turned Italian villa on a historic estate into an “art bed and breakfast.”

• Solar financing expected soon

  By Megan BachmanMay 5, 2011

  If the Village finalizes a contract with SolarVision, LLC to develop a solar farm, millions of dollars in outside financing will be used to construct and maintain the project.

• Glass farm to be solar farm

  By Megan BachmanApril 28, 2011

  A 2.5 megawatt solar farm will be built on the Village-owned Glass Farm, Village Council decided at its April 19 meeting.

• New art gallery opens in Kings Yard

  By Lauren HeatonApril 25, 2011

  

  The Springs Gallery opened in Kings Yard this month.