Around Town May 10

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on May 9, 2012

New book from DMNH; free Friday at BRM; hearing on Pocopson Home

• Concord Township supervisors are scheduled, on June 26, to render a decision on a conditional use hearing for Terrain at Styers. Owners want township approval to get a liquor license for Terrain Café, the restaurant at the plant nursery. Opposing the application is the landlord who said the lease specifies the business is to be limited to a retail plant nursery only.

• The Delaware Museum of Natural History proudly announces the publication and launch of a children's book, titled "Dude: The Museum Cat," based on the life of the museum's unofficial mascot. An adorable orange tabby cat rescued as a stray and now making his home in the lower levels of the Museum, Dude's tale is one of courage, discovery, and adventure. The book, written by former Delaware News Journal reporter Bill Hayden and illustrated by artist Alan Peoples, is the culmination of efforts by the Museum to tell their story at a child's level. It will retail for $4.99 with 100 percent of proceeds supporting the museum's exhibits and programming.

• Brandywine River Museum will offer free admission on Friday, May 18, as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors' International Art Museum Day. In addition to free admission, the Museum will offer gallery tours at 11 a.m.

• The Chester County Board of Commissioners has scheduled the second in a series of public meetings to review and discuss the findings of a strategic plan on the County’s Pocopson Home. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 14, at the Downingtown High School East Auditorium, 50 Devon Drive in Exton. With state and federal reimbursements projected to decline, and operating and capital costs continuing to grow, the Board commissioned a strategic plan on Pocopson Home, to evaluate and analyze the role of Pocopson Home.