It’s back in the news. The Philadelphia Business Journal reported that a New Jersey firm — Retail Sites— has purchased the 25-plus-acre vacant lot at Route 202 and Ridge Road across from Olde Ridge Village and wants to act on the approved shopping center development. According to that report, Retail Sites is buying the property which will have some sit-down and fast-food restaurants as well…
David Dodge needs more parking for overflow inventory and a nearby property owner wants to help, but will Chadds Ford Township allow it? It’s up to the Zoning Hearing Board to decide. The car dealership already has several off-site parking areas for overflow inventory vehicles — one of them in Olde Ridge Village and another farther down Route 202 in Concord Township— but more spaces…
Chadds Ford Township supervisors made short work of a short agenda on a gray and drizzly evening that had most people staying home. The board voted to authorize mold remediation in the township building and hired a special solicitor for what Supervisors’ Vice Chair Timotha Trigg called a “sensitive matter.” Supervisors’ Vice Chair Timotha Trigg said there had been water damage in the basement bathroom…
Calvary Chapel on Brandywine Drive wants to put on an 11,500 square foot addition but Planning Commission members pushed back because there’s not enough information. At issue is the proposed addition with no specific use, at least not as yet. According to Chadds Ford Township, Calvary’s land development application calls for an expansion of 11,500 square feet for an auditorium and an outdoor terrace area.…
The Kennett Township Board of Supervisors officially thanked one member of the Historical Commission and welcomed a new commissioner at the board’s meeting Wednesday night. The supervisors presented a certificate of merit to longtime commission member Judy Merhar, who has spent 20 years working to preserve the township’s history and is resigning before her term is up. They also unanimously approved township resident Tina Bennett…
Kennett Township snowplows will be clearing the way on Kaolin and Creek roads and Old Kennett Pike this winter, thanks to an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The township supervisors approved a resolution Wednesday that would allow for a “Supplemental Winter Maintenance Services Agreement” permitting Kennett’s public works department to clear snow and ice from those three state-owned roads and compensating them an…
It was a quick and uneventful meeting for Concord Township Council Tuesday night. • Council Co-Vice President John Crossan announced that the township received a $4,000 Healing the Planet Grant from Keeping Pennsylvania Beautiful and the Giant Company. The money will be used to buy about 40 native shade trees to be planted along the township park’s walking trail. • Township manager Amanda Serock announced…
• Chadds Ford Township Supervisors Wednesday approved Certificates of Appropriateness for a weathervane to go on top of Hank’s Place, which is still under construction, and for four new signs to replace old ones at the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art. • The board also granted special use permits to the conservancy for its annual Bike the Brandywine event, scheduled for Sept. 21, and…
When Chadds Ford Township bought Painter’s Folly in 2018, supervisors had no idea what to do with the property. Former Supervisor Noelle Barbone, a realtor who was instrumental in getting the township to buy the property, acknowledged that fact in an interview a few months before the sale was finalized. (See Chadds Ford looking to buy Painters Folly) And the township still isn’t sure what…
The Delaware County Health Department’s Mosquito-Borne Disease Control Program will conduct an Ultra-Low Volume mosquito adulticide spray in sections of Concord Township on 8/12/24. Residential and recreational areas within the treatment zone will be treated to control adult mosquitoes. This is a result of high trap counts and the identification of positive mosquito pools containing West Nile Virus in the area. Treatment will take place…
• During the Aug. 6 meeting, Concord Township Council gave preliminary/final approval for an automated car wash at Routes 1 and 202. It granted conditional use approval for the project in July of 2023. The approval granted during the Aug. 6 council meeting including a payment of $1,265 fee-in-lieu for open space, as well as a $13,284 contribution is also required for stormwater control and…