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No recommendation for Calvary yet

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Calvary Chapel's expansion plan. (File image)

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…

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Chadds Ford passes budget

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…

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CFTRA honors Sipala

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Helen Sipala, center, accepts the Citizen of the Year Award from the Chadds Ford Township Residents Association. She is flanked by CFRTA Treasurer Jody Allen, left, and President Susan Worteck, right.

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…

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From tax to registration fee

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…

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Ridings residents seek help

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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…

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Chadds Ford seeks gaming grant

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…

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New building planned for Painters Crossing

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An architect’s rendering of the proposed new building in the southeast corner of Painters’ Crossing shopping center.

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…

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Chadds Ford in brief

• 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…

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Proposed business tax hike in CF

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A breakdown of who gets what from a Chadds Ford tax dollar.

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…

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Chadds Ford and Concord get grants

State Rep. Craig Williams, R-160, announced in a press release that Chadds Ford and Concord received a combined $500,000 in grants through the Local Share Account grant program. The grants, issued by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, will support essential initiatives to improve public spaces, preserve historical landmarks, and enhance environmental infrastructure in the region. Chadds Ford Township was awarded $200,000 for the purchase and conservation…

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Hearing board OKs temp parking

The Chadds Ford Zoning Hearing Board granted temporary approval for David Dodge to park overflow inventory cars at the former Bunch Auction House. Zoning board members voted unanimously on Oct. 22 based on testimony given a month earlier. During the September hearing, Leah Kordeck, the controller for the dealership, said David Dodge has 900 cars in inventory, but only 385 parking spaces at its Route…

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