The Brandywine Battlefield Heritage Interpretation and Connectivity Plan is one step closer to becoming a reality after Birmingham Township supervisors voted formally to enter into the agreement. Supervisors voted on the matter during their Feb. 6 meeting.
The plan, as written by the Brandywine Conservancy “is to produce a multi-municipal plan focused on interpreting the Battle of Brandywine within seven partner municipalities. The first of its kind, the Brandywine Battlefield Heritage Interpretation and Connectivity Plan may serve as a guide for heritage interpretation planning and connectivity in Chester and Delaware Counties, by establishing a plan structure for Heritage Centers, Interpretive Sites, trails and bikeways, and open space.”
Those seven municipalities are Birmingham, Chadds Ford, East Bradford, Kennett, Pennsbury, Thornbury, and Westtown townships. Each one is within the battlefield footprint, and each of the seven put up $6,100 to get the process started. But they will all get back $4,100 once grants are available for the project, according to Mike Forbes, the chairman of the Birmingham Township Historic Commission, and a member of the task force developing the plan.
Mike Shiring, vice chairman of the Birmingham Board of Supervisors and member of the task force, said the plan calls for themed signage interpreting the battle from the perspective of that municipality, and providing information on whether getting to other interpretive sites can be done on foot, bicycle, or car.
There is no timetable for the plan’s final approval or implementation.
Other business
• Birmingham Board of Supervisors appointed David Shields to the Historical and Architectural Review Board, replacing Scott Garrison.
• The board also granted the 2023 Road Program bid to Innovative Construction Services. Innovative’s base bid was $355,000. The township had budgeted $430, 000 for the project.
About Rich Schwartzman
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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