Concord Township Planning Commission members still aren’t ready to recommend yea or nay on the development proposed for the Woodlawn Trustees property. Following another three-and-a-half-hour meeting on Oct. 20, township solicitor Hugh Donaghue told a crowd dominated by opponents of the plan that the commission would announce its decision on Nov. 17. John Jaros, the attorney for the applicant, agreed to give the township another…
Dunking donuts in Concord Township could become a bit more convenient, but that depends on the supervisors there. The board held a conditional use hearing Feb. 25 for a proposed Dunkin’ Donuts in the Concord Village Shopping Center at Route 1 and Cheney Road. The shop would go into the location vacated by the Concord Village Pharmacy. Proposed with the store is a drive-thru window.…
Concord Township supervisors postponed for two weeks a decision on the next two buildings planned for the Maris Grove retirement community. Erickson Living Management wants to begin work on Neighborhood 3 with the first two of four new buildings that will complete the original plan of three neighborhoods of 500 housings units each. The Planning Commission recommended approval and the board was set to vote…
A proposed amendment to Concord Township’s zoning code came to a quick, but possibly only temporary, halt when supervisors unanimously agreed it should be modified. Most of the residents who packed the township building meeting room to standing room only applauded when the decision was made, but the attorney for the applicant said there would be a new submission. He does not know when, however.…
The ball is now in Chadds Ford’s court. Concord Township supervisors on Dec. 10 gave both conditional use and land development approval for a Wegman’s along Applied Card Way, but Chadds Ford Township supervisors need to give their approval for the Chadds Ford side of the development. Two parcels of land in Chadds Ford are needed to complete the plan. One parcel, the one adjacent…
The bureaucratic hurdles are coming to an end for a proposed Wegman’s grocery store in Concord Township. Supervisors there closed a conditional use hearing on Dec. 3 and are expected to render their decision on Dec. 10 at 6:45 p.m. The board is also expected to give its decision on the Wegman’s land use application that same night. Concord’s Planning Commission has recommended approval. Dennis…
For Concord Township Supervisor Kevin O’Donaghue, the 325-acre Beaver Valley, a Woodlawn Trustees property on the west side of the township, is “a political football.” O’Donaghue made the comment at The Gables Restaurant in Pennsbury Township, the sight of a fund-raiser for the Save the Valley group, an open space organization fighting any proposed zoning change that Woodlawn might seek. The sitting supervisor was not…
At least one Concord Township supervisor doesn’t want to change the current zoning in the 325 acres of property owned by Woodlawn Trustees. Elizabeth “Libby” Salvucci said at the end of a rather routine Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Sept. 3 that the current zoning should be kept. She commented further after the meeting finished. “We don’t have a plan in front of us but,…
Are Concord Township residents willing to see their taxes increased by up to 300 percent in order for the township to buy the 325-acre Woodlawn Trustees property? That’s what township supervisors want to know. Supervisor Dominic Cappelli raised the question during the Aug. 6 Board of Supervisors’ meeting. Cappelli said he’d like to see a referendum on next spring’s primary election ballot that puts the…
Long-time Concord Township volunteer Virginia DeNenno has called it quits. Township supervisors “regretfully” accepted her resignation during their Aug. 6 meeting. Supervisors’ Chairman Dominic Pileggi read proclamations from the state Senate and House of Representatives that recognized her years of service to Concord, and Delaware County Council woman Colleen Morrone read a similar proclamation from the county. Morrone is a former Concord supervisor and now…
A Wegman’s supermarket is one bureaucratic step closer to becoming a reality in Concord Township. Major steps are still ahead, though. Supervisors voted June 4 to approve a text amendment and new map for a Loop Road Overlay District that would allow for a Wegman’s in the area of Applied Card Way, Route 1 and Route 202. That’s still a long way off, however. Before…