- $3.5 million (of a $10 million request) to help move French insulation giant Saint-Gobain into the long-vacant National Liberty Corporate Campus in East Whiteland Township
- $2.5 million (every dime they asked for) to help Sikorsky Global Helicopters tunnel under Washington Lane to connect its factory to a 12-acre expansion site by Chester County Airport.
Although applicants can apply for funding again next year, projects at Uptown Worthington, People’s Light & Theater Company and a hotel / office project in Coatesville weren’t so fortunate.
Downingtown Bank Declares Dividend
The Board of Directors of DNB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:DNBF), parent of DNB First, National Association, one of the first nationally-chartered community banks to serve the greater Philadelphia region, has declared a cash dividend of $0.07 per common share for the second quarter of 2015, to shareholders of record on June 10, 2015. The cash dividend will be paid on June 22, 2015. DNB has 13 branches in Chester and Delaware counties.
Coatesville Foundation Awards Nine Nursing Scholarships
The Brandywine Health Foundation awarded nine nursing scholarships at a breakfast hosted by Freedom Village Brandywine earlier this month. The scholarships were established over the last 30 years by generous Chester County individuals to help more local students graduate with a nursing degree as well as close the county’s nursing shortage gap. Almost $220,000 in nursing scholarships has been awarded since the foundation’s inception in 2001.
Eligibility for the Foundation’s nursing scholarships requires recipients attend West Chester University’s School of Nursing, Immaculata University’s Division of Nursing, or the Practical School of Nursing at the Chester County Intermediate Unit. Although students in those programs can be from throughout the region, our purpose is to encourage more to enter the nursing field, but also to encourage those in these programs to stay in Chester County.
Chester County Development Ticked Up In 2014
Chester County Planning Commission reported the level of overall development activity across the county increased slightly from 221 plans reviewed in 2013 to 230. There was a significant increase in the number of lots/units proposed during the year with 2,591 lots/units proposed in 2013 compared to 3,343 in 2014, which represents a 29% increase. The location of 96% of submissions was consistent with Landscapes2.
Significant development proposals included the Uptown Worthington mixed use development in East Whiteland Township and mushroom industry developments at Manfredi Mushrooms and Gourmet’s Delight Mushrooms in southern Chester County.
The Planning Commission also reviewed 169 zoning and subdivision and land development ordinances and amendments, comprehensive plans and amendments, official maps and other miscellaneous proposals in 2014. The most common topics addressed in zoning ordinance amendments in 2014 were: wireless telecommunications, alternative energy systems and group homes.
