New Hanover Township supervisors unanimously voted to purchase 35 acres of property in the township as preserved open space. The land was purchased using $1.3 million from the township’s open space fund. Money for the open space fund comes from a dedicated 0.15% earned income tax levy that was approved by voters in 2006. The use of the property at 342 E. Moyer Road is now restricted, as the township is bound by the state Open Space Lands Act that prevents the property from being used or sold for development without a parcel of equal size being preserved and approved by the orphans’ court. A resident who lives near the parcel thanked the supervisors for “preserving a piece of the neighborhood.”
Source: Pottstown Mercury; 8/6/2024