On Monday, Dec. 4, Village Council continued the ongoing discussion of pursuing a plan that could culminate in the construction of a low-income housing development on the 35-acre land known as the CBE.
Yellow Springs residents may soon be automatically enrolled in the Village’s Utility Round-Up program wherein municipal utility customers round up their monthly bill to the nearest dollar, with the additional amount going to help those struggling to pay their bills.
On Thursday, Nov. 16, a small team of local residents and members of the Village Environmental Commission went to the northern reaches of the 17-acre Ellis Park to install a 4,500-square-foot prairie.
The perennial conversation of what to do with the 35 acres of land on the western edge of Yellow Springs known as the Center for Business and Education, or CBE resurfaced at the most recent Village Council meeting on Monday, Nov. 20.
Where does the Village of Yellow Springs get its energy? How much of it is renewable? And how many renewable energy credits does the Village get from the kinds of energy it uses and produces?