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…
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…
• Chadds Ford Township supervisors Monday night voted to spend almost $300,00 in AERPA funds on several township projects. The Walkable Chadds Ford project will get $207,000, the Sewer Authority will get $40,000, and while Painters Crossing Condominium HOA will get $50,000 for its stream restoration project. • The board awarded a winter maintenance contract to MOR Construction Service of Glen Mills. $1,670 for two…
It’s back in the news. The Philadelphia Business Journal reported that a New Jersey firm — Retail Sites— has purchased the 25-plus-acre vacant lot at Route 202 and Ridge Road across from Olde Ridge Village and wants to act on the approved shopping center development. According to that report, Retail Sites is buying the property which will have some sit-down and fast-food restaurants as well…
David Dodge needs more parking for overflow inventory and a nearby property owner wants to help, but will Chadds Ford Township allow it? It’s up to the Zoning Hearing Board to decide. The car dealership already has several off-site parking areas for overflow inventory vehicles — one of them in Olde Ridge Village and another farther down Route 202 in Concord Township— but more spaces…
Chadds Ford Township supervisors made short work of a short agenda on a gray and drizzly evening that had most people staying home. The board voted to authorize mold remediation in the township building and hired a special solicitor for what Supervisors’ Vice Chair Timotha Trigg called a “sensitive matter.” Supervisors’ Vice Chair Timotha Trigg said there had been water damage in the basement bathroom…
Calvary Chapel on Brandywine Drive wants to put on an 11,500 square foot addition but Planning Commission members pushed back because there’s not enough information. At issue is the proposed addition with no specific use, at least not as yet. According to Chadds Ford Township, Calvary’s land development application calls for an expansion of 11,500 square feet for an auditorium and an outdoor terrace area.…
• Chadds Ford Township Supervisors Wednesday approved Certificates of Appropriateness for a weathervane to go on top of Hank’s Place, which is still under construction, and for four new signs to replace old ones at the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art. • The board also granted special use permits to the conservancy for its annual Bike the Brandywine event, scheduled for Sept. 21, and…
When Chadds Ford Township bought Painter’s Folly in 2018, supervisors had no idea what to do with the property. Former Supervisor Noelle Barbone, a realtor who was instrumental in getting the township to buy the property, acknowledged that fact in an interview a few months before the sale was finalized. (See Chadds Ford looking to buy Painters Folly) And the township still isn’t sure what…
A former Chadds Ford home of NC Wyeth, where he worked on the Treasure Island illustration is about to be preserved. The property is known as the Davis Tract but is more recently the home of former Chadds Ford residents, the Camp Family. It’s the 16-acre property just to the east of the Barn Shops on Route 1. NALT President Steven Carter said the nonprofit…
It was out with the old and in with the new for a Chadds Ford Township zoning ordinance. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday held two hearings on the matter, one for the text change and the second, for the adoption of an official map reflecting the new ordinance. After about 40 minutes, supervisors approved the changes for both. Approval was unanimous. Supervisors’ Chairman Samantha…