Crebilly Farm puts tax breaks in spotlight
The owners of historic Crebilly Farm, who have received decades of tax breaks for preserving the tract, now want to sell the land to Toll Brothers, which plans a controversial subdivision of more than 300 homes.
Since 1998, Crebilly Farm, a scenic, historic swath of land in Westtown Township, has enjoyed substantial township, school and county tax breaks. Its benefactor? Clean and Green, a state program enacted in 1974 to encourage protection of Pennsylvania’s valuable farmland, forestland and open spaces. Also known as Act 319, the program resulted in a school tax bill last year on the farm’s four tax parcels…