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• Development group plans LLC

  By Carol SimmonsAugust 2, 2021

  

  Without public discussion or explanation of its intended focus, the Yellow Springs Development Corp., or YSDC, recently approved “the formation of an LLC for development purposes,” earmarking $3,000 for the effort.

• Watering hole

  By Matt Minde

  

  Village street crew members repaired a broken leaking water line under Dayton Street near Kenneth Hamilton Way on Monday, July 26.

• YS Development Corporation explores new loan program

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 30, 2021

  

  At its most recent meeting, on Tuesday, July 13, conducted online, the Yellow Springs Development Corporation, or YSDC, took action toward addressing a perceived deficiency in the local financing of for-profit economic development projects.

• Village Council addresses Airbnb ‘proximity’

  By Megan BachmanJuly 27, 2021

  

  No Airbnb can be located within 500 feet of another one, according to legislation Council passed at its regular meeting on Monday, July 19.

• Village Council appoves local building department

  By Megan BachmanJuly 24, 2021

  

  At its regular meeting on July 6, Village Council unanimously approved the creation of a local building department. Two ordinances — one for residential permits and the other for commercial — were passed as an emergency.

• Guilty plea in YS stabbing death

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 21, 2021

  

  A Yellow Springs native accused in the stabbing death of Leonid “Lonya” Clark has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter as part of a plea deal with the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office.

• Council to annex 34 acres for residential development

  By Megan BachmanJuly 20, 2021

  

  Oberer, a Miamisburg semi-custom home builder, owns 55 acres at the southern end of Spillan Road, with 17 acres already within village limits. Oberer plans to build 138 housing units, with houses expected to start at $280,000.

• Miami Township Trustees— In-person meetings return

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 12, 2021

  

  Fifteen months after the pandemic lockdown began, and with it a transition to conducting Miami Township business through online video conference calls, the Township Trustees returned to in-person meetings Monday, June 21.

• MacQueen off YSDC

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 11, 2021

  

  The June meeting of the Yellow Springs Development Corporation, or YSDC, began with the surprise announcement that Marianne MacQueen, one of Village Council’s two representatives on the semi-governmental group, was “stepping down effective immediately.”

• Village Council — Weeds are out, ‘managed’ yards are in

  By Megan BachmanJuly 8, 2021

  

  Villagers who are maintaining a natural landscape of native grasses and plants in their yard no longer have to comply with height limits on their plantings.However, those who simply “let their yards go” must pull the noxious weeds likely growing there and keep grasses to nine inches, or less.