A cancer-causing chemical used in the dry cleaning industry was found in Chadds Ford Township groundwater along Route 202. According to Chadds Ford Township engineer Joe Mastronardo, tetracloroethylene was found in the soil, ground and surface water behind the dry cleaners on Route 202 across from Hillman Drive. While the chemical is a known carcinogen, Mastronardo said there is no danger. “Nobody drinks groundwater,” he…
The proposed Wegman’s supermarket has cleared another hurdle and now only has one more to go. After getting zoning, land use and conditional use approval from Concord Township, and a Planning Commission recommendation in Chadds Ford, it now has zoning approval in Chadds Ford Township. On Dec. 18, the Chadds Ford Zoning Hearing Board voted 3-0 to grant the needed variances for the project. Those…
The ball is now in Chadds Ford’s court. Concord Township supervisors on Dec. 10 gave both conditional use and land development approval for a Wegman’s along Applied Card Way, but Chadds Ford Township supervisors need to give their approval for the Chadds Ford side of the development. Two parcels of land in Chadds Ford are needed to complete the plan. One parcel, the one adjacent…
The bureaucratic hurdles are coming to an end for a proposed Wegman’s grocery store in Concord Township. Supervisors there closed a conditional use hearing on Dec. 3 and are expected to render their decision on Dec. 10 at 6:45 p.m. The board is also expected to give its decision on the Wegman’s land use application that same night. Concord’s Planning Commission has recommended approval. Dennis…
A Wegman’s supermarket is one bureaucratic step closer to becoming a reality in Concord Township. Major steps are still ahead, though. Supervisors voted June 4 to approve a text amendment and new map for a Loop Road Overlay District that would allow for a Wegman’s in the area of Applied Card Way, Route 1 and Route 202. That’s still a long way off, however. Before…
The Chadds Ford Zoning Hearing Board continued to next month, two hearings — one involving a two-township development that includes a Wegmans supermarket in Concord Township. The development is planned for one parcel of 33 acres. That parcel extends across the two townships in the area bordered by Route 202 and Applied Card Way, across from Hillman Drive. The Concord Township side would include the…
The developer of a planned shopping center in Concord Township wants to include the 46-year-old Vietnam monument in its Chadds Ford Township entrance area. Carlino Commercial Development is the developer of the property that will have a Wegman’s food store as its anchor in Concord. There is a planned entrance from Chadds Ford along Route 202 across from Hillman Drive. Peter S. Miller, president of…