Tourism
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Destination Chesco: Schuylkill River Trail & Lock 60
By Rachel Stevenson We escape from our busy lives for many reasons. To find time to ourselves. To get away from our kids. To refocus on life’s purpose. To make sense of the chaos in this world. And sometimes we escape because we simply need time to breathe. Last week, after a heated discussion on…
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Curbed Philly: Four Chester County Boroughs Deemed Best Small Towns
Outside of Philadelphia, Chester County is the place to be. Renowned for its rich quality of life, the western suburb is home to more than a third of the entire metropolitan area’s top small towns. That’s according to a new Curbed Philadelphia report by Melissa Romero that highlights the Philly area’s 14 most charming small…
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Destination Chesco: St. Peter’s Village
As a hobby photographer, I am always on the lookout for small towns. I’ve often felt the need to travel outside of my local area to capture breathtaking landscapes and enjoy tasty locally-sourced food, but I’ve since realized that Chester County has some of the best-kept secrets when it comes to small town experiences and…
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Chester County Leadership: Michael Chain, General Manager, The Desmond
Publisher’s Note: We dip into our archives this morning to republish one of our first Chester County Leadership profiles. When we first spoke with Mike Chain last Spring, we had fewer than 700 subscribers (we passed 5,000 this week) and less than 150 daily readers (a year later, 10 times that number of visitors click…
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VISTA Poll: Which Suburban Tourist Spots Did You Visit Last Year?
Earlier this week, the Philadelphia Business Journal published a list of the most popular tourist attractions in the Philadelphia region. Among the popular destination spots on PBJ’s list were the following suburban attractions and the number of visitors to each site in 2015: Valley Forge National Historical Park (2,143,965) Longwood Gardens (1,300,000) Elmwood Park Zoo…
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Longwood Gardens Ranks Fifth Among Most Popular Attractions in Philadelphia Region
New research conducted by the Philadelphia Business Journal has determined the most popular attractions in the Philadelphia region, based on 2015 visitation. Among the Top 25 attractions, five are located in Chester, Montgomery, or Delaware county. The Valley Forge National Historical Park, the site of the Continental Army’s 1777-78 winter encampment during the American Revolution,…
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Celebrate National Day of Trails at Chester County’s Community & Trails Celebration in Exton
Saturday, June 4 is National Day of Trails and to celebrate the day Chester County is hosting their first Community & Trails Celebration Day at Exton Park from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. Team CMMD Foundation is hosting a 5K natural trail run along the park. While you’re running, your family can participate in the…
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$590M a Year Flows Through Schuylkill River Valley
Money is flowing through the Schuylkill River Valley at a pace of $590 million a year, and local businesses are increasingly dipping their toes into the refreshing opportunities to leverage the rich cultural and environmental value of the valley. A new Schuylkill River Heritage Area report quantified the $590 million economic impact figure, as well…
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Chester County Enchants Chinese Tourism Delegation
America’s best botanical gardens enchanted visitors from the other side of the world — and inspired a new bouquet of opportunities for the county’s blooming relationship with the Chinese. “We have had four delegations from China visit Chester County in the past six months,” Commissioner Terence Farrell said. “… Whereas previous delegations have focused on…
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Kennett Square Becoming Beer Town, USA–and that’s Alright by Borough
Kennett Square is raising a frothy glass to the beer town reputation it is gaining across the state. That’s because for the bedroom community the buzzed downtown cheers come without the jeers of illicit behavior. “This is not college-town drinking,” Mayor Matt Fetick said in a Daily Local News report by Fran Maye. “… We…
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$150K Grant Bridges Gap for Chandler Mill Nature Preserve
It’s a vision of a quiet, peaceful plot of natural beauty, and the group of Kennett Township residents and volunteers behind it is another step closer to preserving it forever. They’ve already saved the iconic Chandler Mill Bridge that symbolizes “the bucolic peace and beauty of the area,” Matt Freeman wrote in a report for…
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USA Today: Longwood Gardens Voted Best Botanical Garden in America
Long heralded as a Chester County treasure, Longwood Gardens is now firmly established as a national treasure too. Praise for the horticultural prowess of the 1,077-acre Kennett Square attraction is blooming among admirers from across the country. Voters in the latest USA Today and 10Best.com contest to determine the Best Botanical Garden in the United…
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It’s Official: Chester County Residents Are the Healthiest Pennsylvanians
Chester County’s premium diet of productivity, progress, prosperity and plentiful pastimes has made it not only the best place to live, work and play but now the healthiest too. The nation’s annual County Health Rankings just crowned Chester County as the No. 1 place for healthful living in all of Pennsylvania, according to a recent…
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Huffington Post Lists Chester County among Top Ten Counties
For people struggling to decide on a new location to move to but find lists that only name the best cities too constrictive, the Huffington Post has published a list of the top ten best counties in the U.S., with Chester County securing fourth place. Real estate site, Movoto, compiled the helpful list with…
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Galer Estate Wines Win Two Medals at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
We all know it, but once again it was made official! That some of the best wines in the nation come from Chester County. The recognition was earned at the 2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, the largest and one of the most prestigious wine competitions in the country, when the judges awarded two medals…
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Phoenixville Among Top Underrated PA Towns — For the Moment
Phoenixville’s rapid rise to stardom threatens to burn up a rating it is still celebrating at the moment: one of Pennsylvania’s top 10 most underrated towns. It ranked No. 6 on the 2016 edition of Only in Your State’s 10 Most Underrated Towns in Pennsylvania list. While in the midst of forging a new identity…
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Phoenixville Raises a Glass to Small-batch Alcoholic Ingenuity
The quest to quench Chester County’s thirst these days may lead straight to Phoenixville, the “mini-mecca” whose creative juices are flowing into a myriad of alcoholic hotspots that are making it “Pennsylvania’s newest and most impressive small-batch sensation,” Main Line Today declared in a recent feature by Ken Alan. The rising borough is making a…
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East Goshen Turns Christmas Lights into Friendly Competition
Holiday festivities bring out friendly rivalry in East Goshen Township, when residents participate in a house decorating competition that can give them bragging rights for an entire year. The competition began last year and provides a simple, fun way for residents to go out and light up the neighborhood with holiday cheer, writes Daily Local…
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