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• Nearly $1M in improvements slated for Glen Helen

  By Cheryl DurgansFebruary 11, 2022

  

  The old Antioch College power plant will soon be demolished and the land rehabbed into wetlands, thanks in part to a $988,119 grant from the Clean Ohio Conservation Fund.

• Glen Helen seeks power plant demolition

  By Cheryl DurgansJune 9, 2021

  

  The News takes a closer look at the Glen Helen Association’s plans to demolish a now-shuttered power plant site and restore the area, the plant’s history and the current state of the former plant.

• Glen Helen’s first six months

  By Cheryl DurgansApril 24, 2021

  

  Recalling the events of the past year in which the COVID-19 global pandemic almost forced the closure of the nature preserve deeply loved by the community, Executive Director Nick Boutis laid out the picture from a year ago.

• Glen Helen reopens with new owner

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 16, 2020

  

  The tape came down and the trail signs went up this week at Glen Helen. After being closed since March, the Glen reopened to the public on Wednesday, Sept. 9.

• Glen Helen now owned by Glen Helen Association; to reopen Sept. 9

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 4, 2020

  

  The Glen Helen Association, or GHA, is the new owner of Glen Helen, the 1,000-acre nature preserve in Yellow Springs. Trails, parking and the Raptor Center will reopen on Wednesday, Sept. 9, with partial hours and new safety measures.

• Glen Helen capital campaign— GHA seeks to raise $3.5M

  By Audrey HackettJune 24, 2020

  

  Glen Helen isn’t open — yet. But the Glen’s new future owner is moving rapidly to raise funds, restore staff and work to reopen the 1,000-acre local nature preserve, which has been closed to the public since late March due to COVID-19.

• Antioch to sell Glen Helen to local nonprofit

  By Audrey HackettJune 10, 2020

  

  Antioch College and the Glen Helen Association announced on Wednesday that they have finalized an “agreement in principle” to transfer Glen Helen Nature Preserve from the college to the GHA. The purchase price is $2.5 million, payable over 10 years.

• No deal yet on Glen Helen

  By Audrey HackettJune 9, 2020

  

  The fate of Glen Helen remains uncertain this week, with no deal yet between Antioch College and the Glen Helen Association, or GHA, a nonprofit group separate from the college.

• Permanent closure for Glen?

  By Audrey HackettMay 22, 2020

  

  Sharen Neuhardt of the Antioch College Board of Trustees said this week that the college has no plans to reopen the 1,000-acre nature preserve it has owned since 1929.

• Glen Helen faces uncertainty

  By Audrey HackettApril 29, 2020

  

  Amid financial losses and uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, can Antioch College continue to support Glen Helen?