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• Village to consider bidding on land parcel downtown

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 18, 2012

  The Village Station development that has been hanging on as a concept plan for office and retail space at the corner of Dayton and Railroad Streets is all but quashed. But an opportunity for a new idea may be coming soon.

• Zoning plans for an eclectic town

  By Lauren Heaton

  The Yellow Springs zoning code has been viewed as cumbersome and expensive to approve, and is currently in the midst of an overhaul.

• Village Council— CBE federal grants reduced

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 11, 2012

  The Village of Yellow Springs learned this week that federal grant funds that have long been committed for road construction within the Village commerce park have been withdrawn. A federal earmark of $344,000 that was committed through the Ohio Department of Transportation for roads at the Village’s Center for Busines and Education was redirected last month to another project. The loss of funding cuts the CBE’s infrastructure budget by over 20 percent.

• Lawson gardens, fracking ban— Council reaches for authority

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 27, 2012

  Several Village Council members expressed regret during their meeting on Monday, Sept. 17, that they have not found a way to preserve all the gardens at the Lawson Place residences. Earlier in the month the Village had drafted an ordinance requiring a permit to remove the private landscaping that property owner Greene Metropolitan Housing Authority says must be removed by Oct. 1.

• Streetscape to be implemented in two stages

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 13, 2012

  At their Sept. 4 meeting, members of Village Council voted unanimously to move ahead with a gradual process for improving the downtown streetscape. The initial phase of the project, planned for this fall, is aimed at fixing the sidewalks deemed most dangerous and removing the street trees causing the most sidewalk damage.

• Zoning code update focus of meeting tonight

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 6, 2012

  

  A special meeting between Village Council and the Planning Commission on the recently revised zoning code will take place tonight, Sept. 6, at 6 p.m. at Village Council chambers.

• Drilling ban is approved

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 30, 2012

  At their meeting Monday, Aug. 20, Village Council took an initial step toward becoming the first municipality in Ohio to ban fracking and injection wells within its borders.

• Village Council— Streetscape plan is curbed

  By Diane Chiddister

  At their Aug. 20 meeting, Village Council members said no to a controversial and ambitious plan to change the downtown streetscape.

• Village Council— Revised code to allow flexibility

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 23, 2012

  The recent zoning code revision includes changes to allow more flexibility in the code that aligns with goals articulated during the 2010 community visioning project, according to a summary of the update presented to Village Council at Council’s Aug. 6 meeting.

• Village Council—Revenues drop slightly in ’12

  By Diane Chiddister

  Revenues in the Village general fund budget have dropped 11 percent overall compared to a year ago this time, according to Village Finance Director Sharon Potter at Council’s Aug. 6 meeting.