Environment & Outdoors
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Spring in Chester County Abuzz with Bees
An army of good is swarming within Chester County, and it’s 48 million strong. That’s just among the 400 members of the Chester County Beekeepers Association, according to a County Lines Magazine report by Willistown Conservation Trust Beekeeper Noah Gress. “Locally, black locusts, tulip poplars, and autumn olives are some of the prime nectar sources…
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New Leadership at Avondale’s Stroud Water Research Center Takes Root
After planting 1,140 trees and shelters with the help of volunteers at the end of April, former Stroud Water Research Center Executive Director and President Bern Sweeney let new leadership take root in May. Sweeney took up a new distinguished research scientist position and poured leadership responsibilities into the cup of seven-year Assistant Director David…
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First State National Historical Park Poised to Expand from Chadds Ford to Concord Township
Opened four years ago, First State National Historical Park is already poised to expand, thanks to deals with the heirs of two deep-rooted, Brandywine Valley industrial families and land preservation tax incentives, writes Joseph DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. First State National Historical Park’s largest property stretches across 1,100 acres of woodlands and creek-side meadows…
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Willistown Conservation Trust Receives Grant to Advance Watershed Protection
The Willistown Conservation Trust, the founders of which have overseen the protection of more than 7,200 acres of open space in the Willistown area since 1979, has received a two-year, $410,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation to increase its capacity for watershed protection. The Crum Creek is one of four major tributaries to the…
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West Chester’s Clean-Flo Helping to Save Lake in Bucks County
With algae threatening the very life of Lake Afton in Yardley, a local nonprofit reached out to West Chester’s Clean-Flo last year to help it develop a plan of action to save the picturesque lake, writes Jeff Werner for Bucks Local News. Clean-Flo, which has been restoring water bodies with cutting edge technologies for more…
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Commissioners Launch Public Survey About Future of Chester County
The Chester County Board of Commissioners have launched a public opinion survey, which will help to identify citizen priorities for the future of Chester County and contribute to the vision for Landscapes3, the county’s long-range comprehensive plan. “We’re asking all county residents and businesses to take five minutes to complete the electronic survey because it…
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How Does Chester County’s Life Expectancy Fare Compared to State’s, Nation’s?
A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that people living in Chester County have a longer life expectancy than the national average of 79.08 years, writes Joel Achenbach for The Washington Post. In recent years, the national average has been on the rise due to advances in medicine and people paying more attention…
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Vanderbilt-Bound Eagle Scout from West Chester Makes History with Prestigious Award
In 2003, James Raubenheimer moved to the West Chester area from South Africa with his parents and joined the Cub Scouts. He found that he loved being engaged in the outdoors, learning different skills, and making new friends. As he grew older, he became involved in helping other Scout service projects, and found that he…
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WalletHub: Pennsylvania Provides Not-So-Happy Working Mother’s Day
The best gift for Mother’s Day this year might just be to see Pennsylvania roll up its sleeves and do something for working moms, because the state has a lot of work to do if it wants to treat the vast majority of moms with young children right. More than 70 percent of moms with…
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Half-Century of Preservation Efforts Successfully Protect Local Nature
The plan to build a factory in the beautiful Brandywine countryside a half-century ago prompted the introduction of land-use and tax arrangements that have helped preserve huge areas of open space ever since, writes Joseph DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The conservation efforts were started by two du Pont heirs, Francis I. du Pont III…
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Chester County’s Child Abuse Stats Remain Less Than Half the Statewide Average
Child abuse statistics were up slightly last year in Chester County, but they remain less than half the statewide average and resulted in no deaths, though one child nearly died. The latest numbers come from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services’ 2016 Annual Child Protective Services Report. In Chester County, child abuse was substantiated in…
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Volunteer Firefighters in Chester County Face Recruiting Crisis
The nation’s firefighting forces are a mere quarter of what they used to be decades ago, and the shortage has hit crisis level in Chester County. New marketing efforts are heralding the call for help, but there seems to be more challenges than solutions to the problem. “We’ve been heading this way for a pretty…
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Humanizing the Homeless of Chester County Raises Awareness of Important Issue
By Chris Cooper According to the Chester County Department of Community Development (DCD), 570 people experience homelessness in Chester County on any given night. With a goal of ensuring the development of safe, affordable, and permanent housing along with other social services for those without homes, the DCD developed the Decade to Doorways initiative in…
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Which Chester County Locales Rank as the Two Best Places to Live in All of Greater Philadelphia?
Chester County has always been considered one of the finest places in Pennsylvania, so it should come as no surprise that 10 of its towns are on Niche.com’s new ranking of the 25 Best Places to Live in Greater Philadelphia, writes Clara Lefton for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The site aims to help people discover…
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Preservation Efforts for Concord’s Beaver Valley Near Completion
The Brandywine Conservancy, a Chadds Ford-based nonprofit, has announced that its efforts to preserve the nearby Beaver Valley property in Concord are nearing completion, writes Michael Rellahan for the Daily Local News. The plan to save the Beaver Valley property that adjoins the First State Heritage National Park was first announced last November. To preserve…
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Gawthrop Greenwood Partner Volunteers Time to Help Immigrants Learn English
Just a few years ago, Gawthrop Greenwood partner Maureen Mackay was volunteering a couple of hours a month tutoring adults in the English language. Now, she’s a board member at the Volunteer English Program, a West Chester-based organization that fulfills an unspoken mandate to welcome any and all immigrants and refugees who seek to empower…
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Which Chester County Locale Ranks Second Among the Best Places to Live in America?
Niche.com has released its 2017 List of the Best Places to Live in America, and out of the more than 15,000 towns and neighborhoods in the United States, a Chester County locale came in second place. According to the rankings – which account for crime, public schools, cost of living, job opportunities, and local amenities…
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And the Award for the Healthiest County in Pennsylvania Goes to …
Once again, there’s no healthier place to live in Pennsylvania than in Chester County. The annual County Health Rankings recently crowned Chester County as the top place for healthy living based on past health outcomes and the factors that will affect the future health of residents. The rankings measure 35 different countywide statistics gathered by…
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