Land & Environmental Section :: Page 30

• Cemex seeks new quarry close to Yellow Springs

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 16, 2011

  

  The Fairborn-based Cemex, one of the world’s largest producers of Portland cement, is seeking to rezone a 289-acre plat of land it owns just south and west of Yellow Springs in order to construct a new quarry. The company will make its rezoning request at a meeting of the Xenia Township Trustees today, June 16, at 6 p.m at the trustees office at 8 Brush Row Road in Xenia.

• Green gardeners learn to grow

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Gardening is not just for green thumbs any more. As more and more local neighborhood gardens sprout, the Growers Exchange offers a forum where seasoned local growers share their knowledge with novice gardeners in exchange for labor.

• Sewer link-up moves ahead

  By Megan BachmanMay 26, 2011

  

  A project connecting the Morris Bean & Company foundry to the Village of Yellow Springs sanitary sewer system will likely be completed this year with the recent finding by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency that the project will not have a significant negative impact on the environment.

• Council to vote on natural gas

  By Diane Chiddister

  The challenge of meeting local energy needs with non-polluting energy sources presented itself in a new form to Village Council on May 16, as Council considered whether to use natural gas as an intermediate energy source.

• A radical, rooted farm vision

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Where can you learn how to repair a tractor, help move a barn, have chicks raised for you and eventually pick your own strawberries and buy fresh-pressed apple cider vinegar and hazelnut oil, all from a 29-year-old woman?

• Efficiency program benefits businesses in many ways

  By Megan BachmanMay 19, 2011

  Local businesses looking to save money by cutting their fuel use now have an extra incentive to do so. Money that began as a fine against the Village for buying power from a polluting coal plant is coming home to help Yellow Springs businesses get energy-efficient.

• “Radical” farm takes root

  By Megan BachmanMay 17, 2011

  

  Amy Batchman started Radical Roots Farm outside of Yellow Springs with big plans for the seven-acre homestead.

• YS tree man keeps planting at 96

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 12, 2011

  

  Lloyd Kennedy wants to give credit where credit is due. For instance, he makes clear that he was not the one who floated the idea, almost three decades ago, of organizing a volunteer group to plant trees in the village.

• Solar financing expected soon

  By Megan BachmanMay 5, 2011

  If the Village finalizes a contract with SolarVision, LLC to develop a solar farm, millions of dollars in outside financing will be used to construct and maintain the project.

• Wet weather challenges farmers

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Across town, heavy rains fill gutters, puddles pool on lawns and sump pumps struggle to keep basements dry. But this rainy April has area farmers worried as they delay planting and wait for their fields to dry.