About 30 Penn Township residents attended a July 24 planning commission meeting to express fears that a patch of rural open space was in danger of having its zoning changed. Environmental scientist Dennis Newbold said he was concerned because the land is owned by the Catholic Archdiocese and is up for sale. Citing the township’s comprehensive plans, he pleaded that the northern tract of 730 acres bounded roughly by Route 796 and Ewing and Phillips Mill roads be kept rural and free of sewage deposits as it is now with its Institutional Open Space classification. Victor Mantegna, the chair of the township supervisors, and his fellow board members each said they had no intention to change the zoning.
Source: Chester County Press; 7/31/2024