Zoning, density linked to affordability
Examining Affordability This is the third in a series of articles looking at various aspects of affordable housing in Yellow Springs. When the Board of Zoning Appeals denied a homeowner’s application...
View ArticleSeeking way forward on affordability
EXAMINING AFFORDABILITYThis is the eighth and last in a series of articles examining various aspects of affordable housing in Yellow Springs. (This article was co-authored by Lauren Heaton) Since...
View ArticleMore cost, more services in Village
Conventional wisdom says that Yellow Springs is an expensive place to live relative to other area towns, and statistics bear out that assumption. However, villagers may not know that while they pay a...
View ArticleServices to citizens vary greatly by community
Yellow Springs residents do pay more to live in the village, according to a 2008 cost of living comparison of school and municipal income tax, property tax and utility costs in area towns compiled by...
View ArticleJames A. McKee Group to host affordable housing forum
The James A. McKee Group will host “A Community Conversation about Affordable Housing” on Sunday, March 27, from 2-4 p.m. at the Yellow Springs Senior Center Great Room (227 Xenia Avenue). The event,...
View ArticleJames A. McKee Group to host affordable housing forum
The James A. McKee Group will host “A Community Conversation about Affordable Housing” on Sunday, March 27, from 2-4 p.m. at the Yellow Springs Senior Center Great Room (227 Xenia Avenue). The event,...
View ArticleCouncil moves ahead with housing
Villagers offered a robust show of community support for Village Council’s proposed affordable housing project at Council’s meeting Monday, March 21, when Council unanimously approved moving ahead with...
View ArticleVillagers Agna, Reynolds honored
When villagers Mary Agna and Macy Reynolds are inducted next week into the Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame, they will be among 23 other local women to receive the honor. Dr. Agna, the first woman...
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McKee group updates examination of cost of living
Like the one completed 10 years ago, the 2012 Yellow Springs Cost of Living study got a reprise this spring using data from the 2010 Census to see how the village has changed demographically and...
View Article2012 Cost of Living update—The village by the numbers
Follow this link to see charts from the Yellow Springs Cost Of Living Report. Who lives in Yellow Springs, and what are they paying to be here? The answers to those questions can be found in the 2012...
View ArticleJames A. McKee Group to host affordable housing forum
The James A. McKee Group will host “A Community Conversation about Affordable Housing” on Sunday, March 27, from 2-4 p.m. at the Yellow Springs Senior Center Great Room (227 Xenia Avenue). The event,...
View ArticleCouncil moves ahead with housing
Villagers offered a robust show of community support for Village Council’s proposed affordable housing project at Council’s meeting Monday, March 21, when Council unanimously approved moving ahead with...
View ArticleVillagers Agna, Reynolds honored
When villagers Mary Agna and Macy Reynolds are inducted next week into the Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame, they will be among 23 other local women to receive the honor. Dr. Agna, the first woman...
View ArticleMcKee group updates examination of cost of living
Like the one completed 10 years ago, the 2012 Yellow Springs Cost of Living study got a reprise this spring using data from the 2010 Census to see how the village has changed demographically and...
View Article2012 Cost of Living update—The village by the numbers
Follow this link to see charts from the Yellow Springs Cost Of Living Report. Who lives in Yellow Springs, and what are they paying to be here? The answers to those questions can be found in the 2012...
View ArticleShear joy
Tanya Maus, James Luckett and their young son, August, celebrated their new Home, Inc. home last Friday, with an open house that included a ribbon-cutting ceremony and potluck. The house, located on...
View ArticleA closer look at local school taxes
By Megan Bachman and Carol Simmons Currently near the top third of school districts in a tri-county area for its combined school income and property tax, Yellow Springs Schools would rise even higher...
View ArticleDiscuss Housing Needs Assessment
The Village of YS will hold four community conversations on housing needs during the month of April. The sessions will be used to present to the community the finds of the recent Housing Needs...
View ArticleHome, Inc. to purchase property for senior rentals
If a property purchase goes through, Yellow Springs Home, Inc. will soon build new affordable senior rental housing in the village. Home, Inc. is now under contract to purchase the remaining lots owned...
View ArticleAntioch Village draws crowd
Last week about 60 villagers came out for the unveiling of the Antioch College Village pilot project — a planned pocket neighborhood of small homes on the north side of East North College Street. For...
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