Chadds Ford Planning Commission members heard preliminary sketch plans for an auto dealership and a convenience store during their Dec. 11 meeting. Both developments, if they go through, will be in the area of Dilworthtown Road and Route 202.
The convenience store — a Maryland-based Royal Farms — would include gas pumps and is the project of developer Joe Grace. In addition to the convenience store, three other stores and a bank are being considered for Dilworthtown Road between Route 202 and Oakland Road in the same general vicinity as Enzo’s.
An Audi dealership is proposed for the other side of Route 202, just south of the Wawa. It would be on a 4-acre parcel that straddles Chadds Ford and Thornbury townships. The showroom and service area would be in Chadds Ford, while inventory parking would be in Thornbury.
There was no voting on either of the proposals because they were preliminary sketch plans only and haven’t yet been engineered or officially submitted.
Commissioners did vote to recommend approval for the Chadds Ford portion of the Wegman’s development. (Click here for details on Concord Township’s Dec. 10 approval for the grocery store.)
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Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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I know the Royal Farms stores. There’s one right before the 7-mile causeway before we cross over to Chincoteague Island,VA. Very nice. But am I confused ? Wouldn’t this be just across the street from the Wood family’s Super Wawa at Dilworthtown and Route 202? I would rather have Joe Grace build a Super Wawa or Royal Farms closer to the old one in Chadds Ford. I still miss that Wawa. Things just haven’t been the same.