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After three years, Hill Farm s proposed 229 houses at Scioto Darby and Elliott roads back in play
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Three years after Hilliard City Council rejected a proposed rezoning by M/I Homes to build 229 single-family residences at Scioto Darby and Elliott roads, the project known as Hill Farm recently received a positive recommendation, with modifications, from the Hilliard Planning and Zoning Commission.
The proposal involves rezoning most of the the 205-acre parcel from rural residential to Hilliard Conservation District, and it will return to council for final consideration.
“We’re excited to be back. We have worked hard for three years, (and) a major addition (since then) is (the addition of) empty-nester (residences),” Josh Barkan, vice president of land for M/I Homes, told commission members May 13 in advance of their unanimous decision to recommend approval of the rezoning.
After three years, Hill Farm s proposed 229 houses at Scioto Darby and Elliott roads back in play
Three years after Hilliard City Council rejected a proposed rezoning by M/I Homes to build 229 single-family residences at Scioto Darby and Elliott roads, the project known as Hill Farm recently received a positive recommendation, with modifications, from the Hilliard Planning and Zoning Commission.
The proposal involves rezoning most of the the 205-acre parcel from rural residential to Hilliard Conservation District, and it will return to council for final consideration.
“We’re excited to be back. We have worked hard for three years, (and) a major addition (since then) is (the addition of) empty-nester (residences),” Josh Barkan, vice president of land for M/I Homes, told commission members May 13 in advance of their unanimous decision to recommend approval of the rezoning.
Upper Arlington s wind-energy deal latest in series of environmental sustainability initiatives
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The city of Upper Arlington has completed the latest step in its effort to achieve zero waste, zero pollution and zero emissions by 2030.
City Manager Steve Schoeny authorized the city to enter into a three-year contract Jan. 13 with Baltimore-based Constellation NewEnergy Inc., a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., to purchase renewable energy certificates (RECs) to meet 100% of the city s annual energy supply.
The switch became effective Feb. 11.
RECs, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, are a market-based instrument that represents the property rights to the environmental, social and other non-power attributes of renewable electricity generation. RECs are issued when one megawatt-hour of electricity is generated and delivered to the electricity grid from a renewable energy resource an allow for the accounting, tracking, and assigning owne