Business Briefs May 12: CFBA, SCCCC, BPA

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on May 12, 2023

Chadds Ford Business Association President Joe Lafferty, left, presents Emily Myers, a long-time CFBA board member and the owner and publisher of Chadds Ford Live, with flowers during Myers’ last CFBA luncheon before she moves to Colorado. The lunch meeting was held at the Pennsbury Township building on May 4.

• Dennis Smith of the Pennsbury Planning Commission was the guest speaker at the May 4 Chadds Ford Business Association lunch meeting held at the Pennsbury Township building. He told the CFBA members present that the township and the Pennsbury Land Trust are working to restore the John Hope House — located to the west of the township property — and have enlisted the aid of architect John Milner. The house was the home of John Hope and was built sometime between 1725 and 1802. Smith also mentioned last year’s Pennsbury Board of Supervisors’ decision to amend the township’s zoning code to allow residents to install solar panels on their properties without going through a conditional use hearing as long as the panels would not be seen from the road or by neighbors.

• The Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce holds its monthly Network at Noon luncheons from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Kennett Square Golf and Country Club, 100 East Locust Lane in Kennett Square. The May 25 meeting will focus on Oxford Mainstreet Theatre.

• The next meeting of the Business Professional Association of Western Delaware County is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17 at Brandywine Prime in Chadds Ford Township. A sit-down dinner begins at 7. The cost for members and their guests is $40 per person, non-members $50 per person.

• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS® recently honored sales associates from the Chadds Ford Office for receiving several esteemed sales performance awards for 2022. President's Circle Award winners placed in the top 6 percent of more than 50,000 agents in the national Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network. Sales associates honored include Cher Finnan. Leading Edge Society Award winners placed in the top 10 percent of agents in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network. Sales associates honored include Megan Cromer, Tim Hoffman, Susan Kauffman, and Diane Runge. Honors Society Award winners placed in the top 16 percent of agents in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network. Sales associates honored include Vanessa Horne and Angela Niven.