Concord Township Council this morning formally declared a medical disaster emergency in the township, following actions taken by the state and Delaware County in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. Council unanimously approved the resolution that, among other things, will keep the township building closed to visitors through the end of the month. Township functions will be limited to only those that are constitutionally mandated.…
Concord Township will be closing its office Monday afternoon. The office will remain closed through March 27. No visitors will be able to enter the building and routine business will be conducted by phone. Callers should leave a message and the call will be returned later. Concord sent the following email Sunday evening, March 15: "On Tuesday, March 17 at 9 a.m. Township Council will…
Concord township is planning a special meeting on Tuesday, March 17 — tentatively scheduled for 9 a.m. — in reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak. One measure is to cancel non-essential meetings. The following is from Concord Township’s website: Township residents, please note that the township is taking pre-emptive measures to put us in a strong position to be able to react quickly and efficiently in…
The Garnet Valley Greenway open house meeting scheduled for Concord Township tonight has been postponed. According to an email, the Township’s Emergency Management Team — along with the Council — has determined it is "both prudent and socially responsible to postpone the session as a result of the evolving issue with the COVID-19 virus." “At this time, we are evaluating all special events/meetings planned that…
Delaware County will be using new voting machines this year and the League of Women Voters held a brief demonstration on the units in Concord Township Monday. It’s actually a two-part system. Voters fill out paper ballots at a table with privacy barriers using pens provided at the polls. They then take their paper ballot and insert it into the machine. It doesn’t matter whether…
Concord Township Council Tuesday night voted to take property through eminent domain to assure three other property owners can more easily hook up to the township sewer system. Whether or not the township actually condemns and takes the property remains to be seen, according to council Vice President John Gillespie. At issue are three homes on Concord Meeting Road that back up to the Concord…
On a night when Concord Township Council announced the acquisition of more land for open space, a former council member made not so veiled allegations of impropriety by the council’s president. Councilman John Crossan formally announced the township bought the Carilla property, a site of slightly more than two acres at 886 Naamans Creek Road. A development of four townhomes and two single-family homes had…
After almost a year, the Dilworthtown Inn has new owners. Frank Rupp, a member of the board of Chadds Ford Business Association, and his wife Susan made settlement earlier this month for the inn and sister properties, the Blue Pear Bistro and the Innkeeper’s Kitchen. The restaurants have been closed since the death of Jim Barnes in April of 2019. Who will eventually operate the…
An order by a Delaware County Common Pleas Court judge to overturn Concord Township’s denial of conditional use approval for Pulte Homes has been withdrawn. Pulte wants to construct a 257-unit residential community — with 254 townhomes and three single-family dwellings — on the Spring Lake Tract, east of Route 202 at the site of the old Chip & Putt course, behind Whole Foods. Concord’s…
Concord Township Council made quick work of three ordinances — including its budget — and announced an agreement of sale for another three acres of land for open space during Council’s Dec. 3 meeting. The acreage is located off of Bethel Road, across from Valleypoint Church. It adjoins the Garnet Valley Greenway — a proposed trail in the OECO right-of-way — that would connect the…
Concord Township Council is scheduled to vote of the 2020 budget during the upcoming Tuesday, Dec. 3 meeting. The proposed budget and the budget ordinance are available online here. Property tax millage rates in the proposal total 0.981 mils. Of that amount, 0.117 mils are for the Rachel Kohl Library, 0.166 for fire hydrants, 0.265 for open space and 0.466 for general purpose which includes…