East Goshen forming advisory group
East Goshen Township is looking for a few good residents to form a township advisory group to develop recommendations to improve the township’s finances. The new group is being modeled after Tredyffrin’s budget advisory group. The township has posted information on its website here. According to the [...]
Continue reading about Chester County Real Estate News: March 8th, 2010
‘Green Expo’ set for Saturday in Chester County
Caln Township will host a “Green Expo” this Sat., Feb.27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Thorndale United Methodist Church, 3503 Lincoln Highway. The expo, sponsored by the Caln Township Board of Commissioners and the Caln Township Conservation and Renewable Energy Task Force, will feature informational sessions [...]
Continue reading about Chester County Real Estate News: March 1st
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Commissioners move up deadlines for Chester County real estate tax bills
The county commissioners have moved up the due dates for county tax bills this year, which led some taxpayers to speculate that the county is hoping to generate additional revenue through late payment fees. But county officials said that the deadlines have changed so that [...]
Continue reading about Chester County Real Estate News: February 22
New dialogue opens on River Station development
East Caln and Downingtown began discussing the River Station project three years ago with a joint committee consisting of three members from each municipality. The panel essentially stopped meeting a year ago as the project began to hit a barricade. The River Station development is proposed for the former [...]
Continue reading about Chester County Real Estate News: February 15th
January began the new decade with indications that the economy is beginning to gain traction. Real GDP grew by 2.2 percent in the third quarter of 2009 and preliminary signals point to a continued positive trend for the following quarter. GDP is a measure of total products and services produced by a country and indicates [...]
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W. Whiteland prepares for redevelopment
West Whiteland Township has approved a new stormwater management ordinance that addresses redevelopment. With the township mostly built out, township supervisors theorized that more projects would come before them on land that was already developed. Since older developments, built right after World War II, frequently didn’t have stormwater management controls, any [...]
Continue reading about Chester County Real Estate News: Week of February 8th
Resident’s solar panel request denied in East Fallowfield
An East Fallowfield Township resident is angry that the homeowners’ association where he lives won’t allow him to erect solar panels on the roof of his home. The resident lives on North Anchor Way in the Brook Crossing subdivision. He wanted to put low-profile black solar panels on [...]
Continue reading about Chester County Real Estate News: week of February 1st
Naturalizing stormwater basins focus of lecture
The Chester-Ridley-Crum Watersheds Association, in conjunction with East Goshen Township, Habitat Resource Network and other municipalities, is presenting a lecture next month on naturalizing stormwater basins. Many townships and private property owners have stormwater basins on their property, but aren’t aware that making modest changes such as adding native species [...]
Continue reading about Chester County Real Estate News: Week of January 24
Chamber of Commerce hosts transportation forum
A transportation forum organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester provided an overview of the changes and improvements that will affect the way West Chester travels, as well as the borough’s economy. In a recent survey, the Transportation Management Association of Chester County reported that 86 percent [...]
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