BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVES CONDITIONAL USE OF VALHALLA

With certain restrictions, the Board of Supervisors of Wallace Township unanimously approved the Brandywine Valhalla Resort/Spa/Hotel complex proposed by Albert Greenfield III and partners. More information will follow as it is available.

SUPERVISORS TO ANNOUNCE DECISION RE: CONDITIONAL USE/VALHALLA BRANDYWINE RESORT

Please attend the Board of Supervisors' Meeting this Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:30 pm held at 1250 Creek Rd, Glenmoore. The Board will include the newest member elected this past Tuesday, Barbara D'Angelo. A full 20% of Wallace Township voters voiced their displeasure with her candidacy at the poles by voting for a write-in. Let's hope that all of the supervisors have seriously weighed the impact that a resort would have on the water, environment and residents' quality of life. Come hear their decision and tell them what you think- It will affect you!

SAVE THE DATE! SUNDAY OCTOBER 4

Victory Brewery in Downingtown will host a Movie Matinee with the Guardians of the Brandywine and offer lunch in support of preserving the Brandywine River! Please come out Sunday Oct. 4 from 1-4pm. Tickets are $50 and can be reserved at www.victorybeer.com or by calling 610-942-7966. Produced by Robert Redford, The Unforseen is a Sundance Film Festival Award winning film exposing the impacts of development on wildlife and natural areas- just like what we are facing in Chester County today.

SUMMERTIME

Summer is upon us! Maybe the rains will finally let up and allow us to appreciate the great outdoors! Seeing beautiful Chester County in the summertime will inspire us all to do at least one small thing to protect the waters and environment that we so much enjoy!

*NEXT CONDITIONAL USE HEARING TUESDAY MAY 12 AT 7:30 PM*

THIS IMPORTANT EVENING WILL BE DEVOTED TO TESTIMONY BY RESIDENTS ON THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED BRANDYWINE VALHALLA DESTINATION RESORT. PLEASE MAKE TIME TO ATTEND! THANK YOU!

PLEASE COME FOR TONIGHT'S IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL TESTIMONY

Protecting and preserving the natural gifts the Brandywine River offers is worth the trip! Please come out to this evening's conditional use hearing and learn what is at stake for our waters and environment if the bulldozers roll in for construction of a 600 acre Spa/Hotel/Resort/Golf Course. *Please read the Conditional Use Hearing info to the right. Thank you!

REAL EVIDENCE, REAL TESTIMONY, REAL CHALLENGES

LAST NIGHT'S CONDITIONAL USE HEARING BEGAN WITH TESTIMONY BY THE TOWNSHIP-HIRED TRAFFIC CONSULTANT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE BEGINNING OF TESTIMONY BY LAND PLANNER & LANDSCAPE ARCHITECHT TOM COMITTA WHO DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF NOT ONLY MUNICIPAL & COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, SUBDIVISIONS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNING, LAND PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOGRAPHICS AND PARK AND RECREATION PLANNING AND DESIGN - BUT ALSO A DEEP LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE UPPER EAST BRANCH OF THE BRANDYWINE RIVER, LOCAL WETLANDS AND GEOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. A DETAILED WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF HIS 36 YEARS OF DOCUMENTED EXPERIENCE WAS GIVEN TO EACH MEMBER OF THE INTERESTED PARTIES AS WELL AS EACH AUDIENCE MEMBER. MR COMITTA WILL RETURN TO PRESENT HIS FINDINGS NEXT TUESDAY AT 7:30PM AND EXPLAIN WHY THE VALHALLA BRANDYWINE SPA RESORT FAILS TO CONFORM TO THE TOWNSHIP'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND, AS NOTED IN THE CHESTER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION'S ASSESSMENT OF THE PROJECT, IS NOT PROPERLY SUITED TO THE PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTALLY RICH AND SENSITIVE LOCATION.