Economy Section :: Page 52

• Bit of ‘Heaven’ right here, right now

  By Megan BachmanMarch 3, 2011

  

  Heaven On Earth Emporium, the most recent retail store to open downtown, is filled with both the unique and the functional.

• Friends plans to sell Barr property

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 24, 2011

  This week a Friends Care Community task force announced plans to sell the Barr property, which the Morgan Family Foundation had gifted to the care center in November.

• New business on Stutzman site

  By Diane Chiddister

  Village Council at its Feb. 7 meeting unanimously approved entering into a lease with villager Mitchell George for a new business located at the former site of Stutzman’s Nursery on U.S. 68 North.

• New store promises ‘heaven on earth’

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 22, 2011

  

  Heaven On Earth Emporium, recently opened in the space vacated by Basho Apparel, is filled with a great variety of products for tourists and locals. See photos of the new shop.

• Affordable housing solutions elsewhere—Creativity and communication is key

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 10, 2011

  As the News winds down its series on affordable housing, it seems appropriate to look at other communities that have taken steps toward addressing a need for affordable housing.

• Local businesses try harder when village economy slows

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 3, 2011

  In the midst of a continuing national recession, business at most downtown merchants remained steady or slightly down in 2010.

• Boogie down to support CJ’s

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 27, 2011

  

  To keep CJ’s Southern Cookin’ from closing its doors, a local band is reviving the rent party tradition to solicit community support for the financially ailing restaurant.

• Ohio reduces funds for schools

  By Lauren Heaton

  According to former Governor Strickland’s Evidence-Based funding model, the local school district is scheduled to receive $1,037,354 from the state to educate its 621 in-district students this year.

• Some construction expected

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 20, 2011

  While the majority of homes sold in the village each year are existing structures, new construction continues to add housing stock to the village. And even during this construction off-season, interest is picking up for new housing.

• Local band plays for food and funds

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 19, 2011

  

  Yellow Springs band Mack and the Rockets will present a “rent party” on Friday, Jan. 21 at CJ’s Southern Cookin’ to benefit the restaurant.