Chester’s Lead Task Force, headed by the city’s health commissioner, Dr. Kristin Motley, began after a group of Black alumni at Swarthmore College wanted to help out in the city. By late 2024, the effort moved forward to focus on lead. Now, after Motley recognized the city wasn’t enforcing an ordinance about lead abatement and keeping properties lead-safe and lead-free, city License and Inspection personnel are being certified to inspect for lead so it can be abated.
Source: Daily Times; 2/18/2025