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2023 was a big year for business in Yellow Springs: milestones were reached, doors opened and closed, and many businesses expanded or transitioned.

December 29, 2023 electronic edition of the Yellow Springs News, Vol. 144, Issue No. 52

Angie Hsu has taken a variety of routes to understand and build community — as an artist, an advocate, a translator, a cook, a business owner, a board member, even a goat farmer.

The momentum of new restaurants coming to the Dayton area continues with the announcement of a new rooftop restaurant and new fine dining restaurant a

Officially opening Friday, March 24, at 11 a.m., MAZU features a menu without borders, a menu influenced by Taiwanese, Israeli and South Indian culture, reflecting the cultural backgrounds of the three owners

It's been a big year for business in Yellow Springs. While a number of locally-owned businesses opened their doors this year, several well-known brick-and-mortars closed up shop or moved out of town.

While many villagers who enjoyed the Veganry’s menu options may be disappointed by the announcement, Jayne Brahler is hoping that the community will embrace the site’s new owners, villagers Angie Hsu, Matan Mazursky and Kumar Jensen

Brahler told the News that during the time since she opened the Veganry — one of the few entirely vegan restaurants in the area — people came from all over the region, including Cincinnati and Columbus.

When City Council first approved the Climate Action and Resilience Plan in 2018, it was poised to advance progressive environmental policy in Evanston.  CARP outlines several climate goals for the city, including 100% renewable electricity for all properties by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050. More than three years after it was passed, the city...

Reduce, reuse, recycle and refuse: these are tenets of Eco and the Flamingo, Evanston and Chicago’s first zero waste general stores. “(Sustainability’s) just been our guiding value from the beginning — if a company wasn’t sustainable, we weren’t going to work with them,” co-founder Bethany Barbouti said. “That was just one area we were never...