At the Yellow Springs Development Corporation’s, or YSDC’s, regular meeting in October, YSDC President Corrie Van Ausdal proposed establishing a committee whose responsibility would be “to plan and present a future configuration for the YSDC.”
"Engineering Systems for the Common Good" is a new class taught by Professor Rául Ordóñez. He was inspired to help people while growing up in Ecuador where poverty was all around him.
The co-op located three miles down the road from Yellow Springs in Clifton is a $2-million project that, when completed, will feature a taproom that will offer beverages from local brewers, community and performance spaces, an commercial kitchen and affordable housing.
The Clifton Crafthouse Co-op recently kicked off its concept market space. That’s for members to teach classes or sell products they make. It also received a $350 thousand dollar USDA rural business development grant, and now, it's looking to expand its members.
The Utility Roundup program was implemented in late 2018 as an initiative to help people struggling to pay their bills. The program was funded by a grant from the Yellow Springs Community Foundation and donations from villagers who round up their utility bill to the next dollar or give larger donati