Land & Environmental Section

• Mary’s Way construction stalled

  By Jessica ThomasApril 14, 2022

  

  Mary’s Way, named after the late Mary Donahoe, covers land that was donated by Derick Donahoe, land on Agraria’s property and land purchased from Yellow Springs School District by the Village of Yellow Springs.

• Planning Commission approves new village farm

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 31, 2022

  

  A proposal for a small farm and adjacent farm goods store within the village was given the green light, with several caveats, by the Yellow Springs Planning Commission.

• Yellow Springs buys sludge press

  By Reilly DixonMarch 23, 2022

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs is now the proud owner of a nine-ton, seven-foot-tall sludge press. Its purpose? Simply put, to squeeze out any remaining water from the biosolids that run through our municipal water and wastewater treatment plant.

• Down to Earth | The allure of local nature

  By YS News StaffMarch 13, 2022

  

  “What is it about nature and its allure? Why do some of us feel pulled to rush into the lush wildness that lies apart from the busyness of our societal spaces?”

• Community, biodiversity through seeds

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 19, 2022

  

  Seed steward Florentina Rodriguez debuted the Yellow Springs Community Seed Library last weekend, aiming to make that power available to everyone.

• Down to Earth — Tecumseh Land Trust and affordable housing

  By YS News StaffJanuary 3, 2022

  

  “Affordable housing, farmland preservation and native habitat conservation — are they mutually exclusive?”

• Tecumseh Land Trust sees leadership change

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 15, 2021

  

  What might have been a major transition for many organizations was less earth-shaking for Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, when the nonprofit’s longtime executive director retired this fall.

• Neighbors split on 1,500-acre Kingwood Solar field project

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 27, 2021

  

  An estimated 300 people crowded into the Expo Center at the Greene County Fairgrounds on Monday evening, Nov. 15, for a public hearing on the proposed 1,500-acre Kingwood Solar field project.

• Agraria’s Pathways to Regeneration conference to ‘honor water’

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 4, 2021

  

  This weekend’s event, which opens Friday morning, Nov. 5, features talks, performances and panel discussions by a lineup of presenters whose research, professional work, activism and art have connections to water.

• A Yellow Springs Almanack — Oct. 29–Nov. 4

  By YS News StaffOctober 29, 2021

  

  The Travelling Toad and Frog Moon entered its final quarter on October 28 and wanes throughout the week ahead, becoming the new Deer Rutting Moon.