Tag: Westtown Township

Westtown Township’s $20 million purchase of 206 acres of Crebilly Farm has sparked renewed interest in the four residential parcels that remain, writes Ryan…

Westtown Township has completed purchase of Chester County’s historic Crebilly Farm during a $20 million closing held at the offices of Gawthrop Greenwood in…

After years of effort, a deal was reached earlier this month to preserve Chester County’s Crebilly Farm, a historic 308-acre site of a…

Natural Lands and Westtown Township have successfully completed Natural Lands’ Save Crebilly Campaign—a final step in the multi-year fundraising effort to preserve the…

Natural Lands is launching the Save Crebilly Campaign—a final step in the organization’s multi-year fundraising effort to preserve the entirety of Crebilly…

In May, Christa Barfield, a Black farmer who decided to give up her city lifestyle and open FarmerJawn in semirural Westtown, found her space vandalized…

For the first time in over a century, the United States Colored Troops veterans, who were buried in unmarked graves in an abandoned cemetery, were…

Westtown Township is among the growing number of places across the nation where amateur historians and others are working on preserving abandoned and neglected Black…

A Natural Lands representative recently informed the Westtown Township supervisors that the organization is nearing finalization of its acquisition of the remaining 206 acres of…

Aqua Pennsylvania has recently completed a $1.3 million infrastructure project to replace approximately 5,800 feet of aging water main in Westtown Township. The…

A gorgeous farmhouse in Westtown Township built in 1758 with a finely crafted extension added by Amish carpenters in 1989 has recently hit the market…

Natural Lands has finalized four conservation easements on 102 acres at Crebilly Farm in Chester County. These easements—permanent, legal restrictions on development—are one…

Work is currently underway on around $6 million of Westtown Township improvements to Oakbourne Park, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News. 

Last week…

Following the expiry of the original deadline, the buyers of Crebilly Farm in Chester County have been granted an additional year by the owner — the…

At the public meeting, Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell, and Michelle Kichline approved a grant of $4.2 million awarded to Westtown Township…

Gov. Tom Wolf announced that two projects in Chester County that will provide scenic recreation parks have been awarded grants totaling $4.67 million, writes…

The fight to preserve Crebilly Farm in Westtown seems to be headed to a successful conclusion. While much of the 309 acres are going toward…

Westtown Township was awarded $2 million from Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to acquire and preserve Crebilly Farm, one of the largest, historically significant…