This NIMBY showdown would be tragicomic even without the involvement of a famous comedian.
that concluded that many housing choices in the village were not affordable, which left local employers and the community itself at a competitive disadvantage. Survey respondents overwhelmingly said housing in Yellow Springs was a problem because it was too expensive. Yellow Springs was a hard place for seniors to downsize and stay in the community. And its schools had space for more students.
But some squeaky wheels didn’t like it, for all the reasons you would suspect. Over the past couple of months, for example, the village has heard from: A wetland biologist worried about mosquitoes. A nearby homeowner worried about traffic. Neighbors worried about gentrification, overdevelopment, a closed and opaque planning process.
I couldn’t find a more substantive explanation of Chappelle’s opposition, but I don’t necessarily conclude from his speeches that he’s against “affordable housing” per se so much as he thinks the village can and should stop the entire development in its tracks. After all, this place hasn’t changed in 100 years.Now it’s set to get more of the same. As city planners have reiterated again and again, Oberer owns the land. It has the right to build six single-family homes an acre.
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