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• Village Council—  RECs could generate $183K

  By Audrey HackettMarch 5, 2020

  

  In a policy shift, the Village of Yellow Springs will be selling its existing Renewable Energy Certificates, or RECs, which are tied to its purchase of energy from renewable sources. Yellow Springs had previously retained its RECs, a form of currency in green energy markets.

• Village Council— Clapping, sign ban lifted

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 20, 2020

  

  Citizens who attend Village Council meetings can once again express themselves through clapping, snapping and signs, Council decided at its Feb. 3 regular meeting.

• Village Council— Fee waivers for Home, Inc.

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 13, 2020

  

  In a split decision at its Feb. 3 regular meeting, Village Council granted Home, Inc. tap fee waivers for the group’s planned senior apartment building.

• Village Council— Could sewer woes limit growth?

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 30, 2020

  

  Strong storms rolled into Yellow Springs on April 3, 2018, dumping close to three inches of rain on the village in short order. What happened next was the source of an Ohio EPA rebuke and is now a subject of concern for Village Council as it considers spurring new development in town.

• Council debates housing goals

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 23, 2020

  

  In her first Village Council meeting on Jan. 6, new Council Member Laura Curliss questioned the Village’s stated goals related to housing.

• Village Council— Cresco may emit light later

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 9, 2020

  

  At its final meeting of the year, Village Council agreed to allow local medical marijuana producer Cresco to emit light from its greenhouses past the previously agreed upon time of sunset — at least for the next few weeks.

• The Decade in Review: Village Council

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 2, 2020

  

  The Decade in Review: Village Council

• 2019 Year in Review: Village Council

  By Megan Bachman

  

  2019 Year in Review: Village Council

• Village Council— Senior apartments change OK’d

  By Megan BachmanDecember 19, 2019

  

  A redesigned 54-unit senior apartment building was given the green light by Village Council at its Dec. 2 regular meeting.

• Village finances— Revenues steady, expenses rise

  By Megan BachmanDecember 12, 2019

  

  As Village Council members took their first vote on the 2020 budget at their Dec. 2 regular meeting, they also briefly discussed the state of municipal finances.