Infrastructure & Services Section :: Page 19

• Village wins federal grant to enhance safety for kids

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 19, 2012

  Village children will more safely walk or bike to school within the next year, thanks to a collaborative effort between local citizens and Village government.

• Village wins grant to enhance safety for kids

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 12, 2012

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs was recently awarded more than $300,000 in federal money in a Safe Routes to School grant that aims to make walking or biking to school safer for kids.

• Streetscape design clarified

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Downtown will get a makeover this summer — and it’s not just the sidewalks.

• Emergency cooling shelter established

  By YS News StaffJuly 2, 2012

  The Village of Yellow Springs has designated the John Bryan Community Center as a 24-hour emergency cooling center.

• A new look and safer sidewalks for downtown

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 21, 2012

  Villagers will encounter changes downtown this summer, as a village sidewalk renovation project on the eastern side of Xenia Avenue that aims to make downtown safer and more attractive moves ahead.

• Village breaks ground on sidewalk repairs

  By Megan BachmanMay 22, 2012

  

  Long awaited repairs to Village sidewalks began last week with the building of a piece of sidewalk along Xenia Avenue near the bikepath.

• A tale of two waters

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 17, 2012

  Soon, Council will choose between upgrading its aging water plant or purchasing water from Springfield. It seems timely, then, to compare various aspects of Yellow Springs and Springfield water.

• No-coal choice saved money

  By Megan Bachman

  The Village’s decision five years ago against investing in a 1,600-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Illinois may have spared its electric customers from decades of high utility bills.

• Financing for solar farm is delayed

  By Megan Bachman

  Financing for a Village solar farm is taking longer than expected, raising uncertainty about when, or whether, the local project will be built.

• Opinions differ over wind power

  By Megan Bachman

  

  When Ohio’s largest wind farm comes online this summer, 300-ton turbines reaching 40 stories high will convert wind into electricity, and will help Ohioans cut carbon dioxide emissions and stem climate change. Or will it?