More than a month after the final closing on the sale of the former firehouse on Corry Street, one financial issue remains unresolved.
Locally based comedian and actor Dave Chappelle has purchased the property at 225 Corry with the stated intention of turning the building into a comedy club and restaurant. The sale was conducted through the Yellow Springs Development Corporation, or YSDC, on behalf of Miami Township, the original owner, but various circumstances delayed the final closing until March15. As part of the sale process, the YSDC in July purchased the option to sell for a nominal $1.
There is a question, however, about who is responsible for the utility fees after the YSDC announced the pending sale to Chappelle in December until the final closing in March. The YSDC thinks the Township is still responsible; the Township disagrees.
A Texas company looking to build a 1,500-acre, 175-megawatt solar power project in Greene County has applied for a permit.
On Friday, April 16, Vesper Energy of Houston, Tx., submitted its 136-page application, with 1,055 pages of additional figures and appendices, to the Ohio Power Siting Board, a state office with the authority to approve or deny the project.
Since 2017, the company, once part of the Australian-owned Lendlease, has been seeking leases and preparing studies in the project area, located just southeast of Yellow Springs in portions of Miami Township, Xenia Township and Cedarville Township. The company now has 43-year leases on close to 1,300 acres from 17 landowners.
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Grote s Dari-Korner at the intersection of Corry St. and Xenia Ave. (YS News archive photo from 1975)
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Antioch hires first faculty, gains on accreditation. “Antioch College continues its forward motion toward admitting new students next fall, announcing this week that the college has hired its first three tenure-track faculty members. And last week, the revived college received notice that it successfully jumped the first hurdle on the road to gaining accreditation.”
Bill Hooper dies. “William Hooper, well-known contractor, former Antioch and Miami Township trustee and local activist, died March 25. He was 91 years old. … Bill was the developer of Westgate [Ridgecrest & Robinwood Drives and Keystone Court], the second integrated housing development in the United States, in the late 1950s.”
5 Black police officers share unique perspective on the job Share Updated: 11:38 PM EDT Apr 28, 2021 Share Updated: 11:38 PM EDT Apr 28, 2021
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Show Transcript UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS. I KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHY SOME OF THESE OFFICER DO WHAT THEY DO. SOMETIMES I AGREE. SOMETIMES I DON’T DETECTIVE RYAN MORGAN WITH MIDDLETOWN POLICE SAYS HIS JOB IS HARDER MOR COMPLEX THAN MOST PEOPLE REALIZE. I THINK IT’S SOMETIMES HARD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. OUR MINDSET WHEN WE GO INTO THESE SITUATIONS BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT LOOKING AT IT THE WAY THEY WERE WE’RE LOOKING AT IT FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF GEORGE FLOYD. BREONNA TAYLOR AND MOST RECENTLY THE KILLING OF 16 YEAR O MICAIAH BRYANT IN COLUMBUS POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS OUR NATION ARE UNDER A MICROSCOPE. IT’S WHY MORGAN AND OTHER BLACK OFFICERS FROM SPRINGBORO CINCINNATI AND MIAMI TOWNSHIP CA TOGETHER FOR THIS CONVERSATION, WHY LAW ENFORCEMENT AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN THEY TALKED