The Chadds Ford Sewer Authority is looking to borrow $300,00 and needs the township to guarantee that loan. The matter was discussed during the Board of Supervisors work session on Jan. 22 and could be voted on in February. Supervisors’ Chairman Timotha Trigg said the loan would be from the Delaware Valley Regional Finance Authority to replace the Woodland Pump Station. “Originally planned for future…
The Henderson Group will return to the Chadds Ford Planning Commission at least one more time before it can get a recommendation for a new building in Painters Crossing. As reported in November, Henderson wants to construct a 15,000-plus square foot building at the southeast corner of the shopping center, taking over the pads that had previously been occupied by Farmers’ Road, Arby’s, and the…
Calvary Chapel still wants to expand and made another presentation to the Chadds Ford Township Planning Commission Wednesday evening, but they’ll have to go back again. As is often the case, issues center around traffic, parking, and sewage. As previously reported in September, Calvary — which was built on Brandywine Drive in 2009 — wants to expand with an 11,500-square-foot addition on the northeast side…
Chadds Ford Township supervisors approved the 2025 budget Wednesday night with no increase in township property taxes. There was a change in the former Business Privilege Tax, however, and the budget had to be readvertised because of that change. The name Business Privilege Tax is gone and is replaced by a Business Registration License. Additionally, the BPT had been $100 per year but the BRL…
Helen Sipala became the recipient of the Chadds Ford Township Residents Association Chadds Ford Citizen of the Year for 2024. CFTRA presented the award during a brief ceremony at the township building on the evening of Dec. 10. “Chadds Ford is truly an extraordinary place that forms an intersection of so many themes,” said CFTRA Treasurer Jody Allen, referring to the Battle of Brandywine and…
Chadds Ford Township supervisors Wednesday night voted to readvertise the township’s proposed 2025 budget. Township solicitor Mike Maddren said the readvertising is required because of a wording change. What had been a Business Privilege Tax is now a Business Registration Fee, but Maddren said it would still be $225 per year. According to the ordinance change, the term “business privilege tax” is a misnomer and…
An approved commercial development in Concord Township has, again, triggered concerns among some Chadds Ford Township residents. Those residents, mostly from the Ridings development, asked Chadds Ford supervisors Wednesday evening to take an active role in learning what will actually be happening at the intersection of Route 202 and Ridge Road. Specifically, they asked the supervisors to get updated information on traffic counts and stormwater…
Supervisors in Chadds Ford Township voted to apply for an LSA Grant for the Chadds Ford Historical Society. LSA — or Local Share Account — is "a program that distributes gaming revenues to support projects in the public interest in various Pennsylvania counties," according to the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development. Chadds Ford Township manager Lacey Faber said during the Nov. 20 board…
The Henderson Group wants to erect a new building at Painters Crossing shopping center. Henderson President and CEO Brian Coyle, along with attorney Marc D’Amico, and an engineer, took the idea to the Chadds Ford Planning Commission Wednesday night, but no decisions were made. According to D’Amico, the planned building would cover three pads at the southeast corner of the shopping center. Those pads had…
• Chadds Ford Township supervisors Wednesday night voted to advertise the 2025 budget with an eye on adopting it in December. There have been no substantive changes since the budget discussion during the October workshop. The one exception to that, which was discussed last month, is that the annual Business Privilege Tax would increase from $100 per year to $225 per year. That increase, according…
It’s budget time again and Chadds Ford Township supervisors want to increase what the township gives to the Concordville Fire & Protection Association. They think they found a way to do so without increasing property millage rates, but businesses could pay more. Township Finance Director Laura Lim gave a presentation on a draft of the 2025 budget at the Oct. 30 supervisors' work session. The…