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Brandywine Health Foundation’s New Senior Program Officer a Veteran of Grant Management
The Brandywine Health Foundation has announced its newest team member, Sophia Hanson, as Senior Program Officer. Hanson is charged with overseeing the alignment of BHF’s mission, its business operation, and philanthropic impact, amid extraordinary events that have illuminated the depth of systemic threat to the health and economic well-being of low-resourced communities in the Greater…
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Business Leaders Bullish on Coatesville; City Attracting Investment Money out of NYC
Business leaders and community advocates came together last week to continue the discussion on the redevelopment and revitalization of Coatesville, writes Jen Samuel for the Daily Local News. More than 50 investors and stakeholders participated in a virtual event facilitated by Charles Swope Jr., CEO of Swope Lees Commercial Real Estate in West Chester. “Coatesville…
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Coatesville Resident Once Again Makes Forbes 400 List of Wealthiest Americans
Campbell Soup heiress Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, who owns Iron Spring Farm on Old Stottsville Road in Coatesville, has once again made it onto The Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, writes Max Bennett for the Philadelphia Patch. This year, the combined net worth of the Forbes 400 has increased by $240 million and…
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BHF Awards COVID Recovery Grant to Coatesville Center for Community Health
The Brandywine Health Foundation has awarded the Coatesville Center for Community Health a COVID Recovery grant of $19,905 for its Grandfamilies Initiative. BHF grants were established to assist Coatesville-area nonprofits as they carry on their services and programs during these unprecedented times. CCCH’s Grandfamilies Initiative is a crucial program specially designed to meet the needs…
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Coatesville’s Outdoor Pop Up & Shop Market on Saturday Marks Culmination of Entrepreneur Program
Approximately 20 graduates of Coatesville’s Business Skills for Success for the Entrepreneur webinar program will showcase their emerging businesses in an open-air, pop-up market at Third Avenue and Lincoln Highway (near the Rite Aid) on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 12-6 PM. The first of its kind in the city, the outdoor market is the culmination…
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James Logan Appointed City Manager of Coatesville
James Logan has been appointed City Manager of Coatesville in a unanimous vote by City Council. Logan, who has served as Assistant City Manager since August 2018, has been serving as Acting City Manager since the retirement of former Manager Michael Trio was announced two weeks ago at the close of his five-year contract. Logan…
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National Publication Lauds Chester County Public Safety Training Campus in Coatesville
The Chester County Public Safety Training Campus in Coatesville is a four-acre complex that creates dynamic and realistic training environments for first responders, according to a report from Firehouse magazine. The campus, which received a Training Facilities Silver Award in the magazine’s 2019 Station Design Awards, is jointly used by fire, EMS, and police personnel.…
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President of Coatesville-Based Company Travels to White House, Touts Benefits of Opportunity Zones
Susan Springsteen, the President of Coatesville-based H2O Connected, recently traveled to the White House to discuss Qualified Opportunity Zones, a federal program created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that allows for certain investments in lower-income areas to have tax advantages. Springsteen appears in the above video at the 7:50 mark, when…
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Friends Association to Establish Diversionary Reentry House for Women, Children in Coatesville
Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced the recipients of a new round of funding made available through the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement (PHARE) fund. He named 214 housing and community development initiatives in 67 counties that will share a portion of the $45.79 million in PHARE funding. Friends Association is the recipient of two…
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Habitat for Humanity of Chester County to Host ‘Driving to Build’ Golf Outing on Sept. 14
Habitat for Humanity of Chester County will host its 17th Annual Driving to Build Golf Outing on Monday, Sept. 14 at French Creek Golf Club in Elverson. The event will begin at 9:30 AM and will include a continental breakfast, round of golf, cocktail party, and silent auction. Participants can register as individual golfers, foursomes,…
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General Store in East Fallowfield a Local Institution That Dates Back More Than 200 Years
Founded 202 years ago, Triple Fresh in East Fallowfield Township remains strong and continues to maintain its community ties, even during a pandemic, writes Jen Samuel for the Daily Local News. The market’s owner and president, Jim Petro Jr., has emphasized that the well-being and safety of his staff and patrons always come first. He…
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James Logan Named Acting City Manager for City of Coatesville
James Logan has been named Coatesville’s Acting City Manager after City Manager Michael Trio announced his retirement from his role at the end of his five-year contract. Logan, who has served as Assistant City Manager since August 2018, will assume the new role effective immediately. He previously held a number of city, workforce, and economic…
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Coatesville’s Cameron Smith Blazing Trails in American Flat Track Racing
Coatesville resident Cameron Smith is blazing trails as the only Black rider in American Flat Track Racing, the professional motorcycle racing series previously known as the AMA Grand National Championship, writes Neil Geoghegan for the Daily Local News. Smith, 21, has been racing for most of his life. Recently, he participated in the 2020 AFT…
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East Fallowfield Farmer Earns ‘Buffer Enthusiast’ Moniker Thanks to His Tree-Planting Efforts
Arthur de Leo, who has been living on his East Fallowfield Township farm for the last 35 years, has earned the moniker of “buffer enthusiast” for his tree-planting efforts that help boost local water quality, writes Hannah Chinn for WHYY. At present, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is running a new stream…
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Coatesville High School Grad Named Head Swimming Coach at Catholic University
Coatesville native Tyler Ziegler has been named the new head coach of the men’s and women’s swimming teams at the Catholic University of America, an NCAA Division III school in Washington, D.C., where he previously spent two years as an assistant. A Coatesville High School graduate, Ziegler swam collegiately at York College and spent four…
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Coatesville Resident Selected for Immaculata University’s Presidential Scholarship
Immaculata University has announced that incoming freshman Christina Pham, a Coatesville resident and graduate of Collegium Charter School, has earned a Presidential Scholarship. The Presidential Scholarship is equal to annual full-time undergraduate tuition and is awarded to a select number of students with a record of academic excellence. Students are evaluated on the bases of…
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Coatesville Native, State-Title-Winning Football Coach Dies at 77
Jim Alderman, a member of the Coatesville Area High School Sports Hall of Fame who coached Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes, Del., to a state football championship in 1979, has died at the age of 77, according to a report from WBOC-TV. In the late 1950s, Alderman was a two-way standout for the Coatesville…
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Simply Shrimp & More a Testament That Coatesville Is Simply Ready for More Businesses
Coatesville native Crystal Thomas recently celebrated the grand opening of her new food truck, Simply Shrimp & More. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was well-attended and evidence that, as Thomas stated, “Coatesville is simply ready for more businesses to open.” State Rep. Dan Williams – as well as Linda Lavender-Norris, Donald Folks, and Jackie Al-Amin of Coatesville…
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